Macklemore blames Jewish NFL owner Robert Kraft for getting kicked off Ed Sheeran tour, paints himself a martyr in wacky statement
nypost.com
The “Thrift Shop” rapper issued a self-aggrandizing statement in which he painted himself as a victim of a global conspiracy to silence critics of Israel.

Macklemore claimed Monday the Jewish NFL owner Robert Kraft pressured Ed Sheeran to drop him from his tour after pro-Palestinian elements of his show.

“Ed told me Robert Kraft called him,” Macklemore wrote on X Monday. “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.”

“Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues,” he added.

  • Lonk@lemmy.ml
    30·
    4 days ago

    Ed “Doesn’t take sides” yet there are clips of him in support of Ukraine

    • hypeerror@sh.itjust.works
      53·
      4 days ago

      I’m a little confused. They didn’t use the phrase doesn’t take sides and it seemed pretty clear where everyone stood. Macklemore has made several pro‐Palestine statements, they note Kraft withheld donations to Columbia after pro-Palestine protests, and Macklemore said Sheeran was more or less left with no option but to drop him and doesn’t fault him here.

      • Lonk@lemmy.ml
        20·
        4 days ago

        It’s from a post Macklemore made:

        "He told me that the words ‘Free Palestine’ and the image of the Palestinian flag were hurtful to a lot of people he spoke with.

        I told him that if those words were more offensive than tens of thousands of Palestinian children being killed by Israel, then there was a fundamental disconnect between where those people stood and where I stood.

        But he couldn’t get past his public facing, ‘I don’t take sides’."

    • majster@lemmy.zip
      24·
      3 days ago

      Siding with Ukraine is only controversial in handful of countries. Its default position in many. So he didn’t pick a side, only went with the flow.

      • Lonk@lemmy.ml
        17·
        4 days ago

        Should have been more clear, I was referring to Ed Sheeran. He is not on the side of Palestine.

        • khannie@lemmy.worldEnglish
          62·
          3 days ago

          He probably is but just decided to be a total bitch because his 400 million net worth isn’t enough. The man has bills to pay!

          In the US of all places it would have been so fucking easy to pull the “free speech” card and support his friend if he didn’t want to take a stand himself. The backlash against Kraft would have been enormous if he’d played his hand and actually cancelled the gigs.

          Fuck Ed Sheeran.