Fans of both Ed Sheeran and Jedward alike have long known that the three have been good friends for many years, but it finally seems the media have cottoned onto the idea.

Speaking earlier this week on The Lorraine Show on UK TV channel, ITV, Dan Wootton from The Sun revealed that Ed had confirmed the three were close and had been for quite some time.

“I felt really sorry for Jedward, John and Edward of course, who were on Celebrity Big Brother, they came out and quite recently admitted, or claimed, to a lot of derision, that they are very close friends with Ed Sheeran and that they are going to be working on a dance track with him. And everyone said, ‘Oh this is Jedward making this up again, how utterly ridiculous, there’s…