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\nEd Sheeran had a “four-hour” conversation with Taylor Swift shortly after learning about her engagement through Instagram, he revealed in a new Access Hollywood interviewSwift\u00a0previously explained how she forgot to inform Sheeran, who \u201cdoesn\u2019t have a phone,\u201d about her engagementSheeran and Swift became friends in 2012<\/p>\n
Ed Sheeran<\/a> and Taylor Swift<\/a> had plenty to chat about the last time they linked up!\n<\/p>\n The \u201cBad Habits\u201d singer, 34, hasn\u2019t used a cell phone since 2015<\/a>, so when Swift, 35, got engaged<\/a> to fianc\u00e9 Travis Kelce<\/a>, 36, in August, she did not tell him right away \u2014 and the musician found out about her engagement via Instagram<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n But shortly after, they had a long \u201ccatch-up,\u201d Sheeran revealed in an Access Hollywood<\/a>\u00a0 interview published on YouTube on Friday, Nov. 28.\n<\/p>\n When asked about the engagement reveal while chatting about his new Netflix special, One Shot with Ed Sheeran<\/a>, he said, \u201cMy way of viewing it is like, me and Taylor are mates, and I will see her.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I saw her a week after that happened. So I did that interview and then I saw her and you talk in person,\u201d said the musician. \u201cI kind of feel like being in touch with everyone \u2014 sort of \u2014 you lose actual human connection.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift in February 2024.<\/p>\n Kevin Mazur\/Getty\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I saw Taylor,\u201d he added, \u201cwe had like a four-hour catch-up and it’s life stuff, rather than \u2026 you know what I mean.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Sheeran also shared a bit of insight into his friendship with his newly engaged friend \u2014 which began over a decade ago<\/a> in 2012 after he served as the opening act on her Red Tour.\n<\/p>\n \u201cI’m not self-conscious about my relationship with her,\u201d said the singer. \u201cWe’ve been friends for very, very many years. We’re super close and we see each other when we see each other.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we see each other,\u201d he added, \u201cwe lock back into where we left off.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s proposal in August 2025.<\/p>\n Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce<\/p>\n The Play musician first revealed that he found out about Swift\u2019s engagement in the same way the rest of the world did while speaking with Andy Cohen<\/a> for SiriusXM\u2019s Small Stage Series<\/a> in September.\n<\/p>\n Swift shared her side of things<\/a> \u2014 for which she had a \u201cperfect explanation\u201d \u2014 weeks later on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n “He doesn’t have a phone,” Swift said of Sheeran. “And this is one thing I love about him. It’s very eccentric. Love it. But when I’m going through saying, ‘Hey, who should we call? Who should we FaceTime?’ I’m going through my texts and being like, ‘Who have I texted within the last like, month of my life?’ ”\n<\/p>\n Sheeran wasn’t there because Swift could only “email him,\u201d she explained \u2014 plus, the \u201cPerfect\u201d singer has to find an iPad to set up a FaceTime call. “This is one of my absolute favorite people on the planet,” the Red songstress told Fallon. “Then, when the news came out I was like, ‘Oh my God we forgot to call Ed! Oh no!’ ”\n<\/p>\n \u201cHe’s like family. I love him,\u201d she added of her longtime friend. \u201cBut he doesn’t have a phone!\u201d\n<\/p>\n Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift in 2016.<\/p>\n \u00a0Kevin Mazur\/WireImage<\/p>\n