British Pop Star Ed Sheeran Says He Went To His First Fourth Of July Celebration In A Red Coat With A Union Jack Flag In Tow

Still not over it, I guess.

Last summer, Ed Sheeran was a guest on comedian Theo Von’s podcast This Past Weekend this week, where he discussed everything from music, to football (soccer), and much more.

He comes across as such a genuine, nice guy, and it was a really interesting conversation of course made all the more endearing by his lovely British accent. Of course, Sheeran has been dabbling in country music, made some appearances in Nashville lately, and has said his ultimate goal is to become a country music artist. So we’ll see what happens there… I think he’s a really talented writer and artist, so we’ll see what comes of it if the time ever comes.

But during the episode with Theo, at a certain point, the conversation turned to all of the political issues going on in both America and overseas in Europe, and it prompted a deeper discussion abut American tradition and how a lot of the things that Americans used to hold dear have kind of faded some, or at least it seems that way in popular media in a lot of ways to outsiders.

Sheeran asked Theo if people were still excited abut celebrating the upcoming Fourth of July holiday, and Theo explained that some do see it as more of a negative thing these days, though Sheeran quickly spit out a hilarious fact that I never knew about him.

Apparently, he wore a red coat to his first Fourth of July celebration:

“I turned up to my first July 4th in a redcoat… and a flag. Union Jack.”

I can only imagine the look on everyone’s face when the one British guy showed up dressed like a Revolutionary War soldier with a British flag in tow… kind of iconic, honestly.

Clearly, he has a great sense of humor, and after  little digging to find out more about this story, it apparently happened in 2015 when he attended Taylor Swift’s 4th of July party, according to People. It’s actually where he had his first date with his now-wife Cherry Seaborn, who he also knew since elementary school and had long been friends with.

So I guess he has the American’s to thank for that too…

And Sheeran still enjoys some uniquely American traditions himself, and has said before that the one and only Luke Combs took him to Twin Peaks for the first time, and also taught him how to shotgun a beer… but still, wearing a redcoat costume to a 4th of July party is really damn funny (and brave).

I can’t imagine a more unique experience as someone who is from England (and he still lives there) to have that kind of story to tell, but it was all in good fun, at the party has never forgotten. You have to be as sweet and funny as he is to get away with it, I think, though. While obviously most of us think of the very American perspective, it’s just so funny to think of how a British person in the U.S. might celebrate, though I don’t think I’d ever come up with something like this.

Well played, Sheeran… well played.

You can watch that part of the episode here:

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