{"id":131930,"date":"2025-09-04T09:57:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T09:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/131930\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T09:57:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T09:57:07","slug":"megyn-kelly-blasts-coldplays-chris-martin-over-treatment-of-israeli-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/131930\/","title":{"rendered":"Megyn Kelly blasts Coldplay\u2019s Chris Martin over treatment of Israeli fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/vinnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FB_IMG_1756958085740.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FB_IMG_1756958085740-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"FB_IMG_1756958085740\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (VINnews) \u2014 Megyn Kelly sharply criticized Coldplay frontman Chris Martin after his reaction to Israeli fans at a recent London concert drew backlash.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vinnews.com\/2020\/01\/07\/vin-whatsapp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tJoin our WhatsApp group<\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vinnews.com\/subscribe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tSubscribe to our Daily Roundup Email<\/a>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>During the band\u2019s performance at Wembley Stadium, Martin invited two fans onstage who said they were from Israel. The moment was met with boos from the crowd, and Martin responded by telling the audience, \u201cI\u2019m very grateful that you\u2019re here as humans \u2026 we are treating you as equal humans on Earth, regardless of where you come from. Although it\u2019s controversial, maybe, I also want to welcome people in the audience from Palestine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the singer\u2019s comments appeared intended as inclusive, critics said the exchange left the Israeli fans singled out and \u201cdehumanized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelly, speaking on her show alongside conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, accused Martin of appearing uncomfortable simply because the fans were Israeli.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can clearly see \u2026 he is jarred, as if she said she was from North Korea or someplace,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cIt was shameful and disturbing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro added that Martin had no need to \u201cbestow humanity\u201d on concertgoers and should have avoided politicizing the exchange.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Follow VINnews for Breaking News Updates<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (VINnews) \u2014 Megyn Kelly sharply criticized Coldplay frontman Chris Martin after his reaction to Israeli fans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":["post-131930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}