Ed Sheeran and Wife, Cherry Seaborn, Have Taylor Swift to Thank for Their Romance

Despite knowing each other since they were 11 years old, the pair went off to embark on their respective careers before reconnecting in 2015. Their first date? None other than Taylor Swift’s Fourth of July party in Rhode Island. “I went on tour again, and then I went to Taylor’s 4th of July party,” he told People. “I was texting [Seaborn], and she was like, ‘I’m in Rhode Island at a 4th of July party,’ and I was like, ‘So am I.’ I kinda said to Taylor, ‘Can I invite one of my old schoolmates?’ The rest is history.” He also sung about the moment in Taylor Swift‘s “End Game”, too.

In an intimate ceremony, kept secret from the media, the couple tied the knot with just 40 of their closest friends and family in their home in Suffolk. Speaking on the “Table Manners With Jessie and Lennie Ware” podcast, Sheeran said: “Our actual wedding was a tiny, tiny event with basically no one there. We did it at night on a random day in the middle of January in the middle of nowhere. No one knew, no one came to it. We lit candles, we got married, we went back [and] had a curry.” A few months later, it was reported that they threw a festival-themed party to celebrate with more friends, including Elton John and Princess Eugenie.

In a candid Instagram post on 1 March, Sheeran wrote about the mental health struggles he faced while writing his album. “Within the space of a month, my pregnant wife got told she had a tumour, with no route to treatment until after the birth. My best friend Jamal, a brother to me, died suddenly, and I found myself standing in court defending my integrity and career as a songwriter. I was spiralling through fear, depression and anxiety. I felt like I was drowning, head below the surface, looking up but not being able to break through for air,” he wrote.

He took a break from social media during this time, and started having started therapy to help with his mental state and his eating issues. Fortunately, he is now in a better place. Seaborn has also had the treatment she needed and is recovering.