Ed Sheeran receives surprise call from Home Office to check he was in quarantine

nme.com:

Ed Sheeran received a surprise phone call from the government to check he was self isolating during the recording of a recent podcast.The singer was in the middle of a recent remote interview with Harry Potter actors Oliver and James Phelps for their podcast, Normal Not Normal, when he received the call.Officials from the Home Office called to check if Sheeran was complying with quarantine rules after flying back from the US.COVID-19 travel rules state that anyone travelling from a country on the amber list must self-isolate at home for 10 days and take two PCR tests.“Wait, wait, wait.

Government, government,” Sheeran said, when he got the call.Sheeran’s manager Stuart Camp, who was also on the podcast, joked when the singer came off the.