Where Niall Horan, Ed Sheeran Stand After Ellie Goulding Affair Rumor
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'With Bruno and Ellie at their show,' Ed captioned the April 2 post, which includes a photo of the trio sitting on a couch. 'Loads of booze and cigs.'
Given the photos were taken around the time 'Don't' dropped, fans were quick to express their shock. As one fan cheekily wrote under the selfie Ed shared of he and Niall, 'Hey siri play don't by ed sheeran.'
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In terms of the speculation about an alleged affair, Ellie has maintained on several occasions that she and Ed 'never' dated. However, 'Don't' included a reference to her 2013 song 'Burn,' and to an affair.
'You didn't need to take him to bed, that's all / And I never saw him as a threat / Until you disappeared with him to have sex, of course,' Ed sang in the track. 'It's not like we were both on tour / We were staying on the same f--king hotel floor.'
For his part, Ed previously said he was dating Ellie in 2013, but later maintained he 'never' confirmed 'Don't' was about her and Niall.
'One of the newspapers in England just printed that it was confirmed when it never was,' he told Entertainment Weekly in 2015 about the inspiration for the song, noting that his team had the article taken down. 'I never actually confirmed it."
While Ed never clarified who the song was about, he emphasized he was able to get over his anger through writing the song.
'For me, it needed to be done,' he added. 'It didn't necessarily have to go on the album, but it definitely needed to be written.'
In the last few years, it seems as though all parties have moved on to greener pastures—with Ed even joining Niall on stage during his most recent tour last August. However, Ellie recently admitted the scandal left some damage for her.
'I can laugh about it now but it changed things for me," Ellie admitted to the Daily Mail in 2023. 'Every day I get comments about this stupid teenage situation. It was nothing and it was private—and it caused me such a huge amount of grief and I resent it.'
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