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Ed Sheeran has opened up on facing suicidal thoughts after the death of his best friend Jamal Edwards. 

Jamal, a music producer and the son of Loose Women star Brenda Edwards, tragically died after a cardiac arrest brought on by cocaine and alcohol in February 2022 at the age of 31.

Ed, 32, detailed feeling like he was 'drowning', when another close friend, Australian cricketer Shane Warne passed away the following month.

In a raw interview with Rolling Stone, he explained that he felt shame around his suicidal thoughts as they seemed 'selfish'. 

Opening up on his depression, he said: 'My best friend died. And he shouldn’t have done.

'I’ve always had real lows in my life. But it wasn’t really till last year that I actually addressed it.

'I felt like I didn’t want to live anymore. And I have had that throughout my life.… You’re under the waves drowning. You’re just sort of in this thing. And you can’t get out of it.'

He added that the depression seemed “selfish, especially as a father. I feel really embarrassed about it.'

With the aid of his wife Cherry Seaborn who told him to seek help, Ed started seeing a therapist.

He explained: 'No one really talks about their feelings where I come from,” he says. 'People think it’s weird getting a therapist in England.... I think it’s very helpful to be able to speak with someone and just vent and not feel guilty about venting.'

He continued: 'The help isn’t a button that is pressed, where you’re automatically OK. It is something that will always be there and just has to be managed.' 

Elsewhere in the candid chat, Ed spoke about his drinking and drug use and how he ended up quitting both.

He explained: 'I was always a drinker. I didn’t touch any sort of like, drug, until I was 24.

He admitted to using a

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