The singer says spending time with his family in public is tricky now he is such a huge star
Ed Sheeran says he has had to install 24 hour security at his home because of “weird things which have happened”.
The singer says he tries to keep his life as normal as possible with his family.
But in a new interview with Louis Theroux, he said: “I was having a conversation with my wife about this actually, because I do think that there’s a… there is a different kind of normal that is our business.
“So like, for instance, I have like 24-hour security on my house, I have security with my kids, I have security with me, I have security with my wife, just because there’ve been a couple of like, weird things over the years that have happened”
When Louis sounded shocked, Ed added: “Just, you know, there’s lots of dangerous people out there.
“we’ve had like, you know, break in attempts and shit, just the stuff like…
“I’ve never seen that as normal(having security), but within my industry, that’s completely normal. Like lots of people I know have way more security and stuff like that.
“So I don’t know, that’s kind of like an underlying thing that, you know, no one ever really talks about, but that is kind of a part of the normal of being in the public eye, I guess.”
Ed said fame made it harder to do normal things with his children, and he “mourned” not being able to take his kids on the swings in a public park.
He added: “”I don’t really do it that much. I think like… of all the things that I’ve tried to do normal for my kids, we just do it in a… you know, my friend’s mum was in a pantomime and there was a matinee for it and she shut off the top of the theatre so we could sit there on our own and watch her in the pantomime.
“But stuff like that. So you still do normal things, but in a very like controlled manner. And that’s less for me… like I’m not a like, ‘no one look at me’ kind of person, I’m not that person at all. I love being out and about.
“I’m just like, I’m really, really sensitive to my kids, trying to just protect them as much as possible.”
Sheeran is married to Cherry Seaborn and the couple have two children.
The four-time Grammy-winning singer also revealed that he does not own a private jet and likes to travel via train.
“I like the environment, I like trees. I’d find it hard to justify. No one’s perfect. When we’re doing intense promo trips, there will be the odd time”, he told The Louis Theroux Podcast.
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