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(CNN) - Singer Ed Sheeran revealed that he lost more than 22 kilos after being mocked. He also said he decided not to appear in his first music videos because "I never liked my looks."
During an episode of the British podcast "Behind The Medal", the musician, who has won several Grammy awards, spoke about the reasons for his notorious weight changes and attributed it to public pressure to resemble everyone else.
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"Whenever I've been great, there are always online trolls, or newspapers, or similar comments ... it's always like 'sturdy' or 'fat' or whatever," said Sheeran, 28, in the podcast that was recorded on September, but it was published this month.
"In the early years of my career I was the same age as the guys in One Direction and Justin Bieber, and they were all really fit and had abs, and I thought like 'oh, should I look like this?" Sheeran recalled .
The British singer and songwriter also said that while on tour he had unhealthy habits by eating too much and not exercising, so he tried to fix that with extreme diets that left him too thin.
“That was the other extreme. I've been really big and I thought 'now I'm going to try to get as thin as possible', ”said Sheeran, adding that the expectation of a celebrity's image is“ strange ”.
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"I never had insecurities about me until people pointed them out," he said. "Your brain begins to think about them."
Since then, Sheeran says he feels he has found balance in his life and is at his ideal point after losing about 22 kilos. He added that he quit smoking three years ago, which has contributed to his well-being.
“It is not determined that we should have abs, it is not normal to be so thin. I exercise almost every day, but I eat and drink what I want, ”Sheeran concluded.
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