{"id":4151,"date":"2026-03-03T12:07:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T12:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/ed-sheeran-lookalike-told-to-insure-himself-for-10m-to-film-inside-a-shopping-centre\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T12:07:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T12:07:43","slug":"ed-sheeran-lookalike-told-to-insure-himself-for-10m-to-film-inside-a-shopping-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/ed-sheeran-lookalike-told-to-insure-himself-for-10m-to-film-inside-a-shopping-