Jake Paul Have some thoughts on respecting the police. The internet has some thoughts on this.
On Saturday night, the 29-year-old boxer and influencer posted on X that anyone who criticizes ICE should not call 911. “If you don’t like ICE, then you can’t call 911 when you’re in trouble,” Paul wrote. “If you don’t respect law enforcement officers, then you shouldn’t rely on them.”
Then he turned his attention directly to billie eilish —or, as he called her, “billie lashes“.
“When Billie Eyelash’s home was broken into, I can assure you it was not an ICE thing,” he wrote.
The post received 6,200 comments, 4,200 retweets, 43,000 likes and 2.8 million views in just a few hours. Readers are quick to point out that Paul’s own law enforcement history is… complicated.
Same day, competing in the Olympics with J.D. Vance
Hours after posting about respecting law enforcement, Paul was photographed sitting next to Vice President J.D. Vance at the Milan Winter Olympics, watching the U.S. women’s hockey team beat Finland 5-0. Paul’s fiancée, Dutch speed skater Jutta Leerdam, is competing in the Cortina Games in Milan.
The crowd booed Vance as he left the stadium — the second time in two days, following louder boos at Friday night’s opening ceremony.
Paul also held Team USA skiers Hunter Hess and Chris Lillis accountable on Saturday after they expressed mixed feelings about representing Team USA amid the ICE controversy. “Wow please shut him up,” Paul wrote. “From all true Americans. If you don’t want to represent this country, go live somewhere else.”
Paul has been a vocal supporter of Trump. He attended the College Football Playoff national championship game in Miami last month with President Trump and regularly posts in support of the administration.
what billie eilish actually said
Paul’s post was in response to Eilish’s acceptance speech at the 2026 Grammy Awards on February 1. While accepting the song of the year award for “Wildflowers,” the 24-year-old singer told the audience that “no one is illegal on stolen land,” and ended her speech with two words: “F-ck ICE.” She and her brother Finneas both wore “ICE Out” badges on the red carpet.
They are not alone. Bad Bunny said “ICE out” while accepting the award for Best Urbana Music Album, earning a standing ovation. Kehlani ended her acceptance speech with the same sentence. SZA calls the current moment “incredibly dystopian.”
Eilish has been outspoken about immigration enforcement since January, when she criticized the Trump administration while accepting the Martin Luther King Jr. Environmental Justice Award in Atlanta. “We’ve seen our neighbors kidnapped and peaceful protesters attacked and murdered,” she said at the time.
Her brother Finneas responded to the backlash on Threads: “Saw a lot of very powerful old white men outraged by what my 24-year-old sister said in her acceptance speech. We can see your names in Epstein’s dossier.”
The ICE controversy started it all
The broader context here is the national storm over ICE operations in Minneapolis. In January, law enforcement officer Jonathan Ross shot and killed civilian Renee Goode during an operation. Weeks later, another officer shot ICU nurse Alex Pretti in a separate incident in Minnesota. The Trump administration said the officers acted in self-defense in both cases. Eyewitness video tells a different story for many Americans.
The shooting sparked nationwide protests and led to a lawsuit filed by the Minnesota attorney general and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul to halt ICE operations in the state. The Grammy speeches didn’t happen in a vacuum — they took place during one of the most divisive law enforcement debates in recent memory.
Abolish Minneapolis ICE protest signs” by Chad Davis, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY 4.0
Commenters were quick to bring up Paul’s own record
Readers in the comments didn’t let the article go unchallenged. Many pointed to May 2020, when Paul attended a protest against police brutality in Scottsdale, Arizona — which, by definition, was criticism of law enforcement. When police declared the assembly unlawful and ordered the crowd to disperse, he did not leave. Instead, he entered a shopping mall that was robbed, was filmed walking in the mall while people rushed into the store, and was filmed receiving a bottle of vodka that someone had taken from PF Chang’s. He was charged with criminal trespass and unlawful assembly. The charges were later dismissed, and federal authorities declined to pursue the case.
At the time, Paul was praying for the very Billie Eilish-like grace he now rejects: “I do not condone violence, looting, or lawlessness. However, I understand the anger and frustration that led to the destruction we witnessed.”
In 2020, Paul participated in a protest against law enforcement and disobeyed police orders, for which he was charged and asked for public understanding. He said that in 2026, a singer criticizing ICE on the Grammy stage would not be worthy of calling 911.