Children’s YouTube star Ms. Rachel says backlash to her posts on the Israel–Hamas war won’t silence her — and she’s calling out celebrities who stay quiet. In an interview published Tuesday, Rolling Stone quoted the entertainer, whose real name is Rachel Griffin Accurso, saying the criticism over Gaza has been sharper than anything she’s weighed in on before.
“I thought everyone hated me at one point,” Accurso told Rolling Stone. “I remember calling friends and family members, Jewish and not Jewish, and just being like, ‘Why do people hate that I don’t want kids to be killed and starved?’”
Not backing off — even if sponsors walk
Accurso told Rolling Stone she isn’t worried about losing business over her stance. “‘You’re gonna lose this partnership. You’re gonna lose views.’ That doesn’t faze me because the kids gave me the platform. I’m going to stand with them no matter what,” she said. “People on the ground in Gaza are risking their lives all the time to help kids. I can do it from Manhattan.”
Alleges a racial double standard
Days before the interview, Accurso used Instagram to accuse celebrities who have stayed silent on Gaza of applying a racial double standard to which children’s suffering merits attention. “They probably would say something if these kids were White and from a different place. Please stop being racist and risk something,” she wrote, according to the source material.
Criticism of Ed Sheeran after Macklemore’s removal
Accurso was among several progressives who criticized singer Ed Sheeran after Macklemore was removed as the opening act for his tour, per the source material. “Ed Sheeran had an opportunity [to] show that we won’t be bullied into punishing people for supporting Palestine. Instead, he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows. A genocide is happening in Gaza. We all need to speak out against it,” Accurso wrote on Instagram. The “genocide” characterization reflects her view as quoted in the source.
Fox News Digital wrote that it had reached out to Accurso for comment but did not immediately receive a response, per the source material.
