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Last week, Ed Sheeran was on Kylie Kelce’s “Not Gonna Lie” podcast. He has the distinct honor of being Kylie’s first ever male guest (not counting Jason Kelce). Just like Kylie, Ed is a girl parent. He has two daughters, Lyra, four, and Jupiter, three, with his wife, Cherry Seaborn. At the start of the interview, Ed and Kylie bonded over this and compared stories. They also talked about the loudest crowds Ed’s ever played for (Detroit) and their mutual love for the movie Love Actually. Ed then showed off his NFL knowledge, he’s a Tennessee Titans fan.
Whenever Kylie has “mom guests” on her show, she asks them to share the best piece of motherhood advice they’ve ever received. This time, she flipped the switch and asked Ed for fatherhood advice. Ed’s advice for dads? Take the morning shift!
Ed Sheeran has two young girls, and he’s got some advice for anyone about to be a first-time dad.
“I just think always be the one that makes the breakfast in the morning. Always be the one that gets up first and lets your partner have her lie-in and do the breakfast,” he said on last week’s episode of Kylie Kelce’s hit podcast, “Not Gonna Lie.”
“Because also, that’s the time of the day your kids are, uh, the least angry, because they’re rested and they wake up and it’s fun,” he said. “Your partner gets to have a lie-in, but also then you get the golden moments in the morning when your kids are like, calm and happy.”
Kelce chimed in and agreed with Sheeran’s assessment.
“I say it all the time. They’re their best selves in the morning,” the mom of four added. “They’re like sweet and cuddly, and their voices are like gentle.”
“They want to help out as well!” Sheeran said. “So I’m handing them plates, and they’re putting the plates away, and I’m like, you’re making my job easier. And also, we’re spending time together.”
The singer continued, “So yeah, I’d say always do the morning shift. I actually love the morning shift and the evening shift. Reading 40 different stories and having someone like, fall asleep on your shoulder is actually really lovely.”
Sheeran and his wife, Cherry Seaborn, have two girls: Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran, 4, and Jupiter Seaborn Sheeran, who is 3.
The “Perfect” musician has spoken about the ways that parenthood has changed him, calling fatherhood “the best thing that’s ever happened to me.”
“There’s so many different sides and shades to it,” the songwriter shared during SiriusXM Hits 1 interview in 2021. “You know, there’s difficult days, there’s amazing, easy days. It’s just a roller coaster of emotions. I know that sounds like a cliché thing to say, but it’s amazing. I love it.”
I am not a morning person, so Ed’s advice is basically my personal love language. Mr. Rosie figured this out ages ago. Although we’ll intuitively trade off, he’s always game to take the morning shift, which I truly appreciate. I’m a night owl who doesn’t mind the night shifts when someone wakes up and needs comfort. It’s nice to not have to jump out of bed the minute the kids do. It sounds like whenever he isn’t touring, Ed tries to be a really hands-on dad. I love that. I also love that he’s conscious of his partner’s needs.
During the interview, Ed mentioned that he tries to keep his ticket prices affordable because his music is intended to appeal to multiple generations. Rather than turn a huge profit, he wants families to be able to afford to buy tickets to see his shows together. In an age of dynamic pricing and other such f-ckery, that was refreshing to hear. He seems like he’s a good egg.
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What a great partner and parent that he is. Sounds like he has a very happy life!
He sounds so great. He’s a ovely person and every interview I hear him speak I like him more.
Taking the morning shift is great dad advice. This alone would have made a huge difference in my life when I was married. Just that one thing. Or take the evening shift, you do the bath the stories the bedtime and let me have a small break and be alone with my thoughts for a minute. I say this as someone whose ex is a pretty hands on dad. But he became more involved as our kid got older (easier) and the days you really need the help is when they are under 5, especially baby or toddler. To this day, I resent that I did not have any help and in fact my ex got jealous of the attention my child was getting. Ridiculous.
You really find out what your man is made of when you have a kid with him.
I haven’t watched too many interviews of his, but I was absolutely fascinated watching this one, simply because of how he engaged with the interviewer (Kylie). He really wanted it to be a conversation, would ask a lot about her own experiences and seemed genuinely invested in the answers
Kylie Kelce’s podcast is the only podcast i listen to/watch every week.
She is a great conversationalist with her guests.
And she is a no BS and mind your business kind of lady.
And though i cannot name a single Ed Sheeran song, i found the whole interview delightful.