Ed Sheeran went viral once again on Tuesday as he shared a video of a heartwarming fan encounter on Instagram. On Tuesday, the 33 year old musician uploaded a video on Instagram showing him serenading an unsuspecting jogger. The chart-topping artist captioned the posted video: "Was filming a video on the canal today, played a request.
If anyone knows the runner lemme know so we can have their POV video for the lols". BBC Breakfast caught up with the jogger in question, teacher Nikki Atkins, on Wednesday. Nikki unexpectedly bumped into Ed on her first run in several months and described the occasion as 'so random' and 'surreal'.
BBC Breakfast caught up with the jogger in question teacher Nikki Atkins (Image: BBC) She recalled: "Inside I was in complete turmoil and in my head, the time it took me to ask for a song was a really long time, I am so shocked that it was that rapid when I saw his video. I literally ran out onto the path, sort of waved at him, then he asked me for a song request. "In my head, I was thinking: 'Oh my God, I need to think of a song now, it needs to not be a rubbish or basic one - not that he has any rubbish songs obviously!'" she explained, reports the Mirror .
Revealing her choice, she said she selected 2014 hit Tenerife Sea, a personal favourite since childhood, after seeing the singer perform live when younger. BBC Breakfast's Jon Kay remarked on how quickly she managed to film the moment, a move which has divided fellow fans on social media. Nikki re.