FINNEAS defends claim his and Billie Eilish’s success came from parents
Some claims are being shot down about FINNEAS and Billie Eilish saying they only became successful through connections their parents have.
FINNEAS responded to a Twitter user, who has since deleted their post, after they claimed the brother and sister’s parents, who are involved in the film industry, gave them their careers through their personal network.
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A quick glance at Billie Eilish’s Wikipedia page shows their parents, Maggie Baird and Patrick O’Connell, have worked as actors and screenwriters. But, FINNEAS is quick to point out that they weren’t able to provide financial support exclusively from those jobs.
The musician says their father worked 12 hour days every day of the week as a construction worker while their mother was a teacher.
“Our parents gave us love but knew no one in the record industry,” he says.
You can see his posts on the topic below.
During my life time, our parents were never able to fully financially support us off of their work as actors. Our dad worked 12 hour days 7 days a week as a construction worker for Mattel and our mom was a teacher. Our parents gave us love but knew no one in the record industry https://t.co/DuC2UjymQX
— FINNEAS (@finneas) February 24, 2020
I paid off their mortgage last year and billie pays them each salaries to tour with us full time though they have told us many times they would work for us for free https://t.co/Vwszj2NFV4
— FINNEAS (@finneas) February 24, 2020
Anyone who saw us tour in 2019 knows our dad insists on sweeping the stage each night before we perform
— FINNEAS (@finneas) February 24, 2020
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