Barstool chief Dave Portnoy blasts Macklemore's shady past, strongly supports Patriots owner Robert Kraft

Kraft’s decision helped get Macklemore kicked off Ed Sheeran’s U.S."Loop Tour" after the Patriots owner cited the rapper’s history of antisemitic controversies."I back Robert Kraft banning Macklemore from performing at Gillette 1000% and thank him for having a spine when many others in his shoes don't," Portnoy said in a video posted to X.MACKLEMORE DOUBLES DOWN AFTER GETTING KICKED OFF ED SHEERAN TOUR AFTER PRO-PALESTINE STANCEDave Portnoy speaks at "Dave Portnoy In Conversation With Erika Ayers Badan: Cancel Me If You Can" at 92NY on June 29, 2026 in New York City.

(Theo Wargo/Getty Images)Ed Sheeran and Macklemore attend the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York City, on Aug.25, 2013.

(Kevin Mazur/WireImage)"Macklemore, who is turning this into a political rally, you're going to come into Bob Kraft's house and spit in his face? No f------ way!" Portnoy said."That's not censorship.

This ain't freedom of speech, homie.He owns the stadium! It's his house."He added: "Would you have a party and invite someone over who is going to spew what you consider hatred? If I go to the Ed Sheeran concert, I don't want to hear a ‘Free Palestine’ rant from a guy who isn't being genuine about it all.

I didn't pay to hear Macklemore give me a political speech, I paid to hear Ed Sheeran sing."THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE.DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!Portnoy spotlighted Macklemore’s antisemitic past."Bob Kraft, I am sure, did what I did when I saw this, he researched Macklemore," Portnoy said.

"It didn't take long to learn that Macklemore has a pretty shady past.He already, at a prior concert, dressed in wildly antisemitic tropes."Portnoy was referring to a 2014 Seattle performance in which Macklemore wore a dark suit, fake beard and prosthetic nose, drawing criticism for invoking antisemitic Jewish caricatures.

Macklemore later apologized.During Sheeran’s Sept.4 and Sept.

5 shows at New Jersey’...