Influencer Claims Billie Eilish Got Him Deported From US Over Joke After Singer’s ICE Rant

Last Updated:February 16, 2026, 09:23 IST

Drew Pavlou claims Billie Eilish’s legal team got him deported from the US after his satirical posts about moving into her LA mansion sparked a 30-hour custody ordeal at LAX.

The 24-year-old Australian influencer, Drew Pavlou, who had mocked Billie Eilish over her speech and started a crowdfunding drive to move into her $3 million Los Angeles mansion, has claimed that the Grammy-winning singer got him deported from the United States.

The 24-year-old claimed that the singer’s legal team alerted authorities following his satirical remarks targeting the pop star.

Pavlou, who describes himself as a “performance artist," had mocked Eilish’s recent Grammy Awards speech and joked about crowdfunding an effort to move into her Los Angeles mansion.

In a post on X on Monday, he wrote, “Billie Eilish got me deported from the US. I spent 30 hours in custody at LAX trying to explain to the agents that my shitposts about moving into her mansion on stolen land were just a joke."

He alleged that officials questioned him extensively, saying, “Her lawyers seem to have actually compiled a dossier on me because the agents were asking me about my entire history as an activist opposed to the Chinese government, whether I had ever plotted to assassinate Chinese Communist Party officials; it was legitimately insane. I suffered for my art as an online shitposter. I was victimised and martyred by Billie Eilish." Pavlou later shared an image of his deportation paperwork online.

The controversy follows Eilish’s Grammy acceptance speech in which she declared, “no one is illegal on stolen land" and said “f**k ICE" during her televised remarks.

“I think her legal team contacted DHS," he wrote in a separate post shared earlier, adding sarcastically, “Honestly most of the agents were nice and laughed at the idea but there was nothing I could do, maybe evil leftists are still in charge of sections of the bureaucracy. I guess some people are in fact actually illegal on stolen land. And I guess I am just a BAD GUY."

Eilish’s comments drew backlash from critics, including journalist Julia Hartley-Brewer and Senator Mike Lee, who questioned the sincerity of public “stolen land" acknowledgements.

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