Ed Sheeran might be making a killing from his chart-topping songs, but it’s just as well he wasn’t trying to make it a couple of decades earlier, according to 80s icon Kim Wilde.
Kim, 59, didn’t mince her words when it came to giving her opinion on whether Ed would have been famous in the 80s, claiming his looks might have held him back.
Ouch. She told Platinum magazine: ‘There’s more celebration of diversity now, acceptance of differences. ‘Look at Ed Sheeran; he’s not a classic Hollywood-looking guy, but no one cares.
He’s not quite as easy on the eye as George Michael was, but so what? ‘And a singer like Sigrid can just jump on stage in her jeans and no make-up and just blow everyone away.’ It’s almost like musicians are finally being