'A bit of a b***end': Ed Sheeran apologises after gatecrashing Man ...

Pop sensation Ed Sheeran has taken to social media to apologise after accidentally gatecrashing a live interview with new Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim.

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Amorim was being interviewed on Sky Sports after United’s 1-1 draw with Ipswich, who Sheeran owns a minority stake in.

Sheeran interrupted the interview to speak with analyst Jamie Redknapp, who initially greeted the singer before quickly suggesting he could “come and say hello in a minute”.

Sheeran, clearly oblivious to the fact Amorim was being interviewed on live TV, posted an apology on his Instagram story on Monday morning, writing he felt like “a bit of a bell***”.

“Apologies if I offended Amorim yesterday, didn’t actually realise he was being interviewed at the time, was popping to say hi and bye to Jamie,” Sheeran wrote on his Instagram story.

“Obv feel a bit of a bell*** but life goes on. Great game though, congrats on all involved x”.

Sheeran is a lifelong Ipswich supporter and has been a shirt sponsor for both the men’s and women’s teams since 2021.

The 33-year-old bought a 1.4 percent minority stake in the club in August following their promotion to the English top flight for the first time in 22 years.

Singer-songwriter Sheeran, a four-time Grammy award winner, has also found a new role at Ipswich.

The club’s chairman Mark Ashton previously revealed he was even instrumental in the recruitment of one player after joining a video call with the potential signing.

“A local man, global superstar, sponsor of the football club, now a shareholder and now officially part of our recruitment team,” Ashton said at a Soccerex event on Thursday.

“In the summer we were trying to persuade one particular player to join the football club and realised very quickly that he was an Ed Sheeran fan.

“Ed jumped on a Zoom call with him at the training ground just before he stepped on stage with Taylor Swift, hopefully that was a key part of getting the player across the line.

“We’ve gone from the third tier of English football to the Premier League, but we haven’t forgotten our roots and Ed’s a key part of that, the work that we do in our local communities is central to us.”

Sheeran watched Ipswich’s first game of the season against Liverpool at Portman Road and was also at Tottenham when Kieran McKenna’s team secured their first Premier League win of the campaign in November.

“I have lived in Suffolk since I was three years old and, while I travel the world and sometimes feel like an outsider in big cities, Suffolk and Ipswich have always made me feel part of the community and protected,” Sheeran said earlier this year.

“It’s such a joy to be a fan of Ipswich Town. There are ups and downs but football is all about taking the highs and the lows.”