Ed Sheeran's cousin Jethro brands him a 'coward' and 'bad human' over Macklemore axe
From the Newshound archive · first published 19 September 2026.
Paloma Faith, who has said she tells her children "Free Palestine" every night, challenging Ed Sheeran's claim of political neutrality over the Loop Tour controversy.Ed Sheeran and his cousin Jethro Sheeran, who has publicly branded the singer a 'coward' and 'bad human' in a blistering personal attack escalating the tour fallout into a family feud.Robert Kraft, who has announced a joint $2 million donation with Ed Sheeran to Palestinian relief groups in direct response to Macklemore's challenge.Macklemore, whose $1 million pledge to Palestinian relief has reignited debate over resurfaced photos of him in a costume critics have condemned as an anti-Semitic Jewish disguise.
Jethro Sheeran, 44, has publicly torn into his pop-star cousin on Facebook, declaring he is 'ashamed' of Ed over the decision to drop Macklemore from the Loop Tour. He claimed Ed personally axed the rapper despite insisting otherwise, writing 'he's dropped Macklemore himself' and 'he's a coward.' The pair were reportedly close as children, spending school holidays writing and recording music together before fame drove a wedge between them.
The family rift dates to a 2010 track called 'Raise Em Up', which the cousins recorded together before falling out.
Meanwhile, Ed Sheeran is deploying a 'small army' of police inside and outside Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday amid planned pro-Palestine protests.
Irish radio station Classic Hits Radio has pulled all Sheeran songs from its playlist 'for the foreseeable future' in solidarity with Macklemore.
