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entertainment">“I loved chicken wings, wine and beer and didn’t do sports,” the superstar tells The Sun. “After my last tour I was really overweight, but taking a break from work only made it worse. Then I could eat and drink all day, sometimes two bottles of wine a day. I knew this pattern could have serious long-term consequences for my health, ultimately affecting my daughter.”
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“I eat and drink everything to a much lesser extent now.”
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entertainment">The singer, who will release his new album on Friday, turned things around considerably. “I was eager to be the one to take my wife to the hospital for the delivery and to do that I had to do something about my body. I weighed about 100 kilos and am now around 70, which makes me feel much better. And I still drink wine, but now one glass instead of two bottles. It’s not that I stopped everything forever, I just eat and drink everything to a much lesser extent now.”
entertainment">Sheeran and his daughter are currently in self-isolation after they both became infected with the coronavirus. “I can’t see people for a while, so I will do as many interviews and performances from home as possible. I’m sorry if I disappoint people,” he said via Instagram.
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