Mark Ruffalo Slams Kevin O’Leary Over Billie Eilish Criticism<\/p>\n
While accepting the award for Song of the Year with her brother and musical collaborator, Finneas<\/a> O\u2019Connell, Billie said<\/a>: \u201cAs grateful as I feel, I honestly don\u2019t feel like I need to say anything but that no one is illegal on stolen land.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just really hard to know what to say and what to do right now,\u201d she continued. \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.\u201d<\/p>\n Billie\u2019s speech has riled up<\/a> a number of conservative folks who feel that young, wealthy celebrities shouldn\u2019t be using their platforms to discuss world politics. And among the critics was entrepreneur and Shark Tank<\/a> star, Kevin O\u2019Leary.<\/p>\n If you feel like you\u2019ve been seeing Kevin\u2019s face more than usual over the past few months, that\u2019ll probably be because his supporting role in Marty Supreme<\/a> has given him some renewed relevance. In the Oscar-nominated movie, he portrays a villainous business owner who controls and humiliates Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet<\/a>\u2019s character, Marty.<\/p>\n So, appearing on Fox News<\/a> this week, Kevin, a vocal Trump supporter<\/a>, criticized Billie\u2019s Grammys speech, saying: \u201cIt\u2019s the first lesson 101 for celebrity: as you rise up, whether you\u2019re a film star or music star or whatever, shut your mouth, and just entertain.\u201d<\/p>\n And if that was Kevin\u2019s advice to celebrities, then it seems the celebrities are returning the favor. On Feb 5, Mark Ruffalo hopped onto Threads<\/a> to suggest that Kevin should \u2014 checks notes \u2014 shut the fuck up.<\/p>\n \u201cKevin O\u2019Leary why don\u2019t you STFU,\u201d Mark\u2019s note began. \u201cIt\u2019s hilarious. You will go on any show and talk shit about any number of things and smugly expect us to listen to you, but you will dig into a real artist that dwarfs anything you dream of doing for actually saying something that resonates with 100\u2019s of millions of people the world over.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s astounding the fantasy double standard Kevin O\u2019Leary lives in,\u201d he concluded. \u201cYou played yourself well in Marty Supreme.\u201d<\/p>\n Mark isn\u2019t the only celebrity who\u2019s come to Billie\u2019s defence; however, his statement is certainly sparking a lot of praise online, with fans describing him as a “real hero<\/a>.”<\/p>\n “‘You played yourself well in Marty Supreme’ is actually stone fucking cold. I didn’t know Mark Ruffalo could shit talk like that,” one user wrote, while someone else joked that Mark has “Marvel money and zero fucks to give.”<\/p>\n