So viewers seem to have caught what they think was an awkward moment from Billie Eilish at
the MTV VMAs when JLo entered the stage, but could it just be a case of awkward timing?
Let’s get into it.
Last night the MTV VMAs had it all, from a killer red carpet with jaw dropping looks,
some unexpected turbulence between Conor McGreggor and Machine Gun Kelly, to spectacular performances,
and plenty of massive wins.
But it wouldn’t be an awards show if there weren't any awkward moments that come out
from the night that have fans buzzing on social media. Case in point, during last night’s
VMAs ceremony, J Lo appeared as a surprise presenter on stage to present the 'Best Song
Of The Year' award, taken home by none other than Olivia Rodrigo for ‘Drivers License’
- obviously!
Before announcing Olivia as the winner, some fans seemed to notice that the cameras caught
Billie Eilish looking what they believed to be less than impressed at J Lo's arrival.
Instead of clapping, Billie looked unphased while twiddling with her fingers at that particular
moment which was caught on camera. Here, you take a look for yourself and see what you
think…
Fans took to Twitter to react to this clip with their thoughts.
One fan tweeted, “Not Billie Eillish giving a blank stare when Jennifer Lopez walked on
stage” with the crying emojis
This user compared Billie’s reaction to the infamous Mariah Carey & JLo incident by
tweeting, “JLo came out and Billie Eilish gave her BEST Mariah Carey impression…side
eye, no clap… it very much gave “I don’t know her.”
Another who is seemingly not a fan of JLo tweeted: “Here it is!! Best moment of the
night for sure. Glad I’m not the only one who’s sick of J Lo”
While there were others who were really not happy about the clip, like this person who
tweeted, “@billieeilish not clapping for JLO just made me dislike her. Girl, you do
know that if it wasn't for @JLo breaking down barriers everywhere, you wouldn't be here
smh!!”
Now while a lot of people have taken this moment and run with what it looks like on
face value, I think it's very important to point out that the moment could easily have
been misconstrued. So much went down at the VMAs that maybe Billie wasn’t concentrating
on the ceremony at that exact moment? Maybe she started clapping seconds later? Maybe
something happened right before this moment that had Billie in her thoughts, thinking
about something else? Or maybe she was doing that thing WE ALWAYS DO when you briefly day
dream for a moment, even if you’re somewhere exciting. You can see where I’m going with
this right? It may very well be just bad timing she was caught on camera looking the way she
did when JLo entered the stage.
This may very well be one of those moments that the internet jumps to conclusions, because
outside of this clip, there is more reason to believe that it wasn’t shade and just
bad timing.
Case in point, this isn't the first time that J Lo and Billie have been in the same room
- who can forget this adorable moment shared by JLo to instagram where her and Billie basically
hugged it out with JLo’s daughter Emme sandwiched between them??
It was during the opening night of Billie’s Where Do We Go? Tour in Miami where JLo
had taken her then 12 year old daughter Emme to see the show, and captioned the adorable
pics “When Emme met Billie”. I mean look at their faces??
After that sweet moment, in an interview on
The Corp podcast, JLo talked about the “mind-blowing” moment of meeting Billie saying quote "My
daughter is in love with her. We had a real moment at the Billie Eilish concert... It
was a mind-blowing experience for me. It made me appreciate what I do more, my fans more,
what Billie did for my daughter... it was like a full-circle moment. But yeah, we love
Billie.”
Some fans on twitter were also reminding those that were calling Billie out about the mutual
respect between Billie & JLo, tweeting “Billie has nothing against JLo. They met each other
several times and had nothing but nice things to say about each other. People just like
to make something out of nothing. Maybe Billie was upset about something else and the camera
just got her at the wrong moment.” So while we haven’t heard from Billie on
this VMAs moment directly, based on their history to date, it really doesn’t seem
like there are any ill feelings from Billie towards JLo, and the moment was most likely
a case of bad timing, rather than bad vibes, you know? And for some of the most
star studded moments from last night’s VMAs, click right over here for another Clevver
Video: Then be sure to let me know what you make of this? Do you think it was just
a case of bad timing or bad vibes from Billie? I really do think it was just bad camera timing!
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, you can find me on socials @Sussan_Mourad, I’ll
catch you later!