Billie Eilish's First Kiss

Overview

Billie Eilish's First Kiss refers to the on-stage banter story told by Billie Eilish to introduce her song "My Boy" at the Great American Music Hall in March 2018. Eilish recounted her less-than-perfect first kiss with Henry Whitford. A recording of the story prompted Eilish fans to find Whitford's Instagram account flood his posts with comments regarding their first kiss.

Background

On March 8th, 2018, Billie Eilish performed at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco where she told the story of her first kiss.^[1] YouTuber Malia Margot uploaded a video of the story a year later (shown below). The video gained over 42,500 views and 1,500 likes in five months. Eilish recounts watching a horrible movie with Whitford then sitting outside "under the stars" to kiss and after they did Whitford said to her that the kiss wasn't as "magical" as he thought it would be.

Notable Developments

On September 3rd, 2019, news outlets like Seventeen Magazine^[2] and Teen Vogue^[3] began reporting on Henry Whitford's Instagram account being stormed by Billie Eilish fans due to her frst kiss story resurfacing. Many fans commented on his selfies referencing billie and commenting clown emojis and the words "not as magical" (shown below).^[4][5] Whitford hasn't responded directly to the comments and left his Instagram account public.

On September 3rd, 2019, Twitter user @LoloThee posted, "Are you really a stan of @billieeilish if Henry Whitford hasn't blocked you?" (shown below).

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