"You can find out the exact words used by the event host, Stephen Colbert, as he introduced her and announced that the 23-year-old singer was giving away $11.5m (8.8m) to fight food poverty and the climate crisis. You can find out the exact words she used after she took the stage. We're in a time right now where the world is really, really bad and really dark and people need empathy and help more than kind of ever, especially in our country, she said."
"You can get an instant read on Mark Zuckerberg's reaction, at least if you believe the New York Post he was there while his wife, Priscilla Chan, received an award, and he signalled his displeasure by reportedly refusing to clap. You can do a deep dive on what Eilish meant by shortie (was it a catcall, an endearment or a simple statement of that fact that Zuckerberg is 5ft 7in and, by sheer coincidence, so is Jeff Bezos?)."
Billie Eilish was introduced by Stephen Colbert, who announced that the 23-year-old singer would give away $11.5m to fight food poverty and the climate crisis. Eilish thanked the audience and warned that the world is currently very dark, urging empathy and help. She then called out wealthy attendees with a provocative line about billionaires giving away money, saying "shorties." Reports followed of Mark Zuckerberg allegedly refusing to clap while his wife received an award. The remarks prompted widespread backlash, debate over intent and wording, and broader discussion about critiquing the billionaire class.
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