Pink Addresses Backlash Over Comments About Macklemore’s Pro-Palestine Stance: ‘Standing Up for My Own People’
Pink is addressing the backlash over her reaction to Macklemore ’s onstage calls to “free Palestine.” During his opening sets for Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium on Sept.
4 and 5, the “Thrift Shop” rapper made pro-Palestine remarks that drew criticism from the pop star.
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On Friday (Sept.
11), the “Just Give Me a Reason” hitmaker took to Instagram to explain why she shared the post and what concerned her about Macklemore’s onstage actions.
“Last Sunday I reposted somebody else’s post about Macklemore’s set at Ed Sheeran’s show,” Pink began her statement.
“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.” Pink clarified that she has never spoken for “Israel, or for any government” and reiterated her belief that “Hamas is a terrorist organization.
Palestinians deserve a future that honors their humanity and their aspirations.
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