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Actor Michael Rapaport celebrated singer Macklemore’s removal from Ed Sheeran’s tour on Monday after Macklemore repeatedly called for a “Free Palestine” and performed his anti-Israel song “Hind’s Hall” as his opening act.
“Macklemore don’t rap no more, you got kicked off the tour. That’s a better verse than anything you’ve done in your ridiculous career as a non-rapper,” Rapaport said in a video on X.
“Anti-Jewish ‘rapper’ Macklemore was kicked off the tour with Ed Sheeran,” he added. “Now you can go back to your home in Washington State that’s on stolen land and take up an instrument. Take a dance class. Take a singing class. Learn how to tinkle the piano. Because when people come out to see a musical performer, you need to perform music, not spread bulls— lies about a fake genocide, a fake occupation and a fake apartheid. F— you, OK?”
MACKLEMORE DOUBLES DOWN AFTER GETTING KICKED OFF ED SHEERAN TOUR AFTER PRO-PALESTINE STANCE
Michael Rapaport ripped Macklemore after the rapper called for a “Free Palestine” and performed an anti-Israel song while opening for Ed Sheeran last week. (Bobby Bank/Getty Images; Kieran Frost/Redferns)
“You got plenty of time now. I want you and all your ‘Free Palestine’ p—- a– motherf—ers to go back and watch some of these videos from Oct. 7. OK, motherf—er? Macklemore, you non-singing, non-dancing bulls— artist and the rest of you ‘Free Palestine’ propaganda-pushing motherf—ers. Oh yeah? L’shana Tova!” Rapaport concluded.
Digital reached out to Macklemore’s representation for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Rapaport previously attacked Macklemore after the rapper appeared in a video giving a speech defending his use of the stage to push political messaging.
“A big part of the reason why I wanted to do this tour in the first place is so I could stand up in stadiums like this and say two words that are very near and dear to my heart: Free Palestine,” Macklemore said in a video shared on social media.
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Singer Macklemore faced backlash for a speech he gave during Ed Sheeran’s tour defending his political activism. (Arnaud Finistre / AFP via Getty Images)
“I said, ‘Free Palestine!’ I want those words to be loud and clear, so that people all the way in Gaza to the occupied West Bank know that we have not forgotten about them,” he continued.
“Imagine going to see Ed Sheeran & this absolute no-talent non-singer, non-rapping, non-dancing clown, Macklemore, is opening & because he actually has no act or specific skill set, he’s jumping around like dkc carrying on about a genocide that never happened in Gaza,” Rapaport wrote, adding, “This is a nightmare.”
Rapaport, who is Jewish and has frequently spoken out in defense of Israel, told Craig Carton on his new OutKick program, “The Craig Carton Show” that his pro-Israel stance has been an “issue” for him in 2026.
“No, the — yeah, the career stuff has been a problem,” Rapaport said. “There’s been an issue. The show’s being boycotted. Sucks. It doesn’t make anybody comfortable. It doesn’t make the club comfortable. It doesn’t make the other comedians comfortable.”
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Michael Rapaport has said that he has faced backlash for his pro-Israel stance. (Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty Images)
He added that he has been verbally attacked and threatened for his stance in New York City.
“Anti-semitic, anti-Jewish stuff,” Rapaport said. “That hurts me, it embarrasses me, I don’t want any other Jewish people behind me to feel uncomfortable, or scared or hesitant to fight, stand up and be proud, however they do it.”
However, several prominent figures criticized the decision to remove Macklemore from the tour, including far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker.
“Absolutely ridiculous position from an ultrazionist trump supporter, who’s been awarded by bb for combating israel’s critics. its clear that our billionaires are placing their emotional support apartheid state and its genocide over free expression. we must not let this happen,” Piker wrote on X Monday.
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Outkick Culture’s Ian Miller contributed to this report.
