Voices across Hollywood and Washington are speaking out after Macklemore was dropped from Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour for making pro-Palestine comments on stage. Rachel also took to Instagram to call out Sheeran. She wrote on Monday, “Ed Sheeran had an opportunity [to] show that we won’t be bullied into punishing people for supporting Palestine.
Instead he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows. A genocide is happening in Gaza. We all need to speak out against it.” She added, “If more than 20,000 white children were killed in another part of the world, everyone would be shouting about it at their concerts.
Treating some children’s lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral.” “Wicked” star Marissa Bode, who is in a wheelchair, said in a TikTok video, “Ed Sheeran, my legs may not work like they used to before, but at least I have a fucking spine. Free Palestine, bitch!” Sen.
Bernie Sanders posted a statement on X, slamming New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, whom Macklemore partially blamed for his removal from the Loop Tour in a statement about his exit. Today it is the genocide in Gaza. If they can silence one artist, they can silence anyone,” Sanders wrote.
On Sept. 4, Macklemore sang out “Free Palestine” during his set at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium. The comments made headlines, and the rapper was removed from Sheeran’s Loop Tour on Sept. 14. The same day, Macklemore released a lengthy statement on Instagram explaining his side of the story.
He wrote, “Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium.
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