{"id":541894,"date":"2026-04-05T11:04:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T11:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/541894\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T11:04:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T11:04:04","slug":"olympic-hockey-star-laila-edwards-wants-to-meet-billie-eilish-im-a-big-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/541894\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Hockey Star Laila Edwards Wants to Meet Billie Eilish, I’m a Big Fan!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Laila Edwards
\n A Celeb I Wanna Meet
\n … Billie Eilish!!!<\/p>\n

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\n April 5, 2026
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TMZSports.com<\/p>\n

Hockey star Laila Edwards<\/a>‘ life has changed dramatically since capturing Olympic gold … but there’s still one dream she hasn’t made reality yet — meeting Billie Eilish<\/a>!<\/p>\n

That’s what the 22-year-old University of Wisconsin athlete told TMZ Sports when we caught up with her in New York City, while discussing the attention she’s gotten since the 2026 Winter Games.<\/p>\n

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“I met some really cool people like Megan Thee Stallion<\/a>, Snoop Dogg<\/a>. It’s the coolest thing ever,” Edwards said.<\/p>\n

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“But, I really want to meet Billie Eilish. That’s my number one. So, if anyone has any hookups with Billie Eilish?”<\/p>\n

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Edwards — the\u00a0first Black woman to win a gold medal in hockey with Team USA — also opened up about the growing opportunities she’s been getting with her rising stardom, including Red Bull and others that are still in the works.<\/p>\n

“I feel so grateful and just like blessed,” Edwards said.<\/p>\n

“I’ve had some really cool opportunities that I’m excited about, and also to be able to share them with a lot of my family and friends.”<\/p>\n

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Beyond celebrities and endorsements, Edwards is looking forward to graduating from college and the Professional Women’s Hockey League Draft in June, which she’s excited about.<\/p>\n

She’s projected to be a top-three pick in the PWHL.<\/p>\n

That said, expect more great things coming Edwards’ way — including kickin’ it with the “bad guy” herself??<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Laila Edwards A Celeb I Wanna Meet … Billie Eilish!!! Published April 5, 2026 12:30 AM PDT Play…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[5,40,43,86,2620],"class_list":{"0":"post-541894","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hockey","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-sports-news","12":"tag-tmz-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116351772272172339","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}