Ed Sheeran Reveals Substance Abuse Was The Real Reason For His Music Hiatus

Ed Sheeran is opening up for the first time about his battle with substance abuse. The pop star discussed the issue during an appearance on Saturday's The Jonathan Ross Show, according to PEOPLE.

“I think you need to, when you get into the industry, adjust to it—and I didn’t adjust because I was constantly working on tour. And all the pitfalls that people read about, I just found myself slipping into all of them. Mostly, like, substance abuse,” Sheeran says. “I never touched anything. I started slipping into it, and that’s why I took a year off and buggered off.”