Kicking off 2018 on a high note, Grammy Award-winning singer Ed Sheeran announced his engagement to Cherry Seaborn. “Got myself a fiancé just before new year,” he wrote on Instagram on Saturday, Jan. 20. Not only have the two been engaged for a few weeks now, but come to find out Sheeran and Seaborn’s relationship timeline goes back a good 15 years, as the two were childhood friends before reconnecting in 2015.
“I’ve known Cherry since I was 11,” Sheeran explained to People back in March 2017. The two then went on to attend high school together in England, and were good friends as teenagers, according to Us Weekly. After that, they seemingly went their separate ways as Sheeran launched a career in music and Seaborn moved to the United States.
In July 2015, Sheeran claimed to be single after having broken up with his previous girlfriend Athina Andrelos a few months before. During an interview with Capital London’s Breakfast Show, the “Castle On The Hill” singer said, “It’s actually non-existent at the moment,” when asked about his romantic life.
He continued:Either something changed between July and September, or Sheeran was downplaying his relationship status, because he and Seaborn started showing up in photos together. Here’s how it all seemed to go down.
July 2015: Attending Taylor Swift’s Annual Party
While speaking with People in the aforementioned interview, Sheeran reflected on how his and Seaborn went from childhood friends to being romantically involved. “She worked on Wall Street in New York,” he explained, before noting that in 2015 he had a string of six concerts in NYC.
“It was around then,” Sheeran continued, “We reconnected. I went on tour again, and then I went to Taylor’s 4th of July party. I was texting [Seaborn], and she was…
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