Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

English singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran recently revealed that he lost weight after facing online trolling. The “Shape of You” singer was speaking at the ‘Behind The Medal’ podcast for thesun.co.uk where he shared that online trolls called him “fat” and “chunky” that pushed him to shed a few pounds.

“I never had insecurities and people pointed them out — your brain starts thinking about them. It all stems from other people’s insecurities. So many people have things they’re insecure about so it makes them feel better to point out someone else’s. Because half the people that would point out that I’m fat are probably fat themselves,” he said.

Cherry Seaborn, Sheeran’s wife, supported him in it as he started working out rigorously and followed a strict diet to get into shape while he was on his last world tour, which ended in August this year. 

Sheeran said, “My problem was I’d go to the pub, have bangers and mash, a pie, maybe a pudding and then loads of pints. And then not exercise. My friends used to call me Two Dinners Teddy. On tour, it’s very easy to drink every single day because there’s always someone visiting. I had to make a real effort on the tour. I’m 12st (stones) now. I started running. I’ve got into cycling as well.”

The 28 year old singer revealed that his weight was the reason he chose not to feature in his early music videos. “I wasn’t in my first three or four videos. I was the same sort of age as the One Direction boys and Justin Bieber and all these people who had six-packs and I was kind of like, ‘Oh should I look like this?”

By Yash Singh

A film graduate who writes for a living, apparently.

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