Pink addresses backlash after sharing post criticising Macklemore’s speech on Palestine

Pink has responded to the backlash she received after sharing an Instagram post that criticised Macklemore‘s calls for a “free Palestine” during a recent opening slot on Ed Sheeran ’s North American tour.

After making an impassioned speech calling for “all human beings to be treated with dignity, respect, and equality” while onstage in New Jersey last week, the rapper has faced calls for his removal from the tour by the Israeli-American Council , who claimed he had used his platform to “advance a one-sided political agenda”.

Among the critics of his speech was Pink, who had shared a post from the StopAntisemitism group claiming Macklemore had “accused Israel of a false ‘genocide,’ and turned a mainstream event into a political nightmare against the Jewish state,” per JustJared .

In a subsequent post shared on Friday (September 11), the ‘Stupid Girls’ singer gave a lengthy explanation as to why she felt compelled to share the post.

View this post on Instagram “Last Sunday I reposted somebody else’s post about Macklemore’s set at Ed Sheeran’s show,” the post began.

“It said things in words I didn’t write, and I wouldn’t have chosen all of them.

Then the comments came, and I did what I do when I’m hurt, which is post snarky memes and act like I’m fine.

That’s on me.

“A repost isn’t a statement, and a meme isn’t a spine.

Social media makes all of us cheap and fast, and we all know it.” She continued: “I was born a Jew.

I didn’t pick it, and I’ve never hidden it.

And this week a whole lot of people decided what I believe without asking me, without checking a single thing I’ve ever said or done, because a repost and the word ‘Jew’ were apparently enough to fill in the rest.” She went on to say she had never spoken for “Israel, or for any government” and added that she still believes “Hamas is a terrorist organization,” adding: “Palestinians deserve a future that honors their humanity and their aspirations.

Protecting innocent life comes first, everywhere, and nobody should ever celebrate the death of a child.

Anybody’s child.” Her three-part statement continued into the comments section, although it appears to be removed after she limited comments on the post.