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Ed Sheeran Thought He Was Gay Growing Up

Ed Sheeran thought he was gay growing up, and now he's explaining the reasons why.

The 30-year-old "Bad Habits" singer-songwriter opened up in an interview for Dutch podcast Man Man Man.

During the interview, he explained that he'd never felt "hugely masculine," and wasn't into stereotypically masculine things like cars.

“I have a definite feminine side, to the point that when I was a kid I thought I was gay for a bit," he said.

“I definitely have a big feminine side. I love musical theatre, I love pop music, I love Britney Spears. My masculine side probably stops at drinking beer and watching football," he continued.

He also revealed he prefers the women's league: “I watched it and I was like, ‘I don’t know why I watch male football, this is much better.'"

"I am not a car guy. I like a nice car, but I’m not a car guy," he said.

“But then, my wife is super pro-women and femininity. And so, as soon as we started dating, my life shifted to that. She plays in a female hockey team. We hang out with all the team. It's very much women empowerment.”

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by Anonymousreply 55November 15, 2021 4:52 PM

Well in fairness I thought I was straight for a while when growing up. Boy was I wrong.

by Anonymousreply 1October 31, 2021 1:24 PM

When I look at that picture of him I think I might be straight, but the I look away.

by Anonymousreply 2October 31, 2021 1:27 PM

Loving musical theater doesn’t make one feminine.

by Anonymousreply 3October 31, 2021 1:28 PM

Alright ed sheeran. You are bisexual and stop fighting it.

by Anonymousreply 4October 31, 2021 1:29 PM

What does Man Man Man translate from the Dutch as?

by Anonymousreply 5October 31, 2021 1:30 PM

[quote]The man no go up in the homely chub's fat pasty ginger butt with the weepy pink hole any more anymore. Hee hee.

by Anonymousreply 6October 31, 2021 1:36 PM

He should just change his name to Pander McPanderson, and stop this ridiculous nonsense. I just detest it when celebrities use deliberate declarations of sexual ambiguity to show how incredibly open-minded they are, how they are also revolutionary outcasts and, most importantly, to get gay people to buy by the truckload whatever it is that they're peddling.

by Anonymousreply 7October 31, 2021 1:40 PM

Say less, Edward.

by Anonymousreply 8October 31, 2021 2:01 PM

Gay, bi, all I know is he'd benefit from a karotyping.

by Anonymousreply 9October 31, 2021 2:31 PM

His music has become blander and blander

by Anonymousreply 10October 31, 2021 2:48 PM

What are his pronouns?

by Anonymousreply 11October 31, 2021 2:59 PM

Thank God he was wrong. (shudder)

by Anonymousreply 12October 31, 2021 3:02 PM

I don't think he grasps the meaning of gay. Did he fantasize about being held by another man. Or even more intimate activity?

by Anonymousreply 13October 31, 2021 3:02 PM

R13 - He neglected to mention how he was passed around like a hash pipe when first breaking into the business.

by Anonymousreply 14October 31, 2021 3:07 PM

Doesn't he look like he has a small dick?

by Anonymousreply 15October 31, 2021 3:30 PM

Pierce Brosnan also thought he was gay, even though he wasn't. I find this weird. These guys must have had zero libido if they relied on secondary characteristics to try and figure out what they were.

by Anonymousreply 16October 31, 2021 3:37 PM

British or Gay? Apparently, it’s even hard for even them to fugitive out.

by Anonymousreply 17October 31, 2021 3:39 PM

Then all I can say is that record company executives have AWFUL taste, R14. It would be difficult to find a plainer, pudgier, more boring little-Englander type even if they dropped you in the middle of the Cannock Chase.

However, I will concede that he has worked extremely hard to develop his voice. I guess that it gives hope to those among us who cannot sing to save our lives 😂 😂 😂

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by Anonymousreply 18October 31, 2021 3:40 PM

[quote] Then all I can say is that record company executives have AWFUL taste

Can't say I disagree. They made him a star, after all...

by Anonymousreply 19October 31, 2021 3:41 PM

I'm just glad he's finally flopping. His fiery reign of terror seems to be over.

by Anonymousreply 20October 31, 2021 3:43 PM

I still think he's gay.

by Anonymousreply 21October 31, 2021 3:43 PM

He lived in Jamie Foxx’s house when he was an up and coming musician. I would say that they fucked, but Ed is really unattractive. Many more hot young men in the area.

by Anonymousreply 22October 31, 2021 3:47 PM

R18, I read a fantastic article once on Ed Sheeran and Adele, two British artists of the same generation, whose marketing was entirely built around the idea that they weren't your typical popstar pinup. The Susan Boyle effect. Essentially, they were being praised for their looks by the fact they looked like shit.

by Anonymousreply 23October 31, 2021 3:47 PM

[quote]What does Man Man Man translate from the Dutch as?

I think it's just a podcast with 3 men

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by Anonymousreply 24October 31, 2021 3:50 PM

R7, He didn't claim he was sexually ambiguous. He said he thought he was gay because of the stereotyping backwards belief some people have that if you're a man who likes musical theatre or pop culture you must be gay.

by Anonymousreply 25October 31, 2021 3:53 PM

Who makes your dick hard? It’s not complicated.

by Anonymousreply 26October 31, 2021 3:58 PM

His music is complete shit and he's ugly as fuck.

by Anonymousreply 27October 31, 2021 5:36 PM

Next year.

