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Direct From Hollywood With Ryan Seacrest: Billie Eilish Hated This Growing Up · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Because her name is fairly unique for a woman, you
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  Speaker 2: can simply say Billy, most people will instantly think of
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  Speaker 2: Billie Eilish, but she admits to British Vogue it took
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  Speaker 2: her quite a while to learn to embrace it. She says,
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  Speaker 2: I absolutely hated my name when I was a kid.
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  Speaker 2: Other kids would say I thought Billy was a boy's name.
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  Speaker 2: That's all I ever really heard all my life. So
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  Speaker 2: I was so mad. All I wanted to do is
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  Speaker 2: have a girl's name like Violet or Lavender. And it's
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  Speaker 2: funny because now there are no other names in the
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  Speaker 2: universe that could be my name besides Billy. I love
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  Speaker 2: my name so much. It really feels like the only
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  Speaker 2: possible choice for who I am. It's exactly perfect for
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  Speaker 2: me and who I am. Billy Eilish there, who is
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  Speaker 2: actually named after her late grandpa, William, who she never
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  Speaker 2: got to meet. Wildflowers out now, that's
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