Ed Sheeran embarrassed at US customs by barrage of lewd videos sent by Elton John
The singer spoke backstage at the Ivor Novello awards
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Your support makes all the difference.It’s hard to imagine flame-haired strummer Ed Sheeran turning much redder.
But the singer wasn’t spared his blushes when he attempted to get through US customs recently.
Backstage at the Ivor Novello awards, which saw him win Songwriter of the Year, the 24-year-old recalled the lewd videos Elton John emailed him as he passed through security.
“It happens quite a lot.”
He also recalled a second odd happening at the ceremony.
“To tell you a weirder thing, I went to ACM college for about a month when I was 18 and some dude from ACM just came up to me and told me I'd overpaid my student fee and he gave me 200 quid,” he said.
“So that was a nice surprise and now I've got 200 quid.”
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