Billie, 21, previously described Drake, 36, as the “sweetest dude” she’s ever talked to during a 2019 interview with Vanity Fair.
Speaking about their friendship, Billie, who was 17 at the time, said: “I mean, I was just texting him, but he’s so sweet. Like, he doesn’t have to be nice, you know what I mean?”
“He’s at a point in his life where he doesn’t need to be good, but he is, you know?” she added.
Several fans were alarmed by Billie’s revelation that Drake, then 33, had been messaging her when she was 17, and took to Twitter to slam him. “nasty.”
And now fans are once again wondering about the controversial friendship following the release of Drake’s new album. For all dogs made a vulgar remark about her body.
In Drake and Lil Yachty’s “Another Late Night,” the latter raps, “She had big tits like Billie Eilish, but she couldn’t sing.”
Branding text “disgusting,” one man wrote Drake: “By releasing this song, he agrees to allow the objectification of women.”
“Drake knew her since she was 16. She once mentioned that he regularly messaged her when she was underage because he said he was a big “fan” of hers. another user tweeted .
Moreover, fans noted that Billie has long said that she deliberately hid her figure to avoid sexualization.
Explaining why she often wears “big, baggy clothes,” Billie shared back in 2019, “I never want the world to know everything about me… Nobody can have an opinion because they haven’t seen what’s underneath, you know.” ? »
“No one can say: “She’s slim-fat, not thin-fat.” She’s got a flat ass, she’s got a fat ass.” Nobody can say any of this because they don’t know,” she added.
A month later, Billie reiterated that she didn’t want anyone to be able to “judge” what her body looked like. “I want layers and layers and layers, and I want to be mysterious. You don’t know what’s below and you don’t know what’s above,” she said.
Considering Billie’s past comments, several fans expressed disappointment in her supposed “friends” Drake and Yachty for choosing to write lyrics that brutally sexualize her.
“I always feel so sorry for Billie… She has said several times that she hates sexualization (which contributed to her love of oversized clothing) and men don’t care,” someone else added.
This comes amid growing backlash over another of Drake’s controversial friendships in the industry. One song with Yachty mentions the Canadian rapper’s name. Stranger Things actor Millie Bobby Brown is defending herself against years of criticism of their friendship.
For context, Millie was 14 when she revealed that she and Drake, then 31, were texting each other regularly. “We just texted each other the other day. He was like, “I miss you so much.” I was like, ‘I miss you more,'” she shared after revealing that he invited her to dinner and his concert.
Several internet users criticized Drake for striking up a friendship with a man who is 17 years his junior. However, the rapper called people who criticized him “weirdos” in new lyrics to the same song in which he named Billy.
“The weirdos in my comments talkin’ about some Millie Bobby / Bring ’em jokes and we’ll really get together,” he raps.
Fans were unimpressed by the song’s lyrics and took to Twitter (also known as X) to share their thoughts. One man wrote“Bro, the only thing that’s weird is a grown man texting a 14 year old in private. girl and invite her to dinner.
“He calls people ‘weirdos’ for asking him questions in the comments about this, as if he’s not a weirdo here,” someone else tweeted.