But it turns out, it was all a hoax. On Wednesday, Ed snapped a photo of his bare chest, writing, "Was only joking about the lion." Still, it was a pretty elaborate hoax. In July, he told the BBC that ...

LONDON, Aug. 26 (UPI) --Singer Ed Sheeran revealed Wednesday on Instagram that his previously revealed lion chest tattoo was actually fake. The musician jokingly posted a picture of his bare chest -- ...

Update, 8/12: Ed has responded to the "kerfuffle" over his (gigantic, arguably gaudy) new tattoo via Twitter. The singer insists that if he'd chosen, say, a Chinese character believed to mean "brave ...

That massive lion tattoo Ed Sheeran got on his chest? It was fake. Turns out he was lion (ahem) to us all along, as he's uploaded a picture of a comparatively bare chest. In some excellent trolling ...