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A NCS panelist referred to as out “Hollywood jacka–es” on Monday over celebrities’ political speeches at the Grammy Awards and particularly took difficulty with Billie Eilish for talking out about “stolen land.”
“I also get a little tired of Hollywood jacka–es coming out and telling us what to think,” Chris Madel, a former Republican gubernatorial candidate in Minnesota, stated in the course of the panel on “NewsNight.”
Madel ended his gubernatorial marketing campaign within the state in January after a second protester was shot and killed throughout an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis. Madel stated he could not “support the national Republicans’ stated retribution on the citizens of our state.”
“Billie Eilish telling me that, you know, that it’s stolen land? I’d love to see her turn her keys back to her multimillion-dollar mansion to whomever’s going to come over and — and say that,” he continued.
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NCS panelists Christine Quinn and Chris Madel debate celebrities talking out at award shows on Feb. 2, 2026. (NCS/Newsnight)
Eilish stated “no one is illegal on stolen land” during her acceptance speech at the Grammy Awards on Sunday. She additionally stated, “f— ICE.”
Christine Quinn, a former Democratic speaker on the New York City Council, pushed again and stated that Madel did not should hear.
Madel cited actress Jennifer Lawrence, who beforehand acknowledged that the general public didn’t care what celebrities thought of politics.
“That is not true,” Quinn stated. “Many people do care what celebrities say. If they didn’t care what celebrities say, why would both Republicans and Democrats often try to get celebrity endorsements? Bad Bunny is somebody who speaks in a really organic way to many parts of the American population, and people do care.”
“I actually think it was quite brave of Bad Bunny to do that because he has no idea how the Super Bowl might have reacted to him saying that,” she added. “Bruce Springsteen’s music, ‘The Streets of Minneapolis,’ is trending primary within the nation. People do care!”
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Billie Eilish (proper) was among the many musicians to criticize the Trump administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the course of the Grammy Awards on Sunday. (Christopher Polk/Billboard by way of Getty Images)
NCS host Abby Phillip additionally pushed again and pointed to rapper Nicki Minaj’s support of the Trump administration.
“Suddenly she’s the most popular person in MAGA world,” Phillip stated, which a number of panelists agreed with.
Joe Borelli, a former Republican chief on the New York City Council, referred to as political speeches at award shows “white noise.”
“I respect celebrities who take their fame and whatever they did — singing, acting, dancing, sports, whatever — and then actually enter the arena,” he stated, pointing to a number of celebrities who’ve weighed in on politics.
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Bad Bunny accepts the award for Album of the Year for “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” in the course of the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello/AP Photo)
“Billie Eilish, I looked it up, the city of Glendale is having city council elections in June. You want to talk about stolen lands? You want to have an opinion? Enter the arena! Get out there on a debate, do a town hall!” he stated.
Stacey Schneider, a prison protection trial lawyer, additionally supported the celebrities talking out at the Grammys.
“They’re given a platform! And it’s really nice to see the First Amendment being exercised,” she stated. “It’s been a — I believe it’s been very many months of oppressed, oppressed speech, and I truly like that they went again and used their platform to talk out.”
Keith Boykin, a former Clinton White House aide, argued that President Donald Trump was the most important celeb within the nation.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and musician Nicki Minaj maintain arms onstage at the U.S. Treasury Department’s Trump Accounts Summit, in Washington, D.C., Jan. 28, 2026. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
“You were talking about how you don’t care about what celebrities have to say, but the reality is, the biggest celebrity in the country is Donald Trump. Before he entered the arena, he led a five-and-a-half year campaign lying about President Obama‘s birth certificate,” Boykin stated.
“So don’t tell me that you don’t care about what celebrities say. Donald Trump was a celebrity. He ran ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ for God’s sake. That was his television show.”
Boykin stated it was brave of celebrities to talk out “when we have a government that is arresting journalists, that’s locking up five-year-old kids and putting them in detention centers, that is killing American citizens.”
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Borelli stated it wasn’t courageous to talk out figuring out that the viewers was going to clap.