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Oscar Enrico III Reyes

Billie Eilish Branded a 'Hypocrite' After Officiating Brother's Wedding on Historic Stolen Land

Billie Eilish recently went under fire for being a 'hypocrite' for saying 'nobody is illegal on stolen land' while living in property that used to belong to indigenous tribes. (Credit: crommelincklars/Wikimedia Commons)

Billie Eilish officiated her brother Finneas' wedding on Saturday, 29th of August, but news of the festivities led social media users to call her a 'hypocrite' due to her comments at the Grammys earlier this year.

The venue for Finneas' wedding to Claudia Sulewski was in the San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, California. The area used to belong to a Native American tribe called the Chumash, who used to inhabit territory in California's coast spanning more than 7,000 miles, making Finneas' wedding celebrations happen on 'stolen land.'

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