{"id":2166523,"date":"2026-09-27T15:28:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T12:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2166523"},"modified":"2026-09-27T15:28:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T12:28:55","slug":"ed-sheeran-roasted-by-chicken-shop-date-host-amelia-dimoldenberg-on-snl-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2166523","title":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran Roasted by &#8216;Chicken Shop Date&#8217; Host Amelia Dimoldenberg On &#8216;SNL UK&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b4\/16by9\/2026\/09\/27\/b45bdccde75c4405878c69040623153e_xl.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Ed Sheeran Roasted by &#8216;Chicken Shop Date&#8217; Host Amelia Dimoldenberg On &#8216;SNL UK&#8217;<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Ed Sheeran<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Slammed on &#8216;SNL UK&#8217;<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">In Scathing Monologue<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"google-preferred-btn js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-icon.svg\" alt=\"Google\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"google-preferred-btn__title\">Add TMZ on Google<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-09-27T08:28:55-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              September 27, 2026<br \/>\n                            8:28 AM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-030fe1548fa78451a30867106a451d32\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260927_b45bdccde75c4405878c69040623153e\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c9a60779-ad49-4665-bc5f-8f4f6514d8c1\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b4\/4by3\/2026\/09\/27\/b45bdccde75c4405878c69040623153e_md.jpg\" alt=\"ed-sheeran-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-e0f5b1dcb9d4f99cc03ce2f3a2ea6e7a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ed-sheeran\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Ed Sheeran<\/strong><\/a> was the target of a pretty scathing joke during last night&#8217;s &#8220;SNL UK&#8221; opening monologue &#8230; which compared him to an obedient puppet.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-69c7269287f104ed8b0c7b864674ff29\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;Chicken Shop Date&#8221; host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/amelia-dimoldenberg\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Amelia Dimoldenberg<\/strong><\/a> told the crowd &#8230; &#8220;I\u2019ve been incredibly privileged to have done so many interviews with people like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/idris-elba\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Idris Elba<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/cher\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Cher<\/strong><\/a>, and even a world-famous, red-headed puppet with a hand up his arse telling him what to say.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0d1d8aee89a279bd362fbcec3417ceb5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>After a pic of her interviewing &#8220;Sesame Street&#8221; icon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/elmo\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Elmo<\/strong><\/a> appeared, Amelia said &#8230; &#8220;No, the other one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0171ad7dc076d341c2d808e7e6819fef\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Then a graphic of Amelia with Ed appeared on screen &#8230; which led to laughs and then cheers from the crowd.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-6c34de704ec7c77f05f51c0772b4ffd7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Amelia was taking a big hit at the fallout from Ed&#8217;s tour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/14\/macklemore-off-ed-sheeran-tour-after-pro-palestine-comments\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>axing<\/strong><\/a> opener <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/macklemore\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Macklemore<\/strong><\/a> after his pro-Palestine remarks &#8212; and the &#8220;SNL UK&#8221; audience sounded like they were totally behind the &#8216;Chicken Shop Date&#8217; star&#8217;s POV.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a379e2c26d5a447c6eb79768f845492b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default  \">\n<div id=\"cb-a379e2c26d5a447c6eb79768f845492b-1384276414-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Twitter Tweet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-71accd9ae7dbababf8b04e5afdf99d5e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>We reported earlier &#8230; Ed said that removing Macklemore from the tour for making pro-Palestine remarks was &#8220;the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/15\/ed-sheeran-breaks-silence-on-removing-macklemore-from-tour\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>promoter&#8217;s decision<\/strong><\/a>, not mine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2f03b99dc173fffc7a724b463a034bf9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/19\/ed-sheeran-apologizes-fans-philadelphia-concert\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>apologized<\/strong><\/a> to fans for the rapper&#8217;s controversial firing at his Philadelphia concert last week.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5580a90690f93dd1b902ce677602eeec\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-instagram-media-block canvas-instagram-media-block-permalink canvas-instagram-media-block--default  \">\n<div id=\"cb-5580a90690f93dd1b902ce677602eeec-668331725-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/27\/ed-sheeran-criticized-by-amelia-dimoldenberg-on-snl-uk\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b4\/16by9\/2026\/09\/27\/b45bdccde75c4405878c69040623153e_xl.jpg&#8221;] Ed Sheeran Roasted by &#8216;Chicken Shop Date&#8217; Host Amelia Dimoldenberg On &#8216;SNL UK&#8217; Ed SheeranSlammed on &#8216;SNL UK&#8217;In Scathing Monologue Add TMZ on Google By TMZ Staff Published September 27, 2026 8:28 AM PDT Getty Ed Sheeran was the target of a pretty scathing joke during last night&#8217;s &#8220;SNL UK&#8221; opening monologue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,77],"class_list":["post-2166523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tmz-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2166523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2166523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2166523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2166523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}