Bob Katter attacks the NRL for choosing Macklemore as a Grand Final halftime act

BOB Katter has launched an attack on the NRL for choosing Macklemore as a halftime act, saying it was an insult to every rugby league fan.

BOB Katter has unleashed on the NRL for choosing Macklemore as a halftime act for this year’s NRL Grand Final.

The North Queensland MP, who is heading to Sydney on the weekend to back the North Queensland Cowboys, said that having an American act at the game was an insult and offence to every single rugby league fan.

Mr Katter was also critical of Macklemore’s decision to sing Same Love, a song which has become a same-sex marriage anthem.

“If they (the NRL) take the most sacred day of the year, outside of Christmas, and use it to promote their sexual proclivities, that is an insult and an offence to every single follower of rugby league in this country,” he told ABC 7.30.

Mr Katter also attacked NRL CEO Todd Greenberg, saying his decision has “besmirched” the game.

US rapper Macklemore vowed to "go harder" when he plays his gay anthem Same Love on Sunday. Picture: AFP

“I mean, this CEO bloke who made this decision, mate, it’s tantamount to seeping sewage into the debutante ball,” he said.

“They said of the Americans during the war that there were three problems with them: oversexed, overpaid and over here.

“Well, this little bloke, Macklemore, or whatever his name is, is coming over here. Well mate, go home, we don’t want you here.

“The people that will be there at this game don’t want you.”

NRL CEO Todd Greenberg speaks to the media. Picture: Brett Costello

Mr Katter also supported the sentiment of former prime minister Tony Abbott, who has publicly backed calls to stop Macklemore from performing on Sunday.

NRL CEO Todd Greenberg said he does not regret his decision to bring Macklemore to the Grand Final.

“I don’t regret choosing Macklemore,” he said.

“I think it’s one of the bravest decisions we’ve made for pre-match entertainment, but people will be the judge of that after the show on Sunday.

Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott does not want Macklemore at the NRL Grand Final. Picture: AAP

“Every year when we put on an act, some people will like it and some won’t. Again, we make an interest in the best interests of the sport and I would ask everyone to reserve their judgment on this performance on Sunday night and then you can decide with your own view.”

Macklemore responded to Mr Abbott’s claim that he was politicising sport by telling an American radio station he had been targeted on social media by “angry old white dudes”.

“I’m actually going out to Australia to perform at kind of the Super Bowl of their rugby league,” he told The Cruz Show.

“And it’s interesting actually cause I’m gonna play Same Love and they’re going through trying to legalise same-sex marriage in Australia.

“So I’m getting a lot of tweets from angry old white dudes in Australia. Today I think there is a petition to ban me from playing.”