Pink Issues Statement Following Backlash for Critiquing Macklemore’s Pro-Palestine Comments: “Standing Up for My Own People”

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Updated Original reporting: Hollywood Reporter

What happened

Pink broke her silence a week after receiving extensive backlash for resharing a post calling for Macklemore to get dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour over his Free Palestine messaging.

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  • Reported by Hollywood Reporter and published Sat, 12 Sep 2026 01:08:33 UTC.

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  1. Pink Explains Slamming Macklemore’s Pro-Palestine Performances, Acknowledges Heavy Backlash: ‘I’m Standing Up for My Own People, and I Thought I Knew How Lonely That Would Be. It’s Lonelier Than That’

  2. Pink Issues Statement Following Backlash for Critiquing Macklemore’s Pro-Palestine Comments: “Standing Up for My Own People”

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