Ed Sheeran opens up about his very private marriage to wife Cherry Seaborn (Image: Getty Images)
Ed Sheeran has spoken openly about married life, offering a very rare glimpse into his relationship with wife Cherry Seaborn. Despite their efforts to maintain a private life amid Ed’s huge celebrity status and now the Shape Of You singer admitted that they experience “real conflict” in their marriage.
Ed, 34, and Cherry, 33, tied the knot in 2019 and are parents to two young children. During a Q&A session at Spotify HQ, he told fans that it’s important to be honest about the challenges of marriage, noting that life isn’t always smelling of roses.
Sharing personal details, Ed revealed how his relationship has helped shape his music career. Speaking to the crowd he said: “Cherry knows I write about everything – not just the good stuff. Songs like ‘Perfect’ exist, but so do the ones about real conflict.”
“That’s part of any relationship, and I think it’s important to be honest about it.” He also opened up about his songwriting, revealing that a song Bono wrote about forgetting his wife’s birthday inspired him to create a deeply personal tune for Cherry, the Mirror reports.
Speaking about the song, he lovingly said: “It’s a personal moment that exists only for her.”
Ed also opened up about adjusting his workload to find a healthier balance. “In my early career, it was 100 per cent work, 0 per cent personal life. Now it’s 70 per cent family, 30 per cent music. Balance isn’t just healthy – it’s success.”
He added: “When I look back at these years with my family and friends, I want to say: I lived those days and I enjoyed every minute.”
Singer Ed Sheeran met his wife Cherry Seaborn when they were growing up in Suffolk together(Image: GettyImages)
Ed also revealed that despite his estimated £370million fortune, he enjoys a budget friendly getaways, including a memorable holiday at Butlin’s. The singer admitted that one of his favourite trips was to the Minehead resort in January.
He was attending a stag dog and enjoyed the experience so much that he’s desperate to return. For the stag, he dressed in a disguise as Roy Wood from Wizzard and confessed he was “off my nut” and that the resort was “f***ing awesome”.
He said: “For my mate Doug’s [stag], we went to Butlin’s. It was an Eighties-themed weekender and we saw tribute bands Pearl Scam and Metal Militia.
“I dressed up as [Roy Wood from] Wizzard and I had this big beard, long white hair and sunglasses. And I was off my nut. It was great. Butlin’s goes hard. I love it. I never thought I’d go to Butlin’s. Then, when I was there, I was like, ‘I need to come here more often — this is f***ing awesome’.”
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It was extremely different from his own stag do, which had a Wolf Of Wall Street theme. He recalled the event, and being force-fed shots on a small place, saying: “It was Wolf Of Wall Street-themed.”
“All of my mates dressed up and they put me on a plane,” he told The 2 Johnnies podcast. “My manager got this small prop plane.
“We flew from Stansted for 20 minutes just to be like, ‘We’re on a plane’. And then it’s grim. You know when you’re being force-fed shots? It was that. But all of my mates’ stag dos have been different.”