Ed Sheeran hit Justin Bieber in the face with a golf club when he was ‘hammered’

Sheeran missed the golf ball and smacked the club into Bieber's face instead
Accident: Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran
Dave Benett
Emma Powell2 March 2017
The Weekender

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Ed Sheeran has recalled hearing a “sickening thud” after he hit Justin Bieber in the face with a golf club.

The 26-year-old singer said Bieber asked him to hit a golf ball out of his mouth during a trip to Japan – but Sheeran was “hammered” and hit his cheek instead.

“We were in Japan,” the Thinking Out Loud singer told the Guardian. “We’d been out to a dive bar. He just drank water and I got hammered. Then we went to a golf course, and he lay on the floor and put a golf ball in his mouth and told me to hit it out of his mouth.

“I was like, ‘F***, I need to aim this properly,’ and I swung. And you know in films when someone gets punched, and you hear that fake sound, like a slap?

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“But in real life when someone gets punched, you hear that dull thud, a bit sickening? I heard a sound like the last one, and saw his security guard looking at me.

“I’d cracked Justin Bieber right in the cheek with a golf club. That was one of those ‘What the f***?’ moments.”

Sheeran's comments come hours after he tattooed radio presenter Roman Kemp with the wrong inking.

The singer – who is currently promoting his third album, Divide – was supposed to write "2017" on Kemp's leg but missed out the "1" and left him with "2007" instead.

The tattoo read: “Ed woz ere 2k7 x.”

Clearly unimpressed Kemp posted a picture of his new inking alongside the caption: “What the actual fuck has he done...”

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