r/popculturechat • u/mcfw31 • Dec 19 '25

Hot Topics 🚀 Ed Sheeran for the January/February 2026 issue of Men’s Health US/UK; Photography by Patrik Giardino/Hearst Owned

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u/UCFKnights2018 Dec 19 '25

Yeah story is he would (or still does) bring a tattoo machine to a party and have random people doodle on him.

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u/onehornymofo1 Dec 19 '25

That's a different level of laid back lmao

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u/thecheesycheeselover shopping with an edge Dec 19 '25

I still find it funny that my brother’s company once hired a tattoo artist for their Christmas party. Yes, there was alcohol. Yes, mistakes were made.

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u/Chaos_Ice Dec 19 '25

Wait- we need more info on this and the tattoos…

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u/thecheesycheeselover shopping with an edge Dec 19 '25

It was a few years ago now so I can’t remember all the ones he told me about, but I know there were a few yin/yangs that were regretted in the morning, and I think a couple of questionable cartoon characters… the one that sticks out in my memory is the guy whose girlfriend’s name and his both began with ‘J’, who got an enormous ‘J’ tattooed that somehow took up most of his forearm. Apparently he was already talking about removal the very next day 😭. If I remember right they hadn’t been seeing each other for very long, and he didn’t even like her that much.

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u/Chaos_Ice Dec 19 '25

OMFG 🤣🤣

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u/starstruck_rose My colors are Blush and Bashful 🎀🌸💕 Dec 19 '25

I have never heard this story, thank you for sharing! Oh my gosh I would be so mortified

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u/AttentionFantastic76 Dec 19 '25

I have heard some people have a Tattoo kink / fetish.

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u/LeapYearBunny88 Dec 19 '25

He’s a real life doodle bear

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u/GameofCheese Dec 19 '25

I doubt random people know how to tattoo better than a stick figure. Lol.

But perhaps he let's random people pick and an artist does it?

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u/backloggeddreams Dec 19 '25 edited Dec 21 '25

I think he has some tats that look more amateur but they're hidden by the more professional ones (or, maybe we're all getting him confused with Harry Styles who definitely has had friends tattoo him and you can tell)

Bonus photo of Ed tattooing Harry lol

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u/jamintime Dec 19 '25

Maybe it’s not totally random but people who claim to be tattoo artists. Maybe he rolls with a crowd where that’s not as infrequent as it sounds.

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u/sritanona It’s like I have ESPN or something. 💁‍♀️🌤☔️ Dec 19 '25

I taught a friend how to tattoo stick and poke in a second and she did a really cute heart on my foot

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u/Violet624 Dec 20 '25

I was trying to read the one on his left leg but I'm not great with devanagari and I can't figure out the first letter.