CMAT
Role at the time: Singer-songwriter, commenting beneath Macklemore’s statement
Defended or excused
Statement summary
The Irish singer-songwriter CMAT commented on Macklemore’s statement with the phrase that prompted his removal.
“Free Palestine.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Zara Larsson, Kehlani, Hannah Einbinder & More Stars Support Macklemore After Ed Sheeran Tour RemovalMulti-page round-up; quotations of individual commenters.
Just Jared collects comments left beneath Macklemore’s September 14 Instagram statement and quotes them individually across a multi-page round-up. The comments themselves were not read from the post, whose thread runs to tens of thousands of entries; each quotation here rests on this outlet’s transcription.
Why we used this label
Relative to Macklemore’s speech and removal, CMAT repeats the exact phrase he was dropped for using. Repeating the words at issue in direct response to his statement endorses the speech rather than offering general sympathy.