Ed Sheeran Got a Massive Tattoo of a Lion on His Chest

We did not see this coming from Ed Sheeran.

Is it possible that Ed Sheeran is crazier than we give him credit for? Between sharting his pants onstage, constantly covering hip-hop hits, and now this gigantic tattoo of a lion on his chest, Sheeran is defying all expectations of a Taylor Swift BFF. 

The tattoo is already taking up a majority of his chest, but Sheeran has plans to go bigger. "Halfway," he writes in the caption of the Instagram post. The singer got the tattoo as a tribute to his trio of sold out shows at London's Wembley Stadium, according to the BBC.  He landed on a lion because the animal is the logo for the English football team, and Wembley is the squad's home arena. Sheeran is the first artist to headline Wembley solo, according to the BBC

"Originally I was going to get the floor plan tattooed on my side, but that seemed a bit ridiculous," he told BBC. In this scenario, the large chest-covering tattoo of a lion is the less ridiculous option. 

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