It was a family affair for Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas on Tuesday night when they stepped out together in Los Angeles to support their mother Maggie Baird and Support+Feed, the climate change and food security organization she started three years ago.
Eilish, 21, and Finneas, 26, wrapped up the nonprofit’s first annual fundraiser with a sweet pair of speeches dedicated to Baird, who earlier in the night presented actress and singer Janelle Monáe with a special inspiration award for her Wondalunch initiative, which provides plant-based meals and pantry items to families across LA
“I looked at my mom and I was like, ‘Damn, she did it! And you supported it!” the “What Was I Made For” singer said. “I admire my mother so much and every day I aspire to be more like you. This is such an amazing thing you have done… You have made such an impression on me.”
Finneas, meanwhile, joked that the organization’s origin story was simply that he and Eilish “made a bunch of music in our bedroom and that’s how we got rich.”
“We paid off my mother’s mortgage, and she turned around and started a nonprofit right away,” he said, drawing laughs from the intimate audience at Nik Nash. “Our mom is, in many ways, our North Star and moral compass in all of our lives. And this is no exception.”
Maggie Baird and Billie Eilish in Los Angeles on October 24, 2023.
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The Grammy winner continued, recalling a trip he took with Baird at the start of the pandemic where she revealed her hopes to help keep vegan restaurants in Los Angeles open amid the strains associated with COVID and to send food to hospital workers and patients.
“It’s deeply moving to watch it become a whole venture and to watch all these people take time out of their busy lives and donate whatever they can, whether it’s time, money or skills,” he said. “And the financial contribution seemed like a deep cheat code compared to how much other people contributed to this. So I’m very humbled.”
Baird also had kind words for his singer-songwriter children, telling them that “they made this.”
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The atmosphere at the event in Los Angeles on October 24, 2023.
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“Whether you admit it or not, you financed us, you talked about us, you gave us a platform,” she said. “As you said, you inspired other artists to join us. I know you don’t like to feel good about yourself, but try just for one day.”
The night marked the first annual fundraiser for Support+Feed, and attendees included Benny Blanco, Amanda Kloots, Moby, Alicia Silverstone and Vince Staples. Rising star D4VD also performed a three-song acoustic set as guests enjoyed drinks by APB and herbal sushi by Niku Nashi.
The event was organized in collaboration with The Darkroom, Interscope Records, Live Nation, Main Street Advisors, Wasserman Foundation and WhatIF Foods, alongside Monáe and acclaimed environmental educator and activist Isaias Hernandez and LA City Coordinator Julie Schmid.
Since launching in 2020, Support+Feed has distributed nearly 400,000 plant-based meals and groceries in 41 different cities around the world. The nonprofit’s call to action encourages people to eat at least one plant-based meal a day for 30 days.
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