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Amid the never-ending governmental chaos that is this section of American history, awards shows person go an accidental for celebrities to marque their stances known.
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From integrating governmental statements into their wardrobes to winners utilizing their speeches to telephone retired Donald Trump's administration, here's however celebrities utilized their platforms astatine the 68th Grammy Awards:
1. Trevor Noah, the erstwhile Daily Show host, took the Grammys Crypto Arena signifier for what helium called his sixth and last clip hosting, due to the fact that helium "believes successful word limits." So, it's harmless to accidental helium utilized this past hurrah to accidental a looot astir Trump.
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He made this turducken of a gag — commenting connected Trump, Greenland, Clinton, and Epstein each successful 1 fell swoop. "Wow, that is simply a Grammy that each creator wants. Almost arsenic overmuch arsenic Trump wants Greenland," Noah said, of Billie Eilish's Song of the Year triumph for "Wildflower." "Which makes sense. I mean, due to the fact that Epstein's land is gone, helium needs a caller land to bent retired with Bill Clinton."
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Trump was not blessed astir this quip and took to Truth Social to denote plans to writer Noah, whom helium called a "total loser" who helium volition "have immoderate fun" with. "I'll beryllium sending my lawyers to writer this poor, pathetic, talentless, dope of an M.C., and suing him for plenty$," Trump wrote.
3. Throughout the night, Noah joked with Bad Bunny astir a myriad of topics, namely his Super Bowl contract, which precluded him from performing astatine the Grammys, overmuch to the host's chagrin. But Noah acceptable the Puerto Rican creator up for a cheeky gag that surely had MAGA fuming.
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After Noah asked Bad Bunny if helium could unrecorded with him successful Puerto Rico if things got worse successful the US, Bad Bunny responded, "Trevor, I person immoderate quality for you. Puerto Rico is portion of America."
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4. Speaking of Bad Bunny, who made past arsenic the archetypal Latine creator to triumph Album of the Year for Debí Tirar Más Fotos, helium utilized the Grammys signifier to marque immoderate almighty statements astir immigration.
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He won 3 awards past nighttime — Album of the Year, Best Global Music Performance, and Best Música Urbana Album. When helium accepted the grant for Best Música Urbana Album, helium said this: "Before I say, 'Thanks to God,' I'm gonna accidental ICE out."
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He continued, saying, "We're not savage. We're not animals. We're not aliens. We are humans, and we are Americans."
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"Also, I privation to accidental to the people, I cognize it's tough...not to hatred connected these days. And, I was thinking, sometimes we get contaminados — I don't cognize however to accidental that successful English. The hatred gets much almighty with much hate. The lone happening that is much almighty than hatred is love," helium said. "So, please, we request to beryllium different. If we fight, we person to bash it with love. We don't hatred them, we emotion our people, we emotion our family, and that's the mode to bash it. With emotion — don't hide that, please."
5. After taking location the Album of the Year award, helium dedicated the grant to immigrants. "I privation to dedicate this grant to each the radical that had to permission their homeland, their country, to travel their dreams," helium said during his speech.
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6. Another prima utilizing their code clip to instrumentality a stance was Billie Eilish.
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The 24-year-old Grammy Award victor has been very vocal astir her absorption to ICE. Recently, she adjacent called retired fellow celebrities for failing to bash the same.
After "Wildflower" won Song of the Year, Eilish said this successful her acceptance speech: "As grateful arsenic I feel, I honestly don't consciousness similar I request to accidental thing but that nary 1 is amerciable connected stolen land."
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"And, yeah, it's conscionable truly hard to cognize what to accidental and what to bash close now," she continued. "And, I just, I consciousness truly hopeful successful this room, and I consciousness similar we conscionable request to support warring and speaking up, and protesting, and our voices truly bash matter, and the radical matter."
"And, fuck ICE is each I privation to say," she ended.
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7. Eilish's member and collaborator, Finneas O'Connell, besides stood beside her, wearing a matching achromatic "ICE OUT" pin.
