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Ed Sheeran performed alongside John Mayer at last night's Grammys ceremony, but the big news story of the night - that Lady Gaga mistook him for a waiter - was actually tweeted from a fake account.
Publications from Glamour Magazine to The Dail Mail to Entertainment Weekly reported that the singer - who was nominated for two awards but didn't win any - tweeted: "I love @ladygaga. Spoke to her earlier and she mistook me for a waiter. Gotta love the #GRAMMYs. #INeedANewSuit? Aha."
It's now become clear, though, that the tweet was sent from a fake Ed Sheeran account whose username, @edsheersan, is not immediately distinguishable from Sheeran's if you're not incredibly eagle-eyed.
Clearly feeling remorseful, the account later tweeted, "The replies to that tweet make me feel bad they're hating on Gaga she didn't do nothin." Poor Gaga.
It was also an educational night for many Ed Sheeran fans, who discovered that his massively successful album, x, is actually pronounced Multiply.
when u find out ed's album is actually called multiply and not X pic.twitter.com/vJ72imF1AJ
— kay #handwritten (@vastmendes) February 9, 2015
Never realized that ed sheeran's album "X" meant "multiply"
— Domenic Panetta (@daniel_panetta) February 9, 2015
"ed's album is called multiply?" "wait it's not just called x??" "does that means his first album is called plus?" pic.twitter.com/3YMcZpJPUz
— kay (@kdxyle) February 9, 2015
The singer was later joined by John Mayer, Herbie Hancock and Questlove for his live performance of 'Thinking Out Loud'.
Watch Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Herbie Hancock, Questlove at the Grammys below
The big winners at last night's Grammys were Beck, whose album Morning Phase was awarded Album Of The Year, and Sam Smith, who won Best New Artist, Song Of The Year and Record Of The Year.
