Four-time GRAMMY winner Ed Sheeran explains why he's not a fan of American awards shows.
"The room is filled with resentment and hatred towards everyone else and it’s quite an uncomfortable atmosphere," he explained."All the artists are sweet people, but they’re, like, surrounded by entourages that want them to win too, so it’s one artist surrounded by 10 people and another artist surrounded by 10 people and everyone is kind of giving each other the side eye."
Sheeran went on to note that his feelings were not toward the VMAs specifically, but rather the culture at all American award shows. for three awards. "It’s at all the other awards shows [too]; Billboards, GRAMMYs… AMAs. It’s just lots of people wanting other people to fail and I don’t like that."According to Sheeran, other artists have similar feelings to him about the U.S. ceremonies.
"People get the same feeling as me at those award shows. I’ve spoke to people and they’re like, 'I just felt really depressed afterwards,'" he said."The atmosphere is just not nice… It’s a really, really horrible atmosphere to be in there. I always walk away feeling sad and I don’t like it.""The after-parties, again… it’s not just musicians. It’s musicians, all their entourages, then you got influencers and blah blah blah," he said.
While he may not have fun at the award ceremonies, Sheeran has picked up quite a few American accolades through the years. He has seven Billboard Music Awards, four GRAMMYs, one American Music Award statue and two VMA moon men. ET's Rachel Smith spoke to Sheeran at the VMAs, and the singer teased what fans can expect from his upcoming album,
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