Ed Sheeran: The Fallout
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The rest is entertainment is presented by Octopus Energy. Now, entertainment loves keeping business in the family.
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Hello and welcome to this episode of The Restors Entertainment with me, Marina Hines.
And me, Richard Osman. Hello everyone.
Hello, Richard, how are you?
Yeah, I'm not bad. How are you?
Not too bad, thank you. Not too bad. Just
I think a little bit sleep deprived.
A little bit sleep deprived.
But when are you not?
When I'm It's getting quite extreme now, hanging by an actual thread.
Looking forward to the podcast.
Luckily we've got really low key subjects to discuss. We have
we're talking about um three people who have had interesting weeks. Are we not? The first person we're talking about is Ed Sheeran. We will we will get on to that. Perfect for someone hanging by a thread to discuss. Exactly. Then we are talking about
Nigella. Nigella's bake off debut is tonight when this podcast goes out and that is a megacultural event.
That is a megacultural event. And we're also talking about Tom Cruise, who's given his first magazine interview in quite some time, and it's as good as you would hope.
And under cover, which will also happen to be a good idea. That is quite something.
Someone else has had a busy week with Sydney Sweeney, who we're going to be talking about on the c we had so many questions about her photo shoot. We're talking about that on the Q and A episode this week. I I know you're looking forward to covering that I am in full.
I'm a fan.
Shall we move on to uh Ed Sheeran? We're not really going to cover the political situation because you've got podcasts for that, but we are going to cover this idea of what happens if you're a megastar. Do you have a responsibility to speak out? Are you allowed to not speak out and how things have come to a head for Ed Sheeran uh and where that leaves him, right?
Yes. Shall I do a little bit of backstory? Um you'll boo you'll all be familiar with it by now, but um Ed Sheeran is on a um uh a tour in the Americas. I think it's both north and south.
Um Um
and supported by various artists, one of whom is McLamore, who um made various kind of pro-Palestinian statements on stage and showed some footage. Um and some venues after that objected and both promoters or venues have managed to get him removed from remaining the remaining dates. The New England Patriots owner, Robert Craft, who owns, among other things, Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts. I imagine we'll be talking about him a little bit. We'll be talking a little bit about him. He um said he's got to go. Now, then others of the support artists on this tour also withdrew in support or solidarity or whatever. Um, and they're Phineas, Aaron Rowe, uh Bioga, and uh Lucas Graham. Um, and often some of them have said they're
Grateful. Some of them said it's about promoters, or it's about free speech, or it means m a lot to them because of their own history with colonialism, or all sorts of different things.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–6:07
2
What is the controversy surrounding Ed Sheeran’s decision to drop Macklemore?
6:07–10:24
3
How did Ed Sheeran explain his stance on free‑speech and venue cancellations?
10:24–20:39
4
Why do the hosts think Ed Sheeran’s situation reflects a broader cultural moment?
20:39–48:58
5
What does the discussion reveal about the impact of celebrity activism on politics?
48:58–55:49