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What to Know About Ed Sheeran's Wife, Cherry Seaborn Sheeran
Key takeaways:
Cherry Seaborn is a British sustainability consultant at Deloitte and Ed Sheeran's childhood friend from Suffolk, England.
The couple married in a private 2018 ceremony after reconnecting at a Fourth of July party hosted by Taylor Swift in 2015.
Seaborn and Sheeran share two daughters, Lyra and Jupiter; Seaborn was diagnosed with a tumour during her second pregnancy.
Ed Sheeran is dominating headlines this week for reasons that have nothing to do with his marriage. His "Loop Tour" of North and South America was thrown into chaos after Macklemore was dropped as an opening act following pro-Palestinian comments he made onstage at MetLife Stadium — a decision Sheeran has said came from the tour's promoters and venues, not himself. The fallout was immediate: Finneas, Lukas Graham, Aaron Rowe and Beoga all quit the tour in solidarity within hours of the news breaking, according to the Associated Press. Amid all the noise around his tour, fans have once again turned their attention to the person who's been quietly by Sheeran's side through all of it: his wife, Cherry Seaborn. Here's everything to know about her.
Who Is Cherry Seaborn?
Cherry Seaborn is a British sustainability and innovation consultant, born in Suffolk, England, where she grew up in Framlingham, according to CU Independent. She's known for keeping an unusually low public profile given her husband's level of fame, rarely giving interviews and largely staying out of the spotlight despite nearly a decade in the public eye as Sheeran's partner.
What Does Cherry Seaborn Do for Work?
Seaborn built a genuinely substantial career of her own well before, and alongside, her marriage to one of the world's best-selling musicians. She studied Cellular and Molecular Biology at Durham University before earning a Master's degree in Management Studies at Duke University in North Carolina, according to Smooth Radio. From there, she moved into consulting, joining Deloitte first as a finance and operational risk consultant in the firm's New York office, before transferring to Deloitte's London office as a senior consultant focused on tech, digital and innovation.
She took a career break in 2020 to pursue further studies at the University of Cambridge, earning a Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business, per Yahoo Entertainment. She returned to Deloitte the following year and, as of the most recent public reporting on her LinkedIn profile, currently holds the title of Manager for Nature, Climate and Sustainability within the firm's Scaling Impact & Innovation practice — a career built almost entirely independent of her husband's music industry, according to Yahoo Entertainment. Seaborn was also a competitive field hockey player growing up, reportedly good enough to be named to England's Under-21 squad, per CU Independent.
How Did Cherry Seaborn Meet Ed Sheeran?
Seaborn and Sheeran's story goes back much further than most fans realise. The two grew up together in Suffolk and attended Thomas Mills High School as teenagers, where Sheeran has said he's known her since he was around 11 years old, according to CU Independent. They lost touch after school, as Seaborn moved to the United States to attend Duke University while Sheeran built his music career.
The two reconnected in the summer of 2015, at a Fourth of July party hosted by none other than Taylor Swift at her home in Westerly, Rhode Island, per People magazine. The reunion clearly worked: both took a step back from their respective careers in 2016 to focus on the relationship, with Seaborn relocating to the UK, according to Bollywood Shaadis. The pair became engaged in January 2018.
Are Ed Sheeran and Cherry Seaborn Married?
Yes. Sheeran and Seaborn married in a private ceremony at his home just before Christmas in 2018, with reports indicating roughly 40 close friends and family in attendance, per Smooth Radio. Sheeran later confirmed the marriage publicly himself, referencing his wife in an interview about the song "Remember the Name," according to Gulf News.
Do Cherry Seaborn and Ed Sheeran Have Children?
Yes, they have two daughters.
What Happened With Cherry Seaborn's Health Scare?
During her second pregnancy, Seaborn was diagnosed with a tumour, which could only be treated once Jupiter was born, Sheeran revealed in March 2023. Sheeran has said the experience — layered on top of the sudden death of his close friend, the entrepreneur Jamal Edwards, around the same time — sent him into a difficult period that he processed through songwriting. "Writing songs is my therapy. It helps me make sense of my feelings," he said, "I wrote without thought of what the songs would be, I just wrote whatever tumbled out. And in just over a week, I replaced a decade's worth of work with my deepest darkest thoughts."
Has Cherry Seaborn Inspired Any of Ed Sheeran's Songs?
Yes, Ed Sheeran's wife has inspired several songs. Seaborn is widely reported to be the inspiration behind "Perfect," reportedly written after a night at a friend's home in Ibiza, as well as "How Would You Feel" and "Castle on the Hill," the latter referencing a spot in Suffolk where the couple shared their first kiss as teenagers, according to CU Independent.
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