Ed Sheeran interview: random questions By Mark Savage BBC Music Report 2 March 2017

Ed Sheeran interview: random questions
By Mark Savage
BBC Music Report
2 March 2017

– You erased yourself from social media last year. Was that for peace of mind?
My mind was definitely more settled. I didn’t have as much anxiety, because I didn’t have as many people wanting things from me. Or I wasn’t aware of the people who wanted things from me.
Also, I started having conversations with people, rather than just going into my phone.

– Is it true you got rid of your phone completely?
I don’t have one at all. It’s amazing. I was at a house party the other day and 50% of the people were either Snapchatting or watching Snapchat. Someone said: “Why don’t you have a phone any more?” and I was like: “Look around you. This is exactly why I don’t have a phone.”

– Whose death affected you most last year?
The George Michael thing really took me by surprise, because he was so young. He’s younger than my dad. I had a party for New Year, and people played George Michael tunes the whole night. It was amazing to see how many people were made happy by his music. He really did affect a lot of people in a positive way, and it’s just so, so sad for someone like that to go so young.

– What are the best and worst diet tips you’ve been given?
I was hanging out with a model ages ago, and she used to dip cotton wool balls in diet Pepsi and that would be her meal for the day. That’s a bad diet tip. The best tip is to eat what you want and exercise every day. It doesn’t have to be a lot of exercise. Just keep your metabolism up.

– What is the perfect song?
Something that makes you feel – whether it be happy or sad or whatever. I heard George Benson’s Give Me The Night the other day, and it just made me smile and want to dance.

– What’s currently making you happy? Or sad, for that matter.
I’ll tell you what’s making me happy-sad: my cats. They’ve got flu, but they’re just really cute. When they sneeze, that’s a happy-sadness. It’s like “Aah,” but also “Ugh.”

– What’s your poison?
Beer is my biggest poison because beer puts on the most weight, and I can really guzzle beer. But now I tend to have one beer then move to spirits, rather than drinking beer all night.

– Do you read your own press?
Yeah, all of it. At the beginning I got a bit upset, but you can’t sell 22 million albums, then read a review by one person and be like: “No-one likes me.” But I used to have a hit list. I remembered the people who didn’t help, and then if they asked: “Do you want to go on the cover of our magazine?” I’d be like: “Hell, no.” The list doesn’t really exist any more. It was just in the very early stage of my career.

Adaptado de: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39128030. Acesso em: 7 jul. 2023.

Considerando as informações contidas no texto, analise as afirmações a seguir:

I. Sheeran afirma na entrevista que seus gatos estão doentes.
II. Sheeran afirma ter aumentado a quantidade de cerveja que costumava beber.
III. Na entrevista, Sheeran menciona o exemplo de uma canção que o fez chorar.
IV. Sheeran afirma que parou de conversar com as pessoas mais próximas após deixar as redes sociais.

É correto o que se afirma em: