Melissa Barrera airs support for Macklemore but questions why she didn’t get the same when fired from ‘Scream’

Melissa Barrera has aired support for Macklemore after the rapper was recently dropped from Ed Sheeran ’s ‘Loop’ tour after making pro-Palestine comments.

Macklemore made an impassioned speech at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium while supporting Sheeran earlier this month, while also performing his protest track ‘Hind’s Hall’ with footage from Gaza.

This led to calls for him to be dropped, which he was, while the tour’s other support acts, including FINNEAS , Lukas Graham , Aaron Rowe and Beoga, withdrew in solidarity alongside Sheeran’s backing band.

Barrera, who was fired from Scream 7 in November 2023 after criticising the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza, has now spoken about the controversy, questioning why she didn’t get the same treatment.

“It was so beautiful to see Finneas and the band and all the opening acts pulling out in support of Macklemore,” she said (via AP ).

“It made me emotional.

You know, I didn’t get that when it happened to me.

I didn’t have any of that happen.

It was too soon.

People were too scared.

But it’s good to see that almost three years later, at least things have changed.

“When someone is attacked, and there are people behind being like, ‘We’re not gonna allow this,’ and the more that happens, the less that the people in power are going to try to censor it because eventually it’s not gonna work.

“I can’t help but wonder what would have happened if Ed Sheeran had been like, ‘No,’ and called the bluff.

I mean, it’s possible that he still would have had his shows cancelled, but I bet you that he could have rebooked those shows in other venues just as easily, and people would have rallied behind him.