Amelia Dimoldenberg calls Ed Sheeran a “red-headed puppet” during ‘SNL UK’ opening monologue

Amelia Dimoldenberg has called Ed Sheeran a “red-headed puppet” on Saturday Night Live UK, with the show once again taking aim at the star. The singer has recently been at the centre of controversy after support act Macklemore was dropped from his ‘Loop’ tour after he made a “free Palestine” speech. Gillette Stadium owner Robert Kraft said he found the speech “deeply offensive and hurtful to the Jewish community”, while the likes of Pink and the Israeli American Council called for his removal. Sheeran’s band and all his other support acts subsequently dropped out of the tour, sharing support for Macklemore, while Sheeran himself later returned to the stage in Philadelphia and apologised for “making mistakes”. Hosting this weekend’s (Saturday September 26) episode of SNL UK, Dimoldenberg took a dig at Sheeran during her opening monologue. “I’m incredibly privileged to have done so many interviews with people like Idris Elba, Cher, and even a world-famous redheaded puppet with a hand up his arse telling him what to say,” she said in reference to her show Chicken Shop Date, accompanied by a picture of herself with Elmo. “No, the other one,” she then added, as the picture was switched ...