Barrera calls Sheeran openers' Macklemore walkout "so beautiful"

Melissa Barrera called it "so beautiful" to see Ed Sheeran's opening acts leave the Loop tour in support of Macklemore, telling the Associated Press it made her emotional, Deadline reported on 19 September 2026. Barrera, fired from Scream in November 2023 over Israel-Hamas posts, told the Associated Press she received no such backing because people were too scared.