Ooo, “Burn.”
Ellie Goulding shut down long-standing rumors that she cheated on Ed Sheeran with One Course band member Niall Horan a few years in the past.
Goulding addressed the unfounded rumors when a netizen commented on her TikTok video from final week the place she was dancing to Prep’s cowl of Harry Kinds’ music, “As It Was.”
“Fast boob examine then we’re birthday groovin 🤣🖤,” she captioned the video posted Saturday.
One TikToker determined to get private with Goulding and accuse her of being untrue.
“Can’t imagine u cheated on Ed with Niall, however slay [for real,]” the commenter wrote beneath Goulding’s video.
However the “Lights” singer swiftly shut down the accusation, writing again, “False!!!!! But additionally slay.”
Goulding, 36, and Sheeran, 31, first sparked courting rumors once they have been noticed holding palms whereas seated within the viewers collectively on the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards.
Whereas Goulding denied that they have been a pair, Sheeran reportedly insinuated they have been courting in an interview that yr earlier than admitting that issues have been over as rapidly as they started.
“I imply, regular folks don’t maintain palms in the event that they’re simply pals,” Sheeran informed Washington radio station Click on 98.9 (via Us Weekly) on the time, earlier than including, “It was occurring. And now it’s not.”
However the long-standing hypothesis that Goulding cheated on the “Form of You” singer swirled when he dropped his 2014 hit music “Don’t.” His lyrics appeared to suggest that he had been cheated on and lots of followers gathered that Goulding was the cheater in query.
“And I by no means noticed him as a risk (you bastard) / Till you disappeared with him to have intercourse. after all / It’s not like we have been each on tour / We have been staying on the identical f–king lodge flooring/ And I wasn’t searching for a promise or dedication / But it surely was by no means simply enjoyable, and I believed you have been completely different,” Sheeran sings in his music.
An English publication alleged that the lyrics have been about Goulding dishonest on Sheeran with Horan.
“I by no means let it slip [who the song was about],” Sheeran told Entertainment Weekly in Could 2015. “What occurred was one of many newspapers in England simply printed that it was confirmed when it by no means was.”
Goulding and Horan, now 29, reportedly had a rumored fling that yr and sparked courting rumors once they have been seen trying cozy at V Competition throughout a Kings of Leon set.
However Goulding has lastly shut down the years-long chatter because of her simple response okay TikTok.
Sheeran has since moved on with Cherry Seaborn, whom he initially met in highschool. He confirmed they tied the knot in 2019 and share two daughters: Lyra Antarctica, 2, and 9-month-old Jupiter.
In the meantime, Goulding married Caspar Jopling in 2019 and share a 1-year-old son, Arthur Ever Winter.