AN UNCANNY Ed Sheeran lookalike has been forced to become a hermit because he keeps getting mobbed by the megastar’s fans.
Ty Jones, who is the spitting image of the Lego House singer, claims that his life is far from Perfect because he has to wear a disguise whenever he leaves his home.
Ed Sheeran lookalike Ty Jones at his home in Manchester[/caption]
Ty look in the ring in April for the Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn fight[/caption]
The 30-year-old professional impersonator, of Manchester, told how meeting Ed face-to-face was like “looking in a mirror”.
He is often forced to wear sunglasses and a hat because he gets stopped every time he goes to the shop.
And Ty admitted that he still struggles to convince his two-year-old daughter that the songwriter is not her dad.
Speaking to The Sun, he said: “Looking like Ed causes chaos – it’s made me a bit of a hermit in my day to day life.
“I met Ed once at the Apollo in Manchester, but I didn’t expect us to be the same height.
“I thought he would be a little bit taller, but it was eerily like looking into a mirror. He was shocked by the similarities too.
“Even my daughter she sees Ed and thinks it’s pictures of her dad.
“I’m still trying to teach her, but it’s not easy when I struggle to tell us apart sometimes.”
Ty continued: “I’m not a very outgoing person and socially I’m not always the best, so it is difficult. It’s a blessing and a curse.
“Quite often I’ll wear a hat and sunglasses when I’m nipping out. Wearing a face mask during Covid was the best time for me, I felt like a normal person for once.
“I realise that I can never take a day off because to everyone else I’m always going to look like Ed. Whenever he gets busy, I get busy.
“It’s a job you can’t leave and a mask you can’t take off – I’ve accidentally become famous because of how I look!”
Ty gave viewers shivers when he sat ringside at the Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn fight in London in April.
During fights in the build-up to the blockbuster clash, Ty could be seen between rounds with other celebrity lookalikes David Beckham and Hannibal Lecter.
The dad-of-one was invited by Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority to star as a “tasteful alternative” to classic ring girls.
His surprise appearance along with the other lookalikes stunned fans and caused chaos at the venue, with hoards of people crowding him as he went to use the toilet.
One viewer said: “Is that Ed Sheeran? Ed Sheeran is the ring girl.
“That has caught me completely off guard. What’s going on here?”
It even prompted the Shape of You singer, 34, to come out on social media and clarify it was not actually him.
Responding to a viral video of his doppelganger, Ed replied: “That ain’t me bruv.”
The lookalike gets swamped by fans if he’s not in disguise[/caption]
In a spooky coincidence, his daughter was born two weeks after Ed’s[/caption]
Following his success at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, he was invited to appear in New York for the fight between US boxers Ryan Garcia and Rolando Romero just days later.
But Ty explained that a number of “spooky” coincidences have led him to believe that the pair have more in common than just their looks.
He added: “What I find weird is that we had a baby at the exact same time.
“His pregnancy was kept completely under wraps, but my wife had her baby less than two weeks after Ed’s wife had hers. It’s so spooky.
“I sometimes wonder if I’m a very distant cousin. I would love to get an actual DNA test of me and him.
“I’ve done a bit of research on where his family comes from and it turns out both of our families are from the same place.
“We have some heavy ancestry originating from the same place in Wexford, Ireland.
“It’s crazy to think where the paths have crossed in previous generations, with our ancestors and relatives living in the same place all those years ago.”
I gave birth to ‘Ed Sheeran’s’ baby – I was exhausted but still went to the singer’s concert hours later
By Jon Rogers and Liam Coleman
A WOMAN who had a baby with an Ed Sheeran lookalike was at the singer’s concert just hours after giving birth.
Ty Jones and his partner Amanda Baron welcomed their first child together in June 2022.
They called their daughter Cherry Rose – in a nod to Ed’s wife Cherry Seaborn – and added the middle names Leigh and Sheeran.
And just hours after giving birth, mum-of-five Amanda, from Carrington, Gtr Manchester, was watching her idol in concert.
Having had barely any sleep, the couple went to see Ed perform at Man City’s Etihad Stadium.
Amanda was introduced to Ty by pals who met him at one of the star’s gigs.
Ty, who looks so like the Shape of You singer that he works full-time as an Ed-alike, said: “I feel phenomenal. Cherry is beautiful.”
And Amanda, who is an Ed Sheeran superfan, said: “She’s perfect.”
Cherry Rose, who arrived three weeks early, was born at Wythenshawe Hospital weighing 5lb 6oz at 4.08am.
She said of the baby: “I chose the name Cherry as it’s so sweet.
“We also wanted to keep the Ed Sheeran theme in the family.”
Ty said that fans of the singer regularly approach him[/caption]
His job as an impersonator led him to be a ‘ring girl’ alternative[/caption]
The pair share the same geographic ancestry[/caption]
