Billie Eilish revealed that she broke up with an old boyfriend because of a dream she had with Christian Bale.
In a pre-Oscars interview with Amelia Dimoldenberg, Eilish admitted that watching The dark knight The actor's dream led her to realize that their relationship at the time simply wasn't working out.
“I have to be real,” Eilish said, making her older brother and collaborator Finneas laugh. “A couple of years ago I had a dream about Christian Bale and I was in a little cafe in the sunlight, and it made me realize I had to break up with my boyfriend.”
“Not really. I woke up and I was like [gasps] and I came to my senses,” he added.
The dream made Eilish come to her senses and shortly after she broke up with her boyfriend at the time. The revelation came immediately after the publication “What Was I Made For?” The singer admitted that Batman was her favorite superhero. She told the “Chicken Shop Date” host that she “didn't really know much about superheroes,” but she believed “Batman is the one.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Eilish spoke candidly about which Spice Girl was her favorite, as well as her “violent” tendencies during One. She also admitted that she hates it when interviewers on red carpets ask her, “Are you happy?” .
Eilish's comments come after the end of her last public relationship with The Neighborhood's Jesse Rutherford, ten years her senior. Their age difference faced a lot of public backlash, most of which was exacerbated after they ignored her age difference with a bizarre couple costume that included Eilish dressed as a baby while Rutherford was an old man. The couple eventually split after less than a year together.
Before Rutherford, the nine-time Grammy winner dated actor Matthew Tyler Vorce, another man 10 years her senior, from 2021 to 2022. The couple reportedly split over rumors of infidelity. Vorce eventually took to her Instagram Story to put an end to the cheating rumors, writing at the time, “No one cheated on anyone. Relationships end. Simple as that. Creating rumors and LIE on the Internet is dangerous.”
This isn't the only time the “Happier Than Ever” singer's love life has come under scrutiny, with Variety apparently “showing it off” during a red carpet interview for her November 2023 Hitmakers event. She later criticized the outlet for focusing on her sexuality instead of her work.
“Thank you to Variety for my award and for also showing me on a red carpet at 11am instead of talking about anything else that matters,” he said on Instagram at the time. “I like boys and girls, leave me alone about it, please, literally, who cares, pass on 'What I was made for'.”
The singer is nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for “What Was I Made For?” off the Barbie soundtrack and is scheduled to perform the song live at the awards ceremony on March 10.
