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The hot reason why Ed Sheeran couldn't go to his grandmother's funeral today

Politiko 2023-05-04 18:13:35

The hot reason why Ed Sheeran couldn't go to his grandmother's funeral

Ed Sheeran missed his beloved grandmother's funeral today because he had to 'protect his integrity' in his New York court case, his father told a packed church today. The singer is believed to have tuned in online to pay tribute to 98-year-old Anne 'Nancy' Sheeran, who inspired one of his most personal songs. Today, his voice breaking with emotion, Ed's father John gave a eulogy for his mother, saying:

"I am very sad that our son Ed cannot be here today. He is so upset that he cannot be present, he should be thousands of miles away in a court in America defending his integrity. I know that he is comforted by the fact that he was able to spend some precious time alone with his grandmother just a month ago."

Ed, 32, is fighting a copyright infringement case before a Manhattan federal jury based on alleged similarities between Marvin Gaye's "Get it On" and Sheeran's hit "Thinking Out Loud." He has even vowed that if the jury finds him guilty, he will be 'done' with music. And his absence from Nancy's funeral underlined just how much fighting the plagiarism charge means to the singer.

The hot reason why Ed Sheeran couldn't go to his grandmother's funeral

John Sheeran, 65, Nancy's youngest son, who was attending with Ed's mother Imogen and older brother Matthew, described his mother's life as 'rich and fulfilled'.

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