Ed Sheeran says US award shows are ‘filled with resentment and hatred’
Ed Sheeran says US award shows are 'filled with resentment and hatred' https://t.co/GsdZIwqu7r pic.twitter.com/ROulG9b9qY
- Page Six (@PageSix) September 15, 2021
his disdain for US award shows
“The room is filled with resentment and hatred toward everyone else and it’s quite an uncomfortable atmosphere. 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. People get the same feeling as me at those award shows. I’ve spoken to people and they’re like, ‘I just felt really depressed afterward.’ The atmosphere is just not nice m… It’s a really, really horrible atmosphere to be in there. I always walk away feeling sad and I don’t like it.”
The VMAs are not uniquely miserable
“It’s nothing to do with MTV or the award show, it’s at all the other awards shows. It’s just lots of people wanting other people to fail and I don’t like that.”
After-parties aren’t much better
“The after-parties, again … it’s not just musicians. It’s musicians, all their entourages, then you got influencers and blah blah blah,”
Brits are much less intense when it comes to handing out top honors
"In England, our award shows are just like everyone gets drunk and no one really cares who wins or loses, it’s just sort of a good night out,”
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