Olivia Rodrigo slams Trump administration for ‘picking fights with pop stars’

Olivia Rodrigo is continuing to speak out about politics after hosting a music festival that raised $20 million for reproductive health organizations.

She reflected on her row with the Trump administration last year over the use of her song to promote the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, accusing the federal agency of strategically baiting celebrities into responding in an interview with NPR that aired Sept. 3.

"Oh my god, it was just awful to see a song that I wrote about feeling trapped in a misogynistic box that we put women in – seeing that song being put to these grotesque, cruel scenes of ICE raids, it was awful," she told "Morning Edition" host Leila Fadel.

The DHS used her 2023 song "All-American Bitch" in a Nov. 4 social media post to promote self-deportations among undocumented immigrants in a video. Though the post is still live, Rodrigo's track that accompanies the video does not play.

"Looking back at it now, also I think that's sort of a little bit of a tool they use," Rodrigo, 23, continued. "Picking fights with pop stars is a great distraction while they do other awful, awful things."

Rodrigo reportedly posted a comment, which is…

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