Ed Sheeran wants to set the record straight. As soon as his book, "Ed Sheeran: A Visual Journey," came out, many were quick to assume that he was homeless at some point on his life after the internationally famous singer said he "didn't have a place to say" from 2008 to 2010.
Apparently, the assumptions were not true. The truth is he just "went without a bed some nights." "It's been really taken out of context in press - everyone's saying Ed Sheeran was homeless. I never say that in the book," the singer told Capital FM.
He then continued, "I went without a bed for some nights. That's it. It's just that I didn't have a place to stay those nights, so, I slept on the Central Line and outside Buckingham Palace. That's just what I did."
However, Ed Sheeran does have a song that is entitled "Homeless," which was inspired by the nights that he spent lounging outside the Palace.
Sheeran also told MTV during his documentary entitled, "Nine Days and Nights of Ed Sheeran", "2009 I'd been doing it, playing gigs in London, for about four years. I lost my place to live and just started staying at friend's that I met along the way and it was a very fun time. I had a lot of fun."
"I met a lot of people that had a lot of experiences that an 18-year-old probably shouldn't have. And when I didn't have a place, I would stand onstage and be, like, 'If anyone has got a couch tonight,' and it would usually work," he shared.
Moreover, the popular singer-songwriter may look like he is an overgrown teenager who spends most of his time slouching on the couch with his Converse-clad feet up on the table, but, apparently, he did not live that kind of teenage life.
When he was younger, his parents were very strict when it came to watching television. In fact, they limited how much TV Sheeran watched and even banned electronic games. He resorted to reading art books and playing his acoustic guitar, which might be viewed as a good thing since he is now one of the best guitar-playing musicians.
Ed Sheeran's book will be hitting the racks in the United States on November 18th of this year.
