'I Just Gets S*** on for Things' — Ed Sheeran Addresses His Unpopular Game of Thrones Cameo, Says That Ultimately He 'Enjoyed Doing It'

Singer songwriter Ed Sheeran has discussed the backlash to his little quality successful Game of Thrones, and argued that, actually, assorted different musicians had cameoed first.

Sheeran popped up successful Game of Thrones' seventh season, playing a philharmonic worker who sings to Arya Stark and offers her a repast of rabbit. The country is wide despised by Game of Thrones fans for its hugely unsubtle usage of Sheeran, astatine clip erstwhile his vocation had made him 1 of the astir recognizable popstars connected the planet.

Now, speaking connected the Friends Keep Secret podcast, Sheeran has defended his determination to instrumentality portion successful the series, and highlighted the information that helium was conscionable 1 of galore philharmonic artists to diagnostic astatine immoderate point.

"I consciousness similar I decidedly ruffled immoderate feathers being connected Game of Thrones," Sheeran said, via Entertainment Weekly. "What I said [at the time] is, 'People emotion that show. If anyone gets asked to beryllium successful that show, it's an instant yes.' I said yes. I enjoyed doing it."

Sheeran's country with Arya Stark, played by Maisie Williams, was primitively conceived arsenic a acquisition to the histrion — who was reportedly a instrumentality of the redheaded British heart-throb. Sheeran past agreed to the relation aft seeing different musicians besides marque tiny cameos, though nary arsenic high-profile arsenic him.

"Members of Coldplay [were] astatine the Red Wedding. [Gary Lightbody] from Snow Patrol's successful there. Chris Stapleton's successful it arsenic similar a White Walker," Sheeran pointed out. But nary of those musicians got specified a salient spot successful their ain episode.

"I deliberation astatine the clip I was precise omnipresent and conscionable everywhere," helium concluded. "So, I deliberation it was rather jarring. [But things similar this] hap rather a batch successful my career. I conscionable get s*** connected for things."

It's a engaged clip for the Song of Ice and Fire universe, with some House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms each acceptable for caller bid connected HBO, taking fans up to 2028. In January, HBO was said to beryllium successful "very aboriginal development" connected a Game of Thrones spinoff starring Arya Stark, pursuing the illness of a erstwhile sequel thought that would person featured Jon Snow (perhaps Sheeran could crook up again determination successful a flashback?).

Beyond the realms of TV, a caller Game of Thrones prequel is acceptable to dramatize the events of Robert's Rebellion, and debut connected the UK signifier this summer. A Game of Thrones movie has besides present been revealed to beryllium successful improvement astatine Warner Bros, reportedly acceptable to absorption connected a caller character. As for the archetypal Game of Thrones publication series, writer George R.R. Martin has said there's nary program if helium dies earlier completing Winds of Winter, and his simply "won't beryllium finished."

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