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It has been quite a while since we got a truly great celebrity notes app apology. Not “great” as in “effective” or even “thoughtful.” “Great” as in sentences constructed mindlessly and thoughtlessly, never-been-seen-before levels of clowning, Trumpian levels of refusing to engage, nonsense levels off the Richter. Remember Justin Timberlake’s ill-constructed and ill- timed “specifically want to apologize to Britney Spears and Janet Jackson both individually, because I care for and respect these women and I know I failed.” Specifically … both … individually! What a mind on that man.
When the musician-and-retired wigga² Macklemore opened for Ed Sheeran on tour earlier this month in New Jersey, he performed his music and said “Free Palestine” during his set. “I believe that every human being walking on this earth deserves exactly the same freedom,” he said, per Variety.
But following his remarks came backlash from Pink³ and the Israeli American Council, both unaffiliated with the tour. On Wednesday, Macklemore announced that he’d been removed from the remainder of Sheeran’s tour. Stadium owners pressured Sheeran to drop Macklemore from the tour or skip their venues, Macklemore explained in an Instagram post. “Ed was in a fucked up position. He knew it. His typical apolitical stance was being challenged in a way it never had been before. 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.’” (That non-position is one that Sheeran is deeply committed to, according to Sheeran and his fans, I’m learning.)
They’re (I’m) calling it the greatest statement ever split across a dozen slides and posted to the platform. ...
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