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Ed Sheeran has admitted that he’s ready to settle down with longterm girlfriend Cherry Seaborn, and a source close to the hitmaker revealed that he may pop the question while in Australia this month.
The 25-year-old spoke to Kyle and Jackie O on KIIS FM today, and revealed that he’s ready to take his relationship to the next level, as he already lives with his partner in the UK.
“She lives three or four miles away from me where I grew up. And we live together now, we just got cats,” he said.
The presenters then quizzed Ed on whether he would want to get married and have children soon, and the Shape Of You singer didn’t shy away from the question, admitting that he feels the relationship is headed in that direction.
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“I’m pretty…yeah I feel pretty good about it,” he said, and on the family front he announced, “Yeah, potentially. I would like some kids.”
Fuelling the rumours even further, a pal close to Ed told NW Magazine that he is planning to propose very soon.
“He’s so ready to take the next step with Cherry and couldn’t think of a better place to ask her to marry him in Australia,” the source said.
This is the first time the star has had the chance to really fall in love, and he credits his passion to his Irish roots.
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“This has been the first time I’ve ever actually had the time to fall in love properly. I’ve always got into relationships very passionate – I’m a redhead and also Irish.
“But then I will get in a relationship and and go on tour for 18 months and everything will f**ck up,” he recently told Apple Music’s Beats 1 radio.
It sounds like this one is the real thing!