Ed Sheeran: Shape Of You singer suffered depression after wife Cherry was diagnosed with tumour while pregnant

Ed Sheeran has revealed his wife, Cherry, received a tumour diagnosis while she was pregnant with their second child.

The Shape Of You singer, 32, who owns a mansion in West London, spoke candidly to his over 40 million Instagram followers about being plagued with “fear, depression and anxiety” during his wife Cherry’s pregnancy in May 2022.

Ed explained that during her pregnancy with their second daughter Jupiter, Cherry was diagnosed with a tumour that she couldn’t have treated until after she’d given birth. The childhood sweethearts are also parents to their two-year-old daughter Lyra Antarctica.

Ed revealed his new album, Subtract, was inspired by a “series of events” that changed his life.

Alongside Cherry’s health issues, Ed Sheeran also lost his dear friend, Jamal Edwards,31. The entrepreneur suffered a cardiac arrhythmia after taking recreational drugs in February 2022.

Jamal, who is the son of Loose Women presenter, Brenda Edwards, gained fame after setting up the music platform SBTV in 2006 and was credited with helping to launch a string of UK music acts to stardom, including Ed Sheeran and Jessie J.

Jamal’s mother, Brenda, revealed that Ed Sheeran had supported her and her daughter, Tanisha, in the aftermath of Jamal’ death, telling Good Morning Britain: “When Jamal passed, Ed was literally at my house with me and Tanisha for a whole week just looking after us.

Ed took to social media to discuss his mental health battles and how writing music has been his therapy.

“I had been working on Subtract for a decade, trying to sculpt the perfect acoustic album, writing and recording hundreds of songs with a clear vision of what I thought it should be. Then at the start of 2022 a series of events changed my life, my mental health, and ultimately the way I viewed music and art.

“Writing songs is my therapy. It helps me make sense of my feelings. Within the space of a month my pregnant wife got told she had a tumour with no route to treatment until after the birth.

“My best friend, Jamal, a brother to me, died suddenly and I found myself standing in court defending my integrity and career as a songwriter”.

Ed went on to discuss how during this dark time he felt as though he was “spiralling through fear, depression and anxiety” and felt like he was drowning. Ed believes that the album, Subtract, is his way of “opening the trapdoor into my soul”.

Fans have bee nkeen to comment after his passionate display of honesty.

One commented: “My heart broke a little reading what you’ve been through ❤️ I hope your wife is OK now!”

Another offered supportive words of encouragement, saying: “Be patient with yourself. Depression, anxiety, they can change your life all at once forever. I will always stand by you, because you are true to yourself. All that matters. ❤️”

Ed Sheeran announced the news of daughter Jupiter’s birth in May last year in an Instagram post that read:

“Want to let you all know we’ve had another beautiful baby girl”.

“We are both so in love with her, and over the moon to be a family of 4”.