We Debrief The 'Macklemore x Ed Sheeran' Controversy

0:00The story is you'll be talking about all day. It's pretty Malik's gossip with FAB share visa credit cards, effortless 8% back at 5,000 plus stores every day. Apply now. Alright, gossip, what have we got? So Tom Holland, congratulations to him. He has reportedly become the highest grossing actor in global box office history at the age of just 30. Wow. That is a big deal. This film is now brought in around 15.5 billion dollars worldwide. He has overtaken Zoe Saldana, who sits at 15.7. I don't understand how Zoe's Al Dana is still up with that. Avatar. Avatar is the highest grossing movie of all time. What a sleeper she is. Avatar and Marvel. She's more than the rock. Yeah. Isn't that crazy? Yeah. They're more than the rock and Kevin Hart. Yeah. We haven't done the Marvel movies. I know. That's what I'm saying. You want to get a Marvel movie? Yeah. Avatar.

1:00Avatar is the highest grossing movie. So nothing can top that. Scarlett Johansson's third Chris Pratt Ford Samuel L Jackson at number five. The Emmys, this is pretty interesting Taylor Swift made a surprise cameo in a law and order skit. Uh huh. And she apparently dropped some Easter eggs and a lot of fans think it's song titles for her next album, which is interesting. Now before the Emmys got started on the red carpet, Emmys, uh, stylus law roach said he lied that Zendaya and Tom Holland were married. Okay. That they're actually going to get married after the doing press tour is over. Okay. But I don't know if I believe them because they're both wearing wedding rings. So yeah, I don't believe that. Now I think they're just playing with our emotions. And finally, Matt Lamor, he has reportedly been dropped from the remainder of the US leg of Ed Sheeran's loop tour. This is just for the US dates. He was slated to play in the remaining eight out of the 10 dates, but he apparently has been dropped. And a lot of people are saying this is after he said free pal Stein during a speech while he was performing at Ed Sheeran's concert in New Jersey.

2:05And that's apparently what Maclamore said as well. He issued a long statement on his Instagram, which can go read in your own time because it's a good statement. It is quite lengthy. Very maturedly. Like he, a very mature approach. Correct. And he did say, you know, he has been friends with Ed Sheeran for about 13 years. And this is something that they have discussed over and over again. And they have disagreed on over and over again. And he basically said that Ed wanted to take a neutral stance. And that's the decision that was made. And of course, Robert Kraft who owns a lot of the stadiums that Ed will be playing at basically also made the decision decision and said, either this goes ahead or your show doesn't go ahead. So Maclamore just said he was in between a rock and a hard place and that was it. That Ed was in between a rock and a hard place. I mean, Ed Sheeran, wow. And now he's coughing at Ed Sheeran. He's getting some bad flak, which he's one of the most likeable artists, celebrities in the world, right? It's one that a lot of people have their own opinion on.

3:05Some people are like, no, he should be able to do what he wants. Maclamore on a stage. Some people are saying, no, he shouldn't have. The problem is here. Is it Robert Kraft? Robert Kraft is the owner of the stadium and several other. And he did not appreciate what Maclamore has been saying. And so it was actually more so that there was like footage that he showed. There was like some film that Maclamore showed. And he said it was something in there that he did not appreciate. Yeah. So he's obviously owns a stadium with a bunch of other people and he was just like, well, I'm going to tell you, you can't play my stadiums. And Ed Sheeran would have had to make that decision as he cancels his entire tour. Correct. In those stadiums, because they're big stadiums. They're not small ones. They're like 90,000 people. Yeah, don't know. It's so, it would have been a very interesting one to be a part of that conversation between Maclamore and Ed Sheeran. They're good mates. Here's the thing though.

4:06Ed Sheeran must have known and his management. Yes. Getting Maclamore to perform. Yeah. And he got a high chance of him getting political. And he did it earlier too. He's done it every single one of these shows in the last how many years. So. And good on him. So I think we have to give a little bit of credit there to Ed Sheeran. He knew what Maclamore stood for and said, no, I want Maclamore to open for me. But I think what happens sometimes is it's not in the artist's hands because when you have 90,000 people, you have millions of dollars to answer to. No, that would have been. If he canceled those shows, that would have been, I'm not just talking financial tragedy. I'm just saying like in just general, it would have caused so much. I think Ed had to make that decision. I don't know what he thinks politically. I don't know. I don't even know if it's his decision. Yeah. It is now at the end of the day. I don't know, man. I feel like sometimes they may have an opinion, but he may have been overridden. Who knows?

5:06Yeah, he may have an opinion, but he's just not going to vocalize it right now. Yeah. I don't know if you can see what happens there. It's a hard one. Unfortunate. Well done, Maclamore. Thank you. Hit us with your tag. Peace out, home press.