Huge pop star hints he’s tempted to take part in I’m A Celebrity

ED Sheeran is tempted to take a turn in the I’m A Celebrity jungle.

The singer-songwriter, 32, floats the idea during an appearance on the Jonathan Ross Show.



LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 04: Ed Sheeran attends the GBK Brand Bar Back Stage during Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on November 04, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tiffany Rose/Getty Images for GBK Brand Bar)
Ed Sheeran is tempted to take a turn in the I’m A Celebrity jungle

During a discussion on reality shows, Ed says: “The one I would do is probably I’m A Celebrity. It looks fun.

“Genuinely. If I had time off, you go in a jungle with a bunch of people you sort of know.

“I’m not going to do it — but I do like the idea.”

On the ITV show, to air on Saturday, he also talks of grieving for his close pal, music boss Jamal Edwards.

He says he spoke to him just four hours before his death.

Ed explained about his pal: “I was this struggling up-and-coming musician wanting anyone to take me seriously and no-one was taking me seriously.

“I was fat, scraggly ginger hair, I had a tiny guitar and I used to rap and beatbox and everyone kind of saw me as a joke.

“Jamal put me on his channel, which at the time on YouTube was the coolest channel to be on, and as soon as he put me on, everything started to fall into place.

“The day he passed away we were meant to be shooting a music video.”

Speaking on the grieving process, Ed said: “Grief is a very solitary thing, you think you’re the only one going through it, but obviously lots of people understand stuff.

“I felt after Jamal’s death everyone rallies around people and then, after a week, it kind of goes and you’re meant to get back to normal life.

“Grief is something you live with – it has to be something you embrace in a way.”

He adds: “I’ve got amazing memories of him that make me happy but also sad at the same time.”