Kathy Griffin says Ed Sheeran should have told Robert Kraft to go f--- yourself after the stadium owner barred Macklemore over Free Palestine activism on tour.

Comedian Kathy Griffin tore into Ed Sheeran this week for failing to stand up for his opening act, arguing the British singer should have defied Gillette Stadium owner Robert Kraft instead of letting Macklemore get dropped from the tour.

Fox News Digital reported that Griffin made the remarks in a Queerty interview after Kraft barred the rapper from the Patriots owner's venue and Macklemore was pulled from the rest of Sheeran's dates earlier this month.

The flashpoint was Macklemore's on-stage push for a "Free Palestine" message and his performance of the anti-Israel song "Hind's Hall." Kraft's move blocked him from Gillette Stadium. Sheeran has said the final call came from the concert promoter and venues, not from him. Griffin rejected that as not good enough.

She framed it as Sheeran taking bad advice and folding when he had leverage.

Griffin wished Sheeran had refused the order to drop Macklemore

Griffin said she wished Sheeran had ignored the people telling him to cut the rapper loose. She cast Kraft as the wrong person to take orders from and claimed the singer had other options if stadium owners closed ranks.

Griffin put it this way in the Queerty interview:

"I wish that Ed Sheeran had not taken the advice of the ones who told him to fire Macklemore."

She went further on what she thought Sheeran should have told Kraft directly:

"Let's not be listening to f---ing Robert Kraft. When Robert Kraft says I've called all the other stadium owners, and they're not gonna let you do the show with Macklemore either, Ed Sheeran should've said go f--- yourself, I can go to Brazil and perform for 250,000 people. He had more options."

That is the comedian's version of events. The information provided does not include Kraft confirming he personally called other owners, and Sheeran's own detailed wording is not quoted. Fox News Digital said it reached out to representatives for both Sheeran and Kraft.

Griffin's political comedy often tracks the same progressive lane as other high-profile left voices, including coverage of figures who back AOC-style politics in public fights inside the Democratic coalition.

Macklemore answered the ouster with his own Free Palestine Tour

After the removal, Macklemore did not soften the message. He announced a separate "Free Palestine Tour" with three European dates: Dublin on Oct. 26, Paris on Oct. 29, and London on Oct. 30.

The sequence is straightforward. Kraft bars him from Gillette. The promoter and venues pull him from the remaining Sheeran shows. Macklemore doubles down with his own branded tour. Griffin then attacks Sheeran for not fighting the decision.

Griffin also insisted the slogan itself should not be treated as radioactive. She called the situation in the region a "genuine genocide" in her opinion, said she does not want Israel eradicated, attacked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and added that she has no beef with Jewish or Palestinian people while arguing Palestine should be its own country. She claimed Macklemore's comments were protected speech.

Her full stretch of commentary ran like this:

"I don't think 'Free Palestine' is such a controversial thing to say, because that's a genuine genocide that is happening there, in my opinion. I don't want Israel to be eradicated. I love the Israeli people as I hope the rest of the world likes the American people but hates [President Donald] Trump and his cabinet and our current SCOTUS. So I can't stand [Israeli Prime Minister] Bibi Netanyahu. I think he's ruined the Knesset which is their Congress. But I certainly don't have a beef with the Jewish people or the Palestinian people. They're both trying to survive. I personally think that Palestine should be its own country."

Celebrity commentary of this sort regularly collides with New York wealth and tax politics, the same arena where millionaire flight and rate-hike fights keep drawing entertainment-world voices into the debate.

Israeli-American Council praised Kraft for shutting the stage down

The Israeli-American Council took the opposite view. The group sent a statement to Fox News Digital backing Kraft and other stadium owners for refusing to give Macklemore a platform.

The IAC said:

"The Israeli-American Council (IAC) applauds Robert Kraft and his fellow stadium owners for their moral leadership in expelling rapper Macklemore from the concert stage rather than allow him to promote antisemitism."

It added:

"Robert Kraft's moral leadership establishes what should be an obvious principle: a performer who traffics in antisemitism should not be given a stage. As a result, Macklemore will no longer be allowed to subject audiences to his hateful rants. The IAC salutes and thanks Mr. Kraft for setting an example for all to follow."

That is the core collision. One side calls the ouster moral leadership against antisemitism on a concert stage. Griffin calls it cowardice and says Sheeran should have told a stadium owner to get lost.

Progressive celebrities who wade into these fights often sit in the same social world that surfaces when donor lists and pied-à-terre politics expose famous names tied to left-wing causes in New York.

Kraft owns Gillette Stadium. He used that ownership to keep Macklemore off his stage. Sheeran pointed at the promoter and venues. Griffin demanded the singer pick a fight anyway and take the show to Brazil if needed. Macklemore answered with a Free Palestine Tour of his own. The Israeli-American Council thanked Kraft for drawing a line.

Stadium owners who refuse to host anti-Israel rants are doing the basic job taxpayers and ticket buyers expect: keep the stage from becoming a platform for hate dressed up as a set list.