Billie Eilish: I would have died from Covid-19 if I hadn?t been vaccinated

Billie Eilish has revealed that she had Covid-19 in August, and said that she felt sure she "would have died" had she not been vaccinated.

Appearing on Howard Stern's US radio show on Monday, Eilish said: "The vaccine is fucking amazing and it also saved [her brother/musical collaborator] Finneas from getting it; it saved my parents from getting it; it saved my friends from getting it."

Eilish said she was unwell with the virus for two months and that she was still experiencing undisclosed side effects.

"I want it to be clear that it is because of the vaccine I'm fine," she said. "I think if I weren't vaccinated, I would have died, because it was bad.

"When I say it was bad, I more just mean that it felt horrible. But really, in the scheme of Covid, it was not bad. You know what I mean? When you're sick, you feel fucking horrible."

Eilish was recently nominated in seven categories at the 2022 Grammy awards, including album of the year for her second album, Happier Than Ever, and song of the year for the track of the same name.

She also presented Saturday Night Live alongside SNL stalwart Kate McKinnon.