Ed Sheeran has opened up about being bullied back in school and says all of it made him the person he is today. The "Give Me Love" star tells Take 40 that the experience of being bullied can actually end up being a positive thing in the long run.
"I think everyone goes through a bit of bullying at school. Of course you get picked on for certain things, but I think it ends up being a positive," he said.
"I was quite a weird kid when I was little, I wore big glasses, had hearing problems, had a stutter and I had ginger hair, but I am now a successful musician and I have nothing to complain about."
"So I have come out the other end and blossomed."
You go Ed! Although he was bullied for having ginger hair, Ed considers that his "saving grace" in music because it helps people find him easily.
"I think everyone goes through a bit of bullying at school. Of course you get picked on for certain things, but I think it ends up being a positive," he said.
"I was quite a weird kid when I was little, I wore big glasses, had hearing problems, had a stutter and I had ginger hair, but I am now a successful musician and I have nothing to complain about."
"So I have come out the other end and blossomed."
You go Ed! Although he was bullied for having ginger hair, Ed considers that his "saving grace" in music because it helps people find him easily.
"Being ginger can seem like a bad thing when you are young but as a musician it has been my saving grace – because if you see a ginger kid on TV and there is only one messy-haired ginger kid who plays guitar, it is very easy to find them on YouTube," he added.
Here's when it gets real fun though, Ed also revealed that he's actually run into some of the guys who used to pick on him when he was a kid.
"When I went home and went to the pub and saw the people who used to be d**** at school, it's kind of depressing," he said. "They not only haven't done anything but they don't know that there is anything out there.
''They are so stuck in their little world. So I feel sad for them - they are kind of being bullied by life.''
Thoughts on all this? Are you happy Ed has blossomed into a worldwide superstar conquering the world while his bullies sit at the pub?
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Here's when it gets real fun though, Ed also revealed that he's actually run into some of the guys who used to pick on him when he was a kid.
"When I went home and went to the pub and saw the people who used to be d**** at school, it's kind of depressing," he said. "They not only haven't done anything but they don't know that there is anything out there.
''They are so stuck in their little world. So I feel sad for them - they are kind of being bullied by life.''
Thoughts on all this? Are you happy Ed has blossomed into a worldwide superstar conquering the world while his bullies sit at the pub?
Posted By: Joe