Ed Sheeran ’s comments on London have spurred a fierce debate over whether the entire capital is ‘sketchy’. When he’s not off enjoying the football, the 33-year-old singer resides in a mansion in Suffolk and frequently pops into London for events. Along with his £3.
75m country estate , Ed is said to own up to 22 properties in the city which he rents out in affluent areas like Covent Garden. The lyrical landlord also reportedly has three properties in Whitechapel and two in newly redeveloped Battersea. Despite his property portfolio, it seems Ed isn’t a fan of the big smoke given his response to being asked where the most dangerous place to be in the UK is.
‘Here? I’d say every area of London. Literally, every area is sketchy,’ he told US podcaster Theo Von. Ed continued: ‘I think that you cannot be anywhere.
It’s not like a segregated city. No, I mean the nice areas are sketchy, the bad areas are sketchy, but you just have to not do stupid sh*t. ‘If you wander around with, I dunno, like a Louis Vuitton duffel bag and a 200 grand watch, you are going to get robbed.
But just don’t do that.’ Some on Reddit didn’t take kindly to the comments, dismissing the Shivers singer as an ‘outsider’ and pointing out his wealth and fame marking him as a target for theft. ‘He said in the context of wearing a £200,000 watch,’ wrote cyclegaz.
‘Not something that most people are doing.’ Jj198hands seconded: ‘He’s also not just a person wearing a £20.
