singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has unveiled something rather different in a brand new shoot.
Sheeran has ditched the trademark baggy T-shirt to reveal a remarkably tight six-pack, an impressively chiselled chest and a perfectly sculpted pair of tattooed biceps after stripping down to his waist for the latest edition of Men’s Health UK.
The British star, 34, has toned up to great effect after binning fast-food and embracing fitness following the birth of daughters Lyra and Jupiter, his two children with wife Cherry Seaborn.
But despite his disciplined new look, the result of regular gym sessions, reformer pilates and a fat-free diet, Sheeran admits at heart he will always be who he was before revolutionising his lifestyle.
He said: ‘[Fitness] just sort of became something that really added to my life. I think, underneath it all, I am a pizza-eating, beer-guzzling smoker, but that’s just not my reality as a parent in my thirties. I think that you have to make good decisions.
‘I’d never run more than a kilometre and did my first 10K during Covid – stuff like that, building up to that, it just makes you feel better.
‘And I think that in my thirties, that’s where I’m at. I’m not saying I’m done with enjoying myself, I still drink. I love red wine, I love a nice meal, but it’s not every day.’
Sheeran made the decision to change his lifestyle after experiencing a reality check following the birth of Lyra, his eldest daughter, now five, in 2020.
