Do you remember that ‘love triangle’ involving Ellie Goulding, Ed Sheeran, and Niall Horan? Turns out, it was nothing other than false cheating rumours and in a new interview with Daily Mail, Ellie is opening up about the trauma she experienced from these rumours.

 

The truth is – Ellie never dated Ed, “It’s fascinating how many people are interested in that. It happened nine years ago.  You know, completely honestly, it caused me a lot of trauma, actually,” she told Daily Mail.

 

 

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Back in 2014, it was reported by the tabloids that Ed’s song ‘Don’t’ was inspired by Ellie, and the fans believed she cheated on him with Niall, “I envy the fact that my friends just spent their 20s having flings and one-night stands and what every 20-something goes through in private. But every single thing I did was written about.  I was made to feel like a terrible person and I really struggled with that because I know I’m not.”
“I can laugh about it now but it changed things for me.  I became kind of reclusive. I didn’t want to perform. That’s why I wrote that comment because every day I get comments about this stupid teenage situation. It was nothing and it was private – and it caused me such a huge amount of grief and I resent it,” she adds.

 

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Ellie also revealed that she and Ed are on good terms, “It is in the past and we’re friends. We’re adults.  We’ve known each other for a few years. I think he’s a really nice guy and a brilliant musician. We’ve bumped into each other and we’ve hung out and stuff, but the thing is if I hang out with someone, it’s instantly like I’m dating them,” she said. “We were never in a relationship,” she shares.
In July 2015, Ellie addressed the cheating rumours with ELLE UK, “I did go on a few dates with Niall, but I was never in a relationship with Ed.  I have absolutely no idea where that came from and why it was turned into such a big thing.”

 

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On Niall, Ellie said, “We’re still friends. We went on a few dates, and it was really fun. He’s a really, really lovely guy. He’s got the biggest sense of humor, he’s very caring, and I see him as a genuine friend in the industry.”
Ellie is now working on new music with Calvin Harris – a new song titled ‘Miracle.’  Listen to a snippet below.

 

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