Does Billie Eilish vegan?

The 19-year-old Grammy winner has been vegan since age 12 and frequently uses her social media platforms as a way to call attention to animal-rights issues. In 2019, Eilish encouraged her millions of fans to go vegan on her Instagram stories by sharing videos of factory farming captioned with a bold statement.

What does Billie Eilish eat as a vegan?

Bille Eilish grew up vegetarian, but in 2014, as the Cheat Sheet revealed in November 2020, the Grammy-winning songstress became vegan, which means she no longer eats any meat, fish, or dairy — basically, no animal products. Understandably, that can be a bit of a challenge, especially while on tour or traveling overseas.

Billie Eilish struggled to maintain her veganism on tour

During an interview with Variety in December 2019 (via YouTube), Billie Eilish said that because her diet is so restrictive, she often found herself skipping meals because she simply couldn’t find anything that would adhere to her veganism. “The first tours we did I used to lose weight because I never got to eat and it was not my choice like it was just we couldn’t eat anything almost ever, especially in Europe.

But now we kinda gain weight when we’re on tour [because] we have so many people and their whole job is to get us food,” she explained, noting that there are more options available to her now than there once was. “It’s a really good time to be vegan in life [because] there’s a lot of places.”

Is Billie Eilish a vegan or vegetarian?

“I am vegan. I’ve been vegan for, damn, seven years,” Eilish said. The singer explained that after doing research into the meat industry and its processes and ethics, she no longer felt comfortable consuming animal products.

Why did Billie Eilish go vegan?

Billie Eilish and Veganism

She was inspired to make the change for “a lot of reasons,” she said, including dairy’s impact on health and animal welfare — “leave animals alone,” she wrote.