Often, it can feel like everyone is obsessed with looking younger — but not Billie Eilish, it seems.
Appearing on the latest episode of Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast, Billie explained why she hopes to embrace the way her face and body will change with age.
“I am so excited to age,” she said after Amy asked how she felt about leaving child stardom and moving further into her 20s. “I’m so excited for my face to age and my body to age and not change it.”
“I want my kids to look at me and have my face look like their face,” she added, before looking directly into the camera. “Not be some botched version of whatever the fuck is going on out there right now.”
With so many conversations about Botox, facelifts, and tons of other age-reversing procedures I’ve never heard of, it’s certainly a nice change to hear someone welcome the prospect of aging. And on Reddit, people seem to agree.
“It’s refreshing for a celeb to say this out loud and seem like they mean it,” one user wrote. “So many well-known celebs get surgery, and it’s quietly (or loudly) saying they’re obsessed with youth, and it impacts many people’s perception of aging.”
Now, I know what you’re thinking: Isn’t Billie Eilish still super young? Well, yes, at 24, she certainly is. And amid the praise for her comments, people have made the valid point that women’s attitudes towards cosmetic treatments can understandably change as they reach their 30s and 40s. However, in a world where women in their 20s are getting things like “preventative Botox” and “baby facelifts” to combat signs of aging before they’ve even really begun, Billie’s excitement to grow old is seriously refreshing.
“‘She says that now, but just WAIT until she’s 30!’ Like, 1) Do you want her to hate herself and buy into the anti-aging industry??? And 2) As if teens and young women aren’t already being marketed to ‘get ahead of the wrinkles,’ likely even more so for women in the industry,” one user wrote. “The anti-aging industry doesn’t exist in a bubble that only comes for you when you hit 35, y’all, it’s pervasive!”
Keep this energy, Billie! I love it. You can watch her full appearance on Good Hang here.
