James Blunt And Ed Sheeran Made Up Face Slashing Story

(Radio.com) In January, The Sun published a far-fetched report that recalled an incident with Ed Sheeran, Princess Beatrice, a scar and a sword. Sheeran then confirmed to UK TV host Graham Norton that a botched "knighting" incident led to a cut on his face.

Later on, Sheeran pinned the incident on his friend James Blunt, who has now set the record straight about what actually happened: The pair mischievously planted the royal story and it was really a night of drinking gone wrong.

"Ed was drunk, messing around, and he cut himself," Blunt recently revealed to ShortList. 'We made a fancy story up; people fell for it. It was very embarrassing." Read more here.

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