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Ed Sheeran breaks down in tears as he opens up on wife Cherry Seaborn and late friend Jamal Edwards

Emotional: Ed Sheeran can be seen breaking down in tears in the first trailer for his new documentary series The Sum Of It All

Ed Sheeran broke down while discussing his wife Cherry Seaborn’s fragile health and the sudden death of his best friend Jamal Edwards in a trailer for a new four-part series on Disney+ released today.

The British megastar, 32, sobs in the back of a car in an emotional teaser for The Sum Of It All, which will air on May 3.

Ed said recently he had ‘spiralled’ into depression after his wife was diagnosed with a tumour while pregnant last year – delaying her treatment – and his first mentor, Jamal Edwards, died of a heart attack in February 2022.

And today’s trailer shows the Suffolk-born singer-songwriter sobbing as he grapples with the death of his friend compounded by his wife Cherry’s health battle as she prepared to give birth to their second child, Jupiter, born in May 2022.

Then there is a clip of him crying on stage, with Cherry saying: ‘I’ve never seen him cry on stage’, adding: ‘He hasn’t had the time to process and be at peace with his thoughts.’

Emotional: Ed Sheeran can be seen breaking down in tears in the first trailer for his new documentary series The Sum Of It All
Emotional: Ed Sheeran can be seen breaking down in tears in the first trailer for his new documentary series The Sum Of It All
Family: Ed's wife Cherry Seaborn is also in the docuseries, with clips of her pregnant with the couple's two children Lyra, two, and Jupiter, 10 months
Family: Ed’s wife Cherry Seaborn is also in the docuseries, with clips of her pregnant with the couple’s two children Lyra, two, and Jupiter, 10 months 
Breaking down: A clip is shown of him crying on stage as well, with Cherry saying: 'I've never seen him cry on stage'
Breaking down: A clip is shown of him crying on stage as well, with Cherry saying: ‘I’ve never seen him cry on stage’
Tragic: Ed describes meeting his best friend Jamal Edwards, who gave him his first big break, and their friendship before his sudden death last year
Tragic: Ed describes meeting his best friend Jamal Edwards, who gave him his first big break, and their friendship before his sudden death last year

Ed then says to the camera: ‘You guys said, “Do you want to make a documentary?” and I said, “Yeah, it’ll be me in the studio and we’ll play a gig”. But he added that after the trauma of the past year: ‘That’s not what the documentary is’.

The four-part series, out in six weeks, will chart Sheeran’s path to stardom.

The trailer starts with Ed talking about his childhood, growing up with a stutter, and saying: ‘That guy doesn’t grow up to be a pop star. It’s so unlikely’.

Childhood videos of Ed are interspersed with clips of him on stage during his sellout arena tours.

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