Ed Sheeran Addresses Copyright Lawsuit, Says Being Friends With Taylor Swift Is Like 'Therapy'

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Ed Sheeran is thankful for his friendship with Taylor Swift. In an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, the 32-year-old singer opened up about how his friendship with the pop star is like «therapy.»«I have long, long, long conversations with Taylor about stuff just because I feel like she's one of the only people that actually truly understands where I'm at,» Sheeran said, adding that he recently spoke to Swift for more than an hour on the phone.«Everything that was on our minds we talked about.

I mean that in itself is kind of therapy as well, because you're actually talking to someone that genuinely gets it,» he said. «That has all the things that you feel and have insecurities about and how other people treat you or how your family treat you, how your friends treat you, she's just basically in the same sphere.»Sheeran has been leaning on his supporters as of late, amid his copyright trial in New York.

The singer won the case on Thursday, with a jury ruling that he did not copy Marvin Gaye's 1973 hit, «Let's Get It On,» on his 2014 song, «Thinking Out Loud.» Sheeran's chat with Lowe came ahead of the verdict, but the singer reflected on the case all the same.«There's something very freeing about just being honest.

What's the worst thing that can happen? This is the thing, even with the lawsuit stuff. When people are like, 'Don't talk about it, don't talk about it,' I'm like, 'Why?