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Ed Sheeran has revealed that Elton John regularly phoned him to 'check in' after he became a new dad.
Speaking on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the singer, 30, told how he and Elton, 74, 'speak all the time' as he discussed their Christmas song collaboration.
Ed welcomed his first child Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran last August with his wife Cherry who he wed in 2018.
Pals: Ed Sheeran has revealed that Elton John regularly phoned him to 'check in' after he became a new dad
He explained of their friendship: 'When I had my daughter he would ring me once a week just to check up on me with being a new dad.
'And then I had a friend pass away and he started ringing me everyday to check up on me.
'So we speak all the time, I spoke to him this morning and I'll speak to him tomorrow.
Close: Speaking on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the singer, 30, told how he and Elton, 74, 'speak all the time' as he discussed their Christmas song collaboration (pictured in 2013)
'When his song came out Cold Heart with Dua Lipa he was so excited and buzzing he was like 'Wow I'm 74 and I'm top 20' and then it climbed up and up.'
He said of their festive collaboration: 'We've got a Christmas song together. Step Into Christmas gets higher and higher in the charts each year and he was like 'I wanna do another Christmas song'.
'I had always been against doing a Christmas song and if you're going to do it then you have to throw the kitchen sink at it, do it properly. I went to stay with him and we wrote three!'
Chat: He explained of their friendship: 'When I had my daughter he would ring me once a week just to check
