Pink is breaking her silence after resharing a social media post blasting Macklemore for a pro-Palestine message he delivered on stage last week.On Friday, the 47-year-old singer published an essay on Instagram that explained her reasoning for slamming Macklemore and clarified that she didn’t completely support the pro-Israel message of the original poster.The 43-year-old rapper (real name: Benjamin Haggerty) elicited Pink’s ire when he was the opening act for Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour on September four and five at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, where he voiced support for Palestinians and criticized Israel’s ongoing destruction of Gaza.The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Pink, Macklemore and Sheeran for comment but has not yet heard back.Pink (real name: Alecia Moore-Hart) set off her feud with Macklemore when she reposted an Instagram Story from StopAntisemitism last weekend, which slammed his performance and demanded an apology to concertgoers.’Awful – Jewish fans bought tickets to see Ed Sheeran sing last night in NJ, not to be ambushed by Macklemore’s anti-Israel propaganda,’ the caption on StopAntisemitism’s original post read. Pink broke her silence on Friday after resharing a social media post blasting Macklemore for a pro-Palestine message he delivered on stage last week; seen above in 2024 in LA Pink, 47, clarified that she opposed Macklemore’s ‘Free Palestine’ message because he had used antisemitic tropes in the past, which he subsequently apologized for; Macklemore is seen above in June 2025 in Dublin, Ireland’Instead, Macklemore walked onstage in a keffiyeh, shouted “Free Palestine,” accused Israel of a false “genocide,” and turned a mainstream event into a political nightmare against the Jewish state. Concertgoers are owed apologies and refunds.’Days after she stoked controversy with her post, Pink returned on Friday to finally clarify her stance, aside from a series of confrontational memes she reposted that appeared to be aimed at her critics.’I’ve been quiet in my own words for a week, which you know isn’t like me. So here they are,’ she began.’Last Sunday I reposted somebody else’s post about Macklemore’s set at Ed Sheeran’s show. It said things in words I didn’t write, and I wouldn’t have chosen all of them,’ Pink wrote alongside a photo of herself gazing into a sunset. ‘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. ‘But I’d rather be disagreed with for what I actually said than hated for what anybody else wrote, so let me say it.’The singer declared: ‘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. But let me fill it in… myself.Pink clarified that she doesn’t ‘speak for Israel, or for any government. I never have.’She said her beliefs were the same as they were after Hamas attacked a music festival held on the border of the Gaza Strip, which has been occupied by Israel for nearly 60 years. ‘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 said; seen above in June in NYC ‘Hamas is a terrorist organization. Palestinians deserve a future that honors their humanity and their aspirations,’ she said in response to the post inspired by Macklemore’s comments; Ed Sheeran and Macklemore seen above in 2014 in Las Vegas’Hamas is a terrorist organization. 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,’ she reiterated. ‘I’ve spent a decade as a UNICEF ambassador for kids who didn’t choose the country or the war they were born into, and I have grieved every one of them, on both sides of that fence. I didn’t do it from behind a screen; I went to those children and held them. I’m not going to litigate a complex war in an Instagram caption, and I’m not going to recite anybody’s slogan to earn back a follower.’Pink continued her lengthy post in the comments as she laid the blame at Macklemore for being a poor messenger.’Here’s what I was reacting to. I was in the room at the Grammys in 2014 when Macklemore rapped “Same Love” and thirty-three couples, gay and straight, got married to it, and I cheered, no questions asked. Four months later Macklemore put on a hooked nose, a black beard and a bowl cut, performed in it, and called it a “random costume,”‘ she recalled. ‘Every Jew I know knew exactly what it was. The same love, it turned out, had a guest list, and we weren’t on it.’Pink said she ‘let it go’ after Macklemore apologized for the display, ‘because that’s what we do. We let it go.”Then last weekend he stood in front of a stadium full of music-loving families, with violent images from a war on the screens, dedicated a song to the movement of his choice, and then took the mic to tell all of the Jews in the stadium that it wasn’t about them. You don’t get to decide that for us,’ she continued, seemingly conflating Macklemore’s comments about Israel and Palestine with all Jews.Pink claimed that it was Macklemore’s history that prompted her repost, ‘Not “Free Palestine,” and not anyone’s right to say it.’ ‘I have never asked for another artist to be silenced and I’m not asking now. I don’t need anyone fired, and I don’t need a refund,’ she said. ‘What I need is to be able to say, as a Jewish mom, “that scared me, and it scared people I love,” without being told our fear is just propaganda, and without being told I’m somehow cool with genocide because I noticed?’Pink went on to say she had a history of standing up to power she considered unjust because she released the song Dear Mr President in 2006 and ‘sang it every night on tour while my country was in a war I didn’t support…’ Pink said she once supported Macklemore’s message of acceptance to LGBTQ people, but she was infuriated by when he ‘put on a hooked nose, a black beard and a bowl cut,’ playing out antisemitic tropes that he subsequently apologized for; Pink is seen above in 2023 in Paris Pink claimed that it was Macklemore’s history that prompted her repost, ‘Not “Free Palestine,” and not anyone’s right to say it.’ ‘I have never asked for another artist to be silenced and I’m not asking now’; Macklemore is seen above on August 30 in FranceShe said she ‘took the hate’ for the song because she felt justified in criticizing her government, rather than the US, which she called a ‘flawed country that I love and who my dad fought for.”I stood with gay kids before it was fashionable and with trans kids now, when it isn’t, and with their families, and I handed out the books that got banned, and you know I got called every name there is, and I’d do all of it again tomorrow,’ Pink said. ‘I have stood up for other people’s people my whole career, and I know exactly what it costs.’And now I’m standing up for my own people, and I thought I knew going in how lonely that would be,’ she continued. ‘And it’s lonelier than that. But I’m doing it anyway.’She claimed that comments on her posts, like ‘From the river to the sea’ and ‘Zionist,’ which was ‘spat like it’s a slur,’ indicated that ‘[s]omething has changed in this country.’ ‘I don’t think most of [the critical commenters] hate Jews. I think somebody handed them a story where the Jew who won’t apologize for existing must be the villain, and they’ve been putting words in my mouth ever since,’ she continued, while accusing her critics of imagining what her views are since she hadn’t fully articulated them previously.’I’ve been portrayed as the villain before. I can take it,’ Pink said. ‘I just won’t take it quietly, and I’m not going to teach my kids to.’ Pink said her fans don’t need to ‘agree’ with her viewpoints, or ‘Israel’s government,’ to not want the Jewish family two rows down from you to be scared or targeted at a concert.”That’s the only thing I’m asking anybody for. To the ones who are frightened this week, Jewish or Muslim or Palestinian or Israeli or just tired of all of it: I see you,’ she continued. ‘And if anybody wants to really know what I think, just ask me. I’m right here. I’ve never been hard to find. And I’ll keep speaking out, in my own words.’ She claimed that comments on her posts, like ‘From the river to the sea’ and ‘Zionist,’ which was ‘spat like it’s a slur,’ indicated that ‘[s]omething has changed in this country’; seen above in 2022 in LAThe Get The Party Started singer then suggested that Israel’s destruction of Gaza was primarily the concern of ‘pop stars’ and those looking to join ‘pile-ons,’ rather than regular ‘working people who have more to worry about.”It’s also the 25th anniversary of September 11th, and my prayers are with the innocent souls we lost that morning,’ Pink added. ‘And at sundown, for Jews, it’s Rosh Hashanah, our New Year.’Now I’m going to go make dinner for my kids, light the candles, dip some apples in honey, pour a glass of wine and be full of gratitude. That’s my tradition. It also happens to be a Jewish one,’ she concluded, signing off with ‘Shana tova,’ a Hebrew greeting meaning ‘Happy New Year.’The comments were a mixed bag of fans approving of Pink’s statement and others who didn’t understand how Macklemore’s statement of solidarity with Palestinians being bombarded in Gaza could stoke fear in Jews living in the US.Among those applauding Pink was Israeli actress Gal Gadot, who wrote: ‘I feel you so.. you’re not alone. Shana tova filled with love and light.’ Following Pink’s earlier criticism, Macklemore appeared to double down on his comments on Monday, as he posted a clip of his speech from New Jersey with the caption, ‘Wanting all humans to be treated equal should never be controversial.’Pink did not add any additional commentary aside from re-sharing the post. The full video Macklemore shared started out with him standing on stage and addressing the crowd. Pink previously weighed in on Macklemore’s recent controversy as fans called for him to be removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour over his pro-Palestine remarks on stage Pink reposted an Instagram Story from StopAntisemitism this weekend, which slammed Macklemore’s performance and demanded an apology to the concertgoers’One of the reasons why I wanted to come on this tour was because I wanted to stand up here on stages in stadiums across America and say two words that are very near and dear to my heart: Free Palestine. I said, Free Palestine!’ he told the attendees.’I want those words to be loud and clear so that people from Gaza, all the way to the occupied West Bank know that we have not forgotten them.’He then introduced his song, Hind’s Hall, stating that it ‘was inspired by the bravery of Columbia University students who led an encampment movement that mobilized the entire world. Opened up hearts, myself included.”So thank you to those students that risked their diplomas, that risked their tuition, that risked their scholarships, that stood up and said, “No.” CUAD students, Students for Justice in Palestine, and Jewish Voice for Peace. Thank you guys.’He then addressed the Jewish community, stating: ‘To all of my Jewish brothers and sisters: Criticism of Israel, criticism of apartheid, being against genocide in no way is a criticism of you.”My message is for peace. Love. For all human beings to be treated with dignity, respect, and equality. So I say free Palestine. I say free Lebanon. I say free Cuba. I say free Congo, free Sudan, free all people in America living in fear over this terrorist organization ICE. None of us will be free until we are all free.’The Thrift Shop hitmaker has previously voiced support for Palestinians and called out Israel’s conduct in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.As seen in fan-taken footage, he wore a keffiyeh at one point during his set and also performed his song Hind’s Hall with footage of Gaza on the massive screen behind him. ‘Awful – Jewish fans bought tickets to see Ed Sheeran sing last night in NJ, not to be ambushed by Macklemore’s anti-Israel propaganda,’ the caption on the original post read In response, Macklemore appeared to double down on his comments on Monday, as he posted a clip of his speech from MetLife ‘Wanting all humans to be treated equal should never be controversial,’ he wrote in the caption ‘To all of my Jewish brothers and sisters: Criticism of Israel, criticism of apartheid, being against genocide in no way is a criticism of you,’ he said during his set; Seen in August The rapper is facing a boycott petition to remove him from Sheeran’s tour; Seen with Sheeran in 2013In 2024, Macklemore released Hind’s Hall, a song criticizing Israel’s actions in Gaza. Proceeds from his song go toward humanitarian efforts from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).He said he had a message to share with the Palestinian people and wanted them to know ‘they have not been forgotten.’ Macklemore also said: ‘I believe that every human being walking on this earth deserves exactly the same freedom, to know safety and peace before knowing the sounds of violence.’ He is now facing a petition from the Israeli-American Council insisting he should be dropped from the remaining dates of Sheeran’s tour. The petition does not publicly show how many signatures have been collected so far.The group’s petition reads: ‘This was an Ed Sheeran concert – not a political rally, not a protest, and not an activist event.’ ‘The issue is not whether Macklemore has the right to hold political views,’ the message continued. ‘The question is where the line should be drawn when an opening act uses a global concert platform to advance a one-sided political agenda.’ Fans were split on social media after the show with some defending his onstage war comments as others accused him of antisemitic rhetoric. He was the opening act for Sheeran’s Loop tour on Friday and Saturday in New Jersey; They are pictured in 2014Sheeran has yet to publicly address the backlash. Back in 2023, Macklemore made a surprise appearance at a pro-Palestine protest in Washington DC alongside upwards of 100,000 people rallying and marching towards the White House and Capitol. At the time, he took to the stage to condemn Israel’s retaliatory strikes, while admitting he may not be the most ‘qualified’ person to chime in. ‘They told me to be quiet, they told me to do my research, to go back, that it’s too complex to say something, to be silent in this moment,’ said the artist, real name Benjamin Hammond Haggerty.’In the last three weeks, I’ve gone back and I have done some research, I’m teachable… I don’t know everything, but I know enough to know that this is a genocide.’His speech came after protestors were seen waving a Hezbollah flag through the crowd, marking a somber moment where a terrorist organization’s symbol was cheered outside the White House.Demonstrators attempted to scale the White House fence as the march paused outside the Oval Office, while the controversial chant, ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,’ rang out. In 2014, the rapper issued an apology after wearing a disguise on stage in Seattle that many condemned as an anti-Semitic Jewish caricature. In 2014 the rapper issued an apology after wearing a disguise on stage in Seattle that many condemned as an anti-Semitic Jewish caricature (pictured)Join the discussionShould artists use concerts as a stage for political statements, or should music stay separate from activism?What’s your view?’There is no worse feeling than being misunderstood, especially when people are hurt or offended … I respect all cultures and all people,’ he wrote on his website at the time.’I would never intentionally put down anybody for the fabric that makes them who they are. I love human beings, love originality, and… happen to love a weird outfit from time to time.’Macklemore added that he never thought he looked Jewish.’Some people there thought I looked like Ringo, some Abe Lincoln. If anything I thought I looked like Humpty Hump with a bowl cut.’