Ed Sheeran has always danced to the beat of a different drummer.
Growing up he was admittedly a “very very very weird child.” He had a terrible stutter that plagued him from a very young age, after having a port-wine birthmark removed from his face without anesthetic.
He wore blue glasses the size of his face itself, and always struggled to bridge the gap between knowing what to say, and not knowing how to express it correctly. (Lucky for us, he figured that one out pretty well through music.)
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He calls it weird, but I would argue that almost everyone silently goes through similar struggles of their own. Some are just better at hiding them than others. But we shouldn’t have to.
Of course, these days, Ed is one of the most popular artists on the planet. His lyrical genius has him topping almost every relevant chart known to man, and the once-awkward child from Hebden Bridge, U.K., is a world-renowned musician.
But as Ed Sheeran reminded us this week, it doesn’t matter how successful you are, or how many people love you. There will always be losers hiding behind the security of their computer screen, trying to bring you down.
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The only thing is—this time it worked.
Ed told The Sun UK that he recently quit Twitter because of the constant stream of vile comments that filled his feeds.
“I’ve actually come off Twitter completely,” he said. “I can’t read it. I go on it and there’s nothing but people saying mean things. Twitter’s a platform for that. One comment ruins your day. But that’s why I’ve come off it.”
Ed says it’s messed with his head—trying to figure out “why people dislike me so much.”
His decision to become the “Twitter Quitter” has drawn massive attention from fans and peers alike, prompting Lady Gaga to stand up for the “Shape of You” singer on Instagram.
In a post to the social media platform on Tuesday, Gaga shared a selfie of her and Ed, with a heartfelt message to her fans, who have been particularly unkind to him on social media.