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We Got This Covered
Manodeep Mukherjee

Pink explains why she stood against Macklemore’s pro-Palestine performance: ‘I knew going in how lonely that would be. And it’s lonelier than that’

Pink has finally opened up about the intense backlash she faced after reposting a call for Macklemore to be removed from Ed Sheeran tour dates. The singer shared a 1,300-word post on Instagram to explain her actions, diving into her perspective as a Jewish woman and the isolation she has felt during this controversy.

Pink admitted that reposting a meme was a lazy way to address such a serious topic. She wrote, “A repost isn’t a statement, and a meme isn’t a spine,” noting that she would “rather be disagreed with for what I actually said than hated for what anybody else wrote, so let me say it.”

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