{
  "id": 8113082,
  "title": "Chelsea Handler Denies Firing Tour Opener Over “Free Palestine” Support: “I Would Never”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/chelsea-handler-denies-firing-tour-opener-over-free-palestine-support",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-17T22:00:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/chelsea-handler-denies-firing-tour-opener-free-palestine-1237107018/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Amid the fallout from Ed Sheeran removing Macklemore from his tour, Chelsea Handler is denying that she fired an opener over her “Free Palestine” support. Following comic Salma Hindy’s claim that the Grammy nominee tried “to get rid of me” for speaking up about Palestinians, Handler denied the accusation on social media, insisting she “never […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}