Ed Sheeran Defends Tattoo Of A Giant Lion On His Chest
Ed Sheeran has taken to social media to defend a giant tattoo of a lion on his chest, telling the haters where they can take their criticism, Music Times is reporting.
Last week, Sheeran played a series of sold-out shows at London’s Wembley Stadium. To commemorate the event, Sheeran decided that it made perfect sense to get a tattoo of a lion across his chest, because England’s national football (soccer) team plays there and their mascot is the lion, so why not? At least, it made sense to Ed. He posted a picture of the not-fully-finished tattoo on Instagram.
“Halfway and ouch”
Pretty soon, the haters started offering their own opinions on Ed Sheeran’s tattoo. Fellow musician Tom Chaplin, of Keane, didn’t hold back.
Please tell me this is a prank. Cos if it isn’t, @edsheeran has a really bad picture of a lion on his chest FOREVER. https://t.co/toczm2pFnt
— Tom Chaplin (@tomchaplin) August 11, 2015
Ed caught wind of Tom’s criticism and brushed it off.
@tomchaplin i like it and that’s the only opinion that matters
— Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran) August 12, 2015
Then one of Ed’s fans chimed in.
@edsheeran I’m sorry who is @tomchaplin cause man you just don’t mess with ed sheeran and his fans!???
— Emily Keenan (@Emilykeenan991) August 12, 2015
Eventually, something of a Twitter war erupted between Tom, Ed, and fans of either of the two men. The Inquisitr will spare you the details — largely because some of the tweets include language that won’t be published here — but eventually Tom admitted defeat, in a way, according to Billboard (“You don’t need my jaded opinion”).
After the dust had somewhat settled, Ed Sheeran chimed in on Twitter to defend his tattoo.
All this kerfuffle over a tattoo. If it was black and white saying a clever phrase in a language I can’t speak no one would’ve said anything
— Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran) August 12, 2015
It’s not the first weird tattoo I’ve got and it won’t be the last, but I like all of them. I’m also eating a bowl of pasta now so byeziez x
— Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran) August 12, 2015
Then, presumably to drive home the point, Ed posted a photo of a bowl of pasta on Instagram. We’d show it to you, but, it’s a bowl of pasta. You probably know what a bowl of pasta looks like.
Do you think Ed Sheeran should have to defend his tattoo?
[Image courtesy of: Getty Images / Theo Wargo]
