Ed Sheeran reveals identity of his daughter’s godfather
Ed Sheeran (Ben Birchall/PA)
Ed Sheeran has revealed that Snow Patrol member Johnny McDaid is godfather to his daughter.
The Suffolk singer-songwriter, 30, is close friends with the Northern Irish musician, 44, and introduced him to his partner of eight years, Friends actress Courteney Cox.
Sheeran welcomed daughter Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran with his wife Cherry Seaborn in September last year.
Johnny McDaid and Courteney Cox (Ian West/PA)
Speaking on The Hits Radio Breakfast Show with Fleur East, he said of Cox: “I introduced her to my best mate Johnny, who I wrote Shape Of You and Bad Habits with.