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by Anonymousreply 28October 31, 2021 6:50 PM

Ed and his questionable anal hygiene, what a fucking loss for us.

by Anonymousreply 29October 31, 2021 7:28 PM

“But then, my wife is super pro-women and femininity. And so, as soon as we started dating, my life shifted to that. She plays in a female hockey team. We hang out with all the team. It's very much women empowerment.”

So, he's Gay-ish married to someone who's Dyke-ish, not that uncommon, but r26 really has the right answer. It's not that complicated

by Anonymousreply 30October 31, 2021 7:54 PM

One thing to say his music is not flopping. It's still absolutely massive. 2 singles currently in the top ten in the UK and in the US too. He is probably the biggest male music star in the world. He is at least the biggest selling

by Anonymousreply 31October 31, 2021 8:27 PM

Well, on this day in Gay History we learned that Kal Penn is Gay, and despite feeling a little Gay growing up, Ed Sheeran is not. Win/win situation as far as I see it.

by Anonymousreply 32October 31, 2021 9:59 PM

Is this some kind of new trend, whenever a straight celebrity declares their straightness a Gay celebrity comes out?

by Anonymousreply 33October 31, 2021 10:00 PM

I try not to look directly at him.

by Anonymousreply 34October 31, 2021 10:18 PM

R13 & R16 I agree, it's somewhat wild to me that so many young people act like those "secondary characteristics" (more like clichés and stereotypes) actually say something about your sexuality. The number of young girls I see, who feel they must be not straight, because they don't like ruffled dresses or something like that. Or young guys, who claim they're "nearly gay" because they have emotions. It not only paints a really weird picture of what is supposed to be feminine and masculine, I also don't get how they use to complicate sexuality.

by Anonymousreply 35October 31, 2021 11:11 PM

Maybe he's a Lipstick Lesbian trapped in a man's body. Think about it, his wife is in hockey. She's the top in the relationship anyways.

by Anonymousreply 36November 1, 2021 1:24 AM

Ed Sheeran looks like the love child of Sissy Spacey and Chucky.

by Anonymousreply 37November 1, 2021 1:58 AM

[quote]I try not to look directly at him.

Seems fair. His wonky eyes make him unable to look directly at anyone.

If he was growing up today, he'd be Edith Sheeran.

by Anonymousreply 38November 1, 2021 2:38 AM

We really dont want him at all.

by Anonymousreply 39November 1, 2021 3:38 AM

Ugliest cunt whoever lived. With all that money you think he'd do something with himself.

by Anonymousreply 40November 1, 2021 7:40 AM

Lose the glasses, lose 20kg, tone up, nose job, dye the hair a light chestnut, tint the lashes and eyebrows, shave daily, get him a stylist, and a personal trainer then he MIGHT be presentable and allowed to be gay.

by Anonymousreply 41November 1, 2021 7:44 AM

lol that's basically changing everything about him. I recently saw a photo of him where I thought he could actually have been somewhat cute in a secondary-character-in-a-Jane-Austen-film way. So while he was born with a certain type of face I feel it's mostly his later choices (weight gain, neckbeard, basement dweller style, absolutely horrible tattoos etc.) that ruined whatever potential there might have been.

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by Anonymousreply 42November 2, 2021 11:49 PM

He’s so ugly.

by Anonymousreply 43November 3, 2021 12:17 AM

[quote]Is this some kind of new trend, whenever a straight celebrity declares their straightness a Gay celebrity comes out?

Let's test this theory with a joint Shawn Mendes/Henry Cavill interview.

by Anonymousreply 44November 3, 2021 1:14 AM

that's basically changing everything about him.

That's kinda the point

by Anonymousreply 45November 3, 2021 1:27 AM

Ugh, the obsession with “identity” will stymie us all

by Anonymousreply 46November 3, 2021 1:35 AM

I really don’t know who this is, but between this thread and now this popping up on my news page I find him creepy and repulsive.

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by Anonymousreply 47November 5, 2021 4:18 AM

He lost me at, "Crumbling like pastries."

by Anonymousreply 48November 5, 2021 4:50 AM

He's fugly and can't sing, why is he even a thing?

by Anonymousreply 49November 5, 2021 4:56 AM

r47 sure ed, who the fuck would want to see your pasty white doughy little dick surrounded by wiry ginger pubes? yuck!

by Anonymousreply 50November 5, 2021 6:03 AM

Is it me, or does he kind of look like later-seasons Ann Romano?

by Anonymousreply 51November 5, 2021 3:01 PM

R36 I’m willing to bet that his wife pegs him. He looks the type who loves the strap.

by Anonymousreply 52November 15, 2021 4:25 PM

R26 it’s much easier to figure out sexual preference as a man, yes. Ed is talking as if he’s a female, for whom sexual questions are far more elusive and complex to answer.

by Anonymousreply 53November 15, 2021 4:26 PM

Thank God some people still use their brain. Any snowflake would've labeled themselves as a clown trend, like "non-binary." Remember peeps, just because you don't have a 100% masculine/feminine traits or hobbies doesn't make you LGBT.

by Anonymousreply 54November 15, 2021 4:28 PM
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