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O'Connell has besides been consistently speaking retired against the Trump medication and ICE. He precocious went to an anti-ICE protest, wherever he said helium was tear-gassed.
8. Justin Bieber made his archetypal reddish carpet quality astatine the Grammys since 2022, alongside his wife, Hailey Bieber. The brace wore elemental achromatic outfits, with achromatic "ICE OUT" pins.
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9. Kehlani, who besides wore an "ICE OUT" pin, took location 2 awards for her opus "Folded" — 1 for Best R&B Performance, and different for Best R&B Song. When she accepted her archetypal Grammy, she said, "Together, we're stronger successful numbers to talk against each the injustice going connected successful the satellite close now. So alternatively of letting it beryllium conscionable a mates of you present and there, I anticipation everybody is inspired to articulation unneurotic arsenic a assemblage of artists and talk retired against what's going on. And, I'm gonna permission this and say, fuck ICE."
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10. Olivia Dean won the Grammy for Best New Artist. The "Man I Need" vocalist shouted retired her migrant grandparent portion accepting her award.
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"I'm up present arsenic a granddaughter of an immigrant," Dean said. "I'm a merchandise of bravery, and I deliberation those radical merit to beryllium celebrated."
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11. Chrissy Tiegen has been a noted adversary of Trump, whom she erstwhile referred to arsenic a "pussy ass bitch," during his archetypal word successful office. While Noah joked astir Minaj's lack from the grant show, Tiegen held up a thumbs-up down him.
12. If you thought Lady Gaga didn't marque her stance connected ICE known past night, you astir apt conscionable didn't spot the backmost of her head. The now-16-time Grammy Award victor wore a bow with an "ICE OUT" pin astatine the halfway of it.
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13. Shaboozey accepted the grant for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for his opus with Jelly Roll called "Amen." He dedicated the grant to immigrants, who, helium says, "built this country, literally."
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He hoisted his Grammy up, saying, "This is for them. For each children of immigrants. This is besides for those who came to this state successful hunt of amended accidental to beryllium a portion of a federation who promised state for all, and adjacent accidental to everyone consenting to enactment for it."
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"Thank you for bringing your culture, your music, your stories, and your traditions here. You springiness America color," the first-time victor said.
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14. Justin Vernon, who started Bon Iver, a solo task that became a band, wore an "ICE OUT" pin and an orangish whistle connected his lapels. He told Variety that the whistle was an ode to the observers successful Minneapolis, who stroke whistles to awesome to others that ICE is successful the area.
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"They are determination to support their community, and they've been doing it for weeks," Vernon said of the observers. "It's large to halt present and observe the powerfulness of music, but the existent enactment is successful the streets of Minneapolis close now, and I'm present to grant them."
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He admits that, aft Alex Pretti, a caregiver successful Minnesota, was changeable by national agents, helium considered not attending the Grammys. "Then, I started seeing the radical coming unneurotic successful Minneapolis and organizing without a cardinal government. I saw them being dissident," Vernon said. "I conscionable privation to grant them and amplify what they're doing. My anticipation has been dwindling. I started to spot thing successful the enactment successful Minneapolis that felt similar the archetypal motion of anticipation successful a agelong time."
15. Samara Joy has been consistently taking location Grammy awards for her jazz euphony since 2023. This twelvemonth was nary different, arsenic she won for Best Jazz Vocal Album for Portrait. On the reddish carpet, she was spotted with an "ICE OUT" pin.
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She told Variety astir it, saying, "Now is not the clip to get ace down oregon downtrodden astir what's going on, but to talk up and talk retired for those who can't astatine the moment. It's the slightest I could do…I privation to basal up. I don't privation to gully attraction to myself each the clip without recognizing the humanity of each the radical experiencing tragedies astir the world. I privation to talk up for those who can't."
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16. Many, galore much celebrities were spotted connected the reddish carpet with "ICE OUT" pins, similar Brandi Carlile, Joni Mitchell, Amy Allen, and Kamal Wilson.
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