Liberal senator Eric Abetz says Macklemore’s previous claims that George Bush was responsible for the September 11 twin towers terror attack shows the NRL’s entertainment choice of the US rapper has “blown up in its face”.
Same-sex marriage opponents including former prime minister Tony Abbott have accused the NRL of attempting to politicise sport by inviting Macklemore to perform his hit gay rights anthem Same Love at Sunday’s grand final.
Macklemore, 34, has also been accused of anti-Semitism, performing in Seattle in 2014 as a Jewish caricature with a giant prosthetic hooked nose, dark beard and bowl cut wig.
Senator Abetz said Macklemore’s history showed the NRL’s “rush to become political activists” was a disaster.
Read the article by Rachel Baxendale in the Weekend Australian.