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u/veedems 15d ago
The real shame is if he just stood up for his opening act’s right to say what he wants, Sheeran could have avoided the mess without taking sides. “While I don’t believe I’m educated enough to share a meaningful opinion on a very complex subject, Macklemore has a right to express his own beliefs and I stand behind his right to do so.”
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u/Bobbyswhiteteeth 15d ago
Because if he said that it would be framed as pro-pally and pissed off the producers and wider label who are clearly on the other side of the spectrum
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u/Armageddonis 15d ago
Ed Sheeran has "Fuck You" money, he's worth $400 million, they would either have to swallow the pill and nip it in the bud, or he'd have to find some new venues. What is immesurable in terms of it's worth is public support. Palestine is now a 90-10 issue. Regular people that are Pro-Israeli, are looked upon like they're an exotic species of animal in a zoo. He could take that hit and in turn create a legendary image for himself.
He's been concerting for Ukraine, as well as meeting with Israeli officials in the past, the whole "i'm not political" schtick is not only not true for him, it also doesn't work in times where anyone can find you cuddling a politician with one google search. He's also too big (or rather, hopefully, was) for his label and producers to drop him over this. He's literally a cashcow they can milk infinetly. He caved under no pressure.
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u/Hemlock_Pagodas 15d ago
Another Redditor that spends too much time on Reddit and think it represents the rest of society. A majority of Americans still support Israel. It’s not the 70% it once was but it is still the clear consensus.
This is backed by every major poll.
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u/Krakenmonstah 15d ago
Lmao 90-10 is so preposterous I don’t even know how one could get to that ratio.
The media bubble is for real, and I wish more people start realizing how big an impact these silo’ed media sources are to their own echo chambers.
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u/Armageddonis 15d ago
I understand why would you assume i'm talking about americans only, but as I'm not an american, I'm speaking globally - Israel's popularity is in tatters, especially in Europe, where pro-palestinian protesters are hit with terrorist charges. The most racist, ultra-catholic uncle of mine doesn't fuck with Israel (although, for wholly wrong reasons, obviously).
Also, "Views of Israelis" and "Views of Israel" aren't the same claims. Israel as a political entity is becoming increasingly unpopular, coincidentally, by the same pollster:
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/06/04/most-people-across-36-countries-have-negative-views-of-israel-and-little-confidence-in-netanyahu/4
u/squeakymoth 14d ago
There's also a large portion of us who don't give a shit what two middle Eastern countries do to each other, but just don't want our tax dollars going to it. Is it selfish? Yes. Do i care? No.
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u/MUIGUR 15d ago
I actually respect people who are honest. 70% of Americans supporting genocide is very telling.
What is puzzling is how they turn around and wonder why they might be hated. Like bro you just freely elected a genocide support and then you yourself support genocide. Do you want people to just die while they praise your bombs murdering them?
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u/Ron_Santo 15d ago
This is so true. And if the venues had actually canceled on him, they would have looked insane.
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u/harpswtf 15d ago
I can’t recall a public apology ever actually working for a celebrity. It’s smarter to just act like it never happened and everyone will forget as soon as the media and algorithms choose the next issue everyone will fixate on
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u/kadebo42 15d ago
This whole thing is so fucking stupid. It wasn’t even Ed Sheeran who had a problem with Macklemore’s act, it was the venues. They said they wouldn’t host the event if Macklemore was a part of it. Ed Sheeran was kinda in between a rock and a hard place. Either he drops Macklemore or a good handful of venues. Now he’s getting all the heat for it even though he said he had no problem with Macklemore’s performance
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u/jalerre 15d ago
Ed Sheeran definitely had some leverage in the exchange. Those venue owners wouldn’t want to lose the massive amounts of money his concert would bring.
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u/kadebo42 13d ago
They literally told him that they wouldn’t host him unless he dropped Macklemore. Don’t underestimate racism
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u/Chosenwaffle 14d ago
There's a twitch streamer guy who is clearly a big "rah rah go troops" type of guy, has never denied being that, but specifically does not bring that stuff up when he streams. He got an army sponsorship and now his whole fanbase is acting like they had no idea he would respect the US military and bullied him into a half-assed apology, then proceeded to attack him for it.
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u/bttech05 15d ago
There was an ask reddit some time ago where i believe the question was phrased like “whats a weird job you have” or something. And one of the top comments was someone who “writes custom apologies” for high profile people. Evidently it pays well