Stormzy has managed to dig a deeper hole for himself after issuing the statement regarding his ‘deleted’ Pro-Palestine Tweets and the McDonald’s collaboration that followed.
According to Stormzy, his Pro-Palestine Tweets were ‘archived’, not deleted, and he did his research on McDonald’s before collaborating with them and came to the conclusion that they don’t support Israel after all? Here’s the statement in full:
Unfortunately for Stormzy, this statement seems to have done little to quell the backlash against him. Here’s some of the reaction:
@stormzy we are not stupid.
We only want answers to two questions:
1️⃣ Why are you archiving free Palestine posts during an active GENOCIDE?
2️⃣ Why are you parenting with a company that is currently under a GLOBAL BOYCOTT who are still profiting from Israel’s economy? pic.twitter.com/Xn6DsutV8t
— Demetrius (@GeminiDems) February 21, 2025
Tbh, Stormzy might as well have not posted any statement at all 😂🤣
— Ash (@theashrb) February 21, 2025
Stormy has sold out Posters have gone up across the capital over @stormzy McDonalds meal deal. pic.twitter.com/0Lo557Uoz5
— London & UK Street News (@CrimeLdn) February 20, 2025
stormzy saying he did his own research & yet he still came to the conclusion to support a brand who is against his beliefs & his support of Palestine 😭😭😭😭 is he ok 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/JfzFpXIF6d
— 💘 (@ara_xor) February 21, 2025
Sorry but I think stormzy deserved to get booed 😭
we need to return to the times that celebrities and politicians would be afraid of the reaction from the general public for doing morally unethical things
— jdxn (@jojodixon_) February 21, 2025
The stormzy meal is just nuggets, a McFlurry and some stickers? Wtf that’s hilarious, guy sold out and permanently damaged his reputation for a 9 piece nugget meal and ice cream? pic.twitter.com/soygliNdRs
— Crass Mazov (@drdangercrane) February 21, 2025
In fairness to Stormzy, the guy has gone to bat for various communities and charities and causes over the years, so maybe it’s a little bit unfair that people are coming down so hard on him over this McDonald’s thing. In fact I looked into it a little bit and apparently aside from sending free meals to IDF soldiers last year (after which McDonald’s bought back all franchises from Israeli-owned branches to ensure it doesn’t happen again), there’s no other evidence that McDonald’s actually supports what is happening in Gaza. So maybe, just maybe, Stormzy is being unfairly piled on here.
Still, why not follow up that statement with another ‘Free Palestine’ Tweet or perhaps announce that he’s donating all proceeds from the Stormzy meal to a Palestine relief fund? Well, it probably gets a little complicated for him if he chooses to go down that route. Sorry Stormzy, you made your bed with this one…
For a look at how disappointed Jeremy Corbyn is with Stormy’s Maccy’d deal, click HERE.
