{"id":170174,"date":"2025-09-30T10:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T10:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/170174\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T10:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T10:32:10","slug":"ed-sheeran-behind-the-counter-at-chaiiwala-in-bolton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/170174\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran behind the counter at Chaiiwala in Bolton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Chaiiwala on Manchester Road certainly had customers talking after a lookalike of one of the the world&#8217;s most popular singers was found behind the counter.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A video filmed by the business has got over twenty million views.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The TikTok video, which was posted earlier this month, appears to show a person who resembles the multi-award-winning singer, Ed Sheeran at the Chaiiwala drive-through.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Fans have been left divided.(Image: TikTok)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The video has amassed an astounding three million likes.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The clip may not feature the real Ed Sheeran, but it has certainly brought plenty of attention to drive-through \u2013 with fans flocking online to share the uncanny resemblance.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Workers at the Chaiiwala drive through on Manchester Road confirmed to The Bolton News that the viral clip was indeed filmed at the site.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>The viral video was filmed at the Manchester Road Chaiiwala store.(Image: TikTok)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sheeran has had 14 UK number one singles and eight UK number one albums, with the singer\u2019s best-known songs including The A Team, Sing and Don\u2019t.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Ed Sheeran(Image: Ian West PA)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Yet fans were left divided on whether the video was \u2018really\u2019 the star, as the man featured in the video does not have the same tattoos as the singer.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  One user wrote: \u201cI can\u2019t tell if this is real or a BTEC Ed Sheeran.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@chaiiwala?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@chaiiwala<\/a> Ed Sheeran x Chaiiwala \ud83d\udccd <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/edsheeran?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#edsheeran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/chaiiwala?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#chaiiwala<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/chai?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#chai<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#fyp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/uk?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#uk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/Valet-7526230653877209878?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u266c Valet &#8211; DeeOrSlim<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboltonnews.co.uk\/news\/25437681.ed-sheeran-announces-uk-tour-co-op-live-manchester-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zReHs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ed Sheeran announces small UK tour with Manchester show<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboltonnews.co.uk\/news\/national\/25474876.ed-sheeran-says-offered-chance-perform-first-gig-space\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ed Sheeran says he was offered the chance to perform \u2018first gig in space\u2019<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboltonnews.co.uk\/news\/national\/25030035.ed-sheeran-spearheads-call-music-education-funding-decades-cuts\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ed Sheeran spearheads call for music education funding after \u2018decades\u2019 of cuts<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Another stunned commenter added: \u201cIs it him or not? I\u2019ve never been more confused in my life!\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  However, one eagle-eyed TikTok user noted that: \u201cThis isn\u2019t ed Sheeran because he has tattoos all over his arm and this guy doesn\u2019t!\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>The video has been viewed over twenty million times(Image: TikTok)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Unfortunately for fans, a Chaiiwala staff member confirmed that the lookalike is in fact not the A-list superstar.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It is instead Ty Jones, who is an actor and full-time Ed Sheeran lookalike from Sale.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Although Ed Sheeran himself has not yet commented, if he does ever fancy a Karak Chai, he definitely knows where to come!\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chaiiwala on Manchester Road certainly had customers talking after a lookalike of one of the the world&#8217;s most&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-170174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}