Ed Sheeran has admitted he got himself into “dangerous situations” when he used to go out drinking alone on tour.
The singer has majorly cut down his intake of alcohol since he became a father last year, but before that he got into a bad habit of binge drinking on nights out.
Speaking to The Sun, Ed confessed: “I think really what happens is you get lonely – and you have things that you do in the middle of that loneliness to try and feel involved.”
“It’s very solitary being a solo artist – even a successful one – because you come off stage and then suddenly it’s just you.”
“I don’t want anyone to feel sorry for me, it’s not about that, and in major cities I have mates and things are fine,” he explained.
“But it’s when you’re on tour, somewhere new, and I have a tour crew who are in their 50s, married, kids, they don’t want to go out clubbing til 2am – and I’ve made a lot of mistakes.”
“I was literally going out on my own, not knowing anyone, walking into a bar, and seeing where the night took me.”
“I ended up in situations which were pretty dangerous, and now I think there are so many times where things could have happened to me and I’m very grateful that they didn’t.”
The 30-year-old admitted he made some big changes when his wife Cherry fell pregnant with their daughter Lyra last year.
Ed explained: “Since becoming a dad I’ve become quite clean-living. But I think actually taking time off and not being on tour was the worst thing for my health because I would drink every single day.”
“I stopped three months before Lyra was born because I was determined I was going to be the person to drive my wife to the Âhospital.”
“I was 15-and-a-half stone at my peak and I think I’m ten-and-a-half now – I was big, it really showed. I had a 36 waist — now I’m down to 28.”
“I always knew I was big, but I knew why I was big too – I loved chicken wings, wine, beer, and I never exercised.”
“I do still do all the things I love. I drank wine yesterday, I just didn’t drink two bottles of it,” he said.
“I don’t ever want to ‘quit’ anything either. Because I feel like if you totally try to quit something at some point you’ll probably end up starting to try and binge it again.”
