Comedian Amelia Dimoldenberg mocked Ed Sheeran as a “world-famous redhead puppet” after the ‘Free Palestine’ hitmaker’s controversy with Macklemore.
“I’ve been incredibly privileged to have done so many interviews with people like Idris Elba, Cher and even a world-famous redhead puppet with a hand up her ass telling her what to say,” the “Chicken Shop Date” creator said during her opening monologue on “Saturday Night Live UK.”
After a photo of Dimoldenberg and Elmo from “Sesame Street” appeared on the screen, she replied, “No, the other one.”
An image of Dimoldenberg and Sheeran, 35, in a 2021 interview from his YouTube series “dating” then appeared on screen.
Dimoldenberg, 32, remained silent as the audience applauded.
A representative for the “Thinking Out Loud” crooner was not immediately available to Page Six for comment.
On Dimoldenberg’s viral show, she conducts interviews, known as “dates”, with celebrities at fast-food fried chicken restaurants across London.
The talk show host launched her series in 2014 with the goal of finding love and learning how to date. However, Dimoldenberg recently announced the end of his series, with the final series airing on October 2.
Dimoldenberg, meanwhile, weighed in on the controversy between Sheeran and Macklemore, 43, after the “Thrift Shop” rapper announced he had been dropped as an opener for the remainder of the singer’s Loop tour following his pro-Palestinian speech at the MetLife Stadium show in New Jersey.
“I wanted to stand up here on stages across America and say two words that are close to my heart: Free Palestine,” the hitmaker said during the concert.
Shortly after, Macklemore shared on Instagram that Sheeran and his team “made the decision to pull him” from the tour.
“But before we get into that, I want to say something that should be obvious,” he wrote. “Right now, I think it’s important. I’m not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim… We have careers, money, opportunities, security and audiences all over the world. Regardless of the consequences any of us face for what we say, we can come home to our families.”
Macklemore, born Benjamin Haggerty, explained that the “victims are the Palestinian people… who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live with unimaginable violence.”
As for Sheeran, his fellow openers, including Finneas, Lukas Graham, Aaron Rowe and Beoga, later announced they were withdrawing from the tour in solidarity.
Sheeran addressed the issue via Instagram, saying his shows were under threat of being pulled from multiple venues if Macklemore was not fired from the tour.
“I talked at length with the venues all week trying to build a bridge,” the “Perfect” singer said, adding that he tried to “find a mutual solution for everyone, but the decision of the venue and the promoter was final.”
“Macklemore leaving the tour was the promoter’s decision, it wasn’t mine,” he continued. “Maccklemore’s contract for the tour was with the promoter, not me. I will never let down the fans who had made plans, and I will never let down the touring crew and the other support bands and musicians who rely on me to work and make a living.”
Sheeran has insisted he is not “complicit” in the “devastating conflict” between “Israel and Palestine”, saying he does not publicly address politics because he has fans from “all walks of life”.
The “Shape of You” singer then broke down in tears during his show at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on September 19, revealing that his friends and family had abandoned him.
“In these situations you really find out who your friends are. It’s been a weird week,” he told the crowd. “Everyone is telling me to cancel and I feel like all my friends, family and people I know are abandoning me.”
On September 24, Macklemore announced his “Free Palestine Tour”, with all proceeds going “to organizations supporting the Palestinian people and movement.”
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