Ed Sheeran got to live out a fantasy cameo role in Game of Thrones, but it wasn’t exactly a fairytale ending.
The singer revealed during Dax Shepherd’s Armchair Expert podcast on Nov. 1 that his TV appearance on the popular HBO series left him feeling like he had gone through a major battle after the show aired.
“I feel like people’s reaction to it sort of muddied my joy to it,” Ed said about the social media teasing that came out when he played a Lannister soldier in the season seven episode “Dragonstone.”
The GOT audience unfortunately felt that watching him singing a ballad in the medieval woods was a bit too distracting to the plot.
The Grammy-winning musician explained on the podcast that he was inspired to take the small part because he was a huge fan of the show, but also because he wanted to surprise friend Maisie Williams on set.