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 ]
