Grammys 2026 Producer Defends Political Speeches<\/p>\n
There is a whole lot of terrible stuff going on in the US right now, and many of the speeches at Sunday\u2019s Grammy Awards<\/a> ceremony were reflective of that.<\/p>\n First off, you probably noticed that a ton of the celebrity guests \u2014 including the Biebers, Lady Gaga<\/a>, and Kehlani<\/a> \u2014 were wearing \u201cICE OUT\u201d pins on the red carpet.<\/p>\n And throughout the ceremony, host Trevor Noah<\/a> also made several jokes<\/a> about Donald Trump<\/a>, while stars like Olivia Dean and Bad Bunny used their acceptance speeches to uplift immigrants.<\/p>\n \u201cBefore I say, \u2018Thanks to God,\u2019 I’m gonna say ICE out,\u201d the Puerto Rican star said<\/a> while accepting the award for Best M\u00fasica Urbana Album for Deb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos. \u201cWe’re not savage. We’re not animals. We’re not aliens. We are humans, and we are Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n Similarly, during her Song of the Year acceptance speech<\/a> for \u201cWILDFLOWER,\u201d Billie Eilish \u2014 who has been very vocal<\/a> about her opposition to ICE \u2014 told the crowd: “As grateful as I feel, I honestly don’t feel like I need to say anything but that no one is illegal on stolen land.”<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s just really hard to know what to say and what to do right now,\u201d she continued, standing alongside her brother and collaborator, Finneas O\u2019Connell \u2014 both of them proudly wearing \u201cICE OUT\u201d pins. \u201cI feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like we just need to keep fighting and speaking up, and protesting, and our voices really do matter, and the people matter. And, fuck ICE is all I want to say.\u201d<\/p>\n There\u2019s no doubt that political statements were a major theme of the night \u2014 although this didn\u2019t necessarily go down well with everyone.<\/p>\n Online, some have expressed fatigue with celebrities making political statements at award shows. Among the critics was Ricky Gervais, who took to X on Sunday to share a memorable moment from his 2020 Golden Globes monologue<\/a>, in which he advised celebs not to get political in their acceptance speeches. \u201cYou\u2019re in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cMost of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg.\u201d<\/p>\n