Ed Sheeran rails against ‘divisive and damaging’ reports he attended JK Rowling’s New Year’s Eve party
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The ‘Shape of You’ singer called on social media users to ‘please research before you post things’. The “Shape of You” singer-songwriter, 33, took issue with a tweet by transgender newsreader India Willoughby, 59. On his Instagram Stories, Sheeran posted a screenshot of a tweet by Willoughby that showed a headline reading: “How Ed Sheeran brought joy to wounded [Israel Defence Force] soldiers – opinion.”.
Willoughby added in the post: “Ed Sheeran reportedly went to JK Rowling’s New Year’s Eve party, too.”. The musician denied both claims, writing: “Respectfully, India Willoughby, and any other journalist who has reported both these stories, neither are true. I spent new year with my family and friends.
“The story about wounded soldiers at my show, was a charity that sourced tickets to my show in Cyprus last year, which was a large scale public concert. “This sort of reporting is [divisive] and damaging, please research before you post things.”. The author shared that she’d received a reply to the photo that said: “I hope he leaves you for a trans woman,” to which she commented: “I just read this to Neil and he said something that made me laugh so hard I nearly coughed up a kidney.”.
When one of Rowling’s followers urged her to reveal what her husband had said, Rowling replied: “I’m not about to get my husband cancelled. One in the family’s enough!”. These initial remarks prompted backlash from fans of the author, who labelled Rowling a “terf” – an acronym that stands for trans-exclusionary radical feminist.
