Liam Cunningham
Role at the time: Actor
Defended or excused
Statement summary
Liam Cunningham posted a terse condemnation of Sheeran over the Macklemore removal.
“We know who Ed Sheeran is now.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Ireland Disowns Ed Sheeran Over Macklemore Stance (Newsweek)
Newsweek report on Irish political and cultural figures publicly distancing themselves from Ed Sheeran over Macklemore's removal from his tour.
Why we used this label
On Macklemore's conduct in giving the speech, Cunningham does not criticize Macklemore. His terse condemnation of Sheeran, posted in reaction to the removal, implicitly defends Macklemore's conduct as not warranting Sheeran's response.