British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has reassured fans that if they have weird quirks or odd personality traits, they should be proud and embrace them. 

Speaking to press at the American Institute for Stuttering's Freeing Voices Live Benefit Gala on Monday night (June 8), the 'Photograph' superstar explained that people should celebrate their 'weirdness' because it makes them unique and stand out among the crowd: 

“Even if you have quirks and weirdness, you shouldn’t be worried about that. The people I went to school with that were the most normal and were the coolest when we grew up – I was telling Emily [Blunt, the night’s host, pictured below with Sheeran] earlier that one of the cool kids from school now does my plumbing! That’s a fact!”

“If you try to be the cool kid in class, you’ll end up very boring and doing plumbing for someone who apparently wasn’t that cool. Be yourself. Embrace your quirks. Being weird is a wonderful thing. I have a f–king football team now, that’s pretty cool!"

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