Singer Pink, who has been facing heat online for criticising rapper Macklemore over his ‘Free Palestine’ speech at Ed Sheeran’s MetLife Stadium concert. has issued a statement. For the unversed, after a video of the Thrift Shop singer’s set went viral, Pink reposted an Instagram Story demanding refunds for concertgoers and criticising the rapper. Amid the massive backlash, Pink had been subtly hitting back at her critics with memes and cryptic posts. However, she has now shared a lengthy note, clarifying her repost and stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Pink Clarifies Post Criticising Macklemore’s ‘Free Palestine’ Speech
In an Instagram post, Pink broke her silence on the Macklemore-Palestine controversy, saying that she had stayed quiet in her own words for a week. her. She explained that she had reposted someone else’s post about Macklemore’s performance at Ed Sheeran’s show and added that while the post contained words she had not written, she also would not have chosen all of them herself. Pink stressed that “a repost isn’t a statement” and said she would rather be criticised for what she actually said than for someone else’s words.
“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,” she added.
Clarifying her stand on the Israel-Palestine conflict, she added, “Of course I don’t speak for Israel, or for any government. I never have. What I said in October 2023 is still exactly what I believe: Hamas is a terrorist organisation. Palestinians deserve a future that honours 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 also spoke about working as a UNICEF ambassador for kids and grieving “every one of them, on both sides of that fence.” However, she added, ” 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 On Why She Reacted To Macklemore’s Palestine Speech
Pink continued her statement in the comments section; however, it is currently not visible as she has muted the replies.
In the comment, explaining what she was reacting to, the What About Us singer recalled being in the audience at the Grammys in 2014 when Macklemore performed Same Love and 33 couples, both gay and straight, got married to the song. She said she had cheered for the moment without questioning it. However, she alleged that four months later, Macklemore wore a hooked nose, black beard and bowl cut during a performance, describing it as a “random costume”. She added, ” Every Jew I know knew exactly what it was.”
Reacting to his pro-Palestine set, she wrote, “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.”
Wanting all humans to be treated equal should never be controversial. pic.twitter.com/BOJ9xMoIZn
— Macklemore (@macklemore) September 7, 2026
She said that this is what prompted her repost and not his “Free Palestine” remark. “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. 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?” added the singer.
Pink reminded critics that she had a long history of standing up for her beliefs, even when they were unpopular. She recalled releasing Dear Mr President during the Gulf War in 2006 and performing it on tour despite facing criticism. She also highlighted her support for LGBTQ+ youth and families, saying she had consistently spoken up for others throughout her career despite knowing the consequences.
“And now I’m standing up for my own people, and I thought I knew going in how lonely that would be. And it’s lonelier than that. But I’m doing it anyway,” wrote the singer. Addressing the backlash, Pink said that she believed something had changed in the country and that people had been labelling her without knowing what she actually believed. She added that while she could handle being portrayed as the villain, she would not stay silent or teach her children to do so.
Pink stressed that people did not have to agree with her, but said she was only asking that Jewish people, including families attending concerts, should not be made to feel scared or targeted. She also expressed support for those feeling frightened, including Jewish, Muslim, Palestinian and Israeli people.