Bill Maher criticized rapper Macklemore’s anti-American antics while attacking young voters for their lack of patriotism.
The comedian, 68, scathingly criticized the attitude of American youth on his show Real Time with Bill Maher and singled out Macklemore for leading a ‘f*** America’ chant at a pro-Palestinian festival this week.
Maher said: “The protests that started as justice for Palestine have morphed into a broader sort of ‘America is the problem, we’ve screwed up the whole world.'”
“Last weekend… when rapper Macklemore said fuck America, everyone loved it,” he continued, calling the rapper “talentless.”
Bill Maher went on a rampage against rapper Macklemore during the ‘Real Time’ segment of his show this week as he attacked young voters for their lack of patriotism.
The comedian singled out Macklemore (pictured in May) for leading a ‘f*** America’ chant at a pro-Palestine festival this week, calling him ‘talentless’.
Maher noted that Macklemore’s anti-American chant took place in a nation where he is free to do so, and drew parallels between the rapper and the tongue-in-cheek ‘Queers for Palestine’ protest groups.
Speaking about the ‘f*** America’ chant, Maher said: “I’m sure it was a big hit with the queer crowd in Gaza, (who are) literally advocating for a government that would imprison or kill you for being queer.
“From the safety of a country that doesn’t do that.”
When the talk show host pulled up a photo of Macklemore, he added, “Yes, America, where a white guy from the suburbs could become a millionaire rapper.”
“Because here every person, regardless of race, class or gender, has the right to lack talent.”
Macklemore, shown in March 2023 in Texas, has been highly critical of US foreign policy as the war between Israel and Hamas escalates.
Maher singled out ‘Gaza queers’, who, he said, “literally advocate for a government that would imprison you or kill you for being queer.”
Macklemore, whose real name is Benjamin Hammond Haggerty, made the anti-American comment at a charity festival benefiting Palestinian refugees a week ago.
The Seattle native, 41, took the stage at the Palestine Will Live Forever Festival in support of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees and encouraged people to “directly” join in the singing.
The rapper told the audience that he wouldn’t stop them if they did it and then said: ‘F*** America’ as the audience erupted in cheers.
He has been highly critical of US foreign policy as the war between Israel and Hamas has escalated, and released a protest song in May 2024 titled Hind’s Hall in support of the 2024 pro-Palestinian campus protests. university students.