CMAT shares “hot take” on “unfair” Ed Sheeran backlash: “Maybe his problem was that he started identifying as Irish recently”

CMAT has shared her thoughts on the backlash being faced by Ed Sheeran, saying that while she thinks he could have handled it differently, a lot of the criticism he is facing is still “unfair”. READ MORE: CMAT – ‘Euro-Country’ review: she’s been giving icon, now she is one Sheeran has been at the centre of controversy recently, after Macklemore was dropped as a support act for his ‘Loop’ tour after making a speech calling for a “free Palestine”. After his on-stage comments, Gillette Stadium owner and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft said he found Macklemore’s speech “deeply offensive and hurtful to the Jewish community”, while the likes of Pink and the Israeli American Council called for the rapper’s removal from the tour. Macklemore was booted from the line-up soon after – prompting Sheeran’s band and other support acts to pull out in solidarity with the rapper – and Sheeran also spoke out about the situation, saying he was “not complicit” and “appalled by the conflict between Israel and Palestine” – seeing the “suffering and pain caused on both sides” as a “tragedy”. The ‘Shape Of You’ singer later returned to the stage in Philadelphia and apologised for “making mistakes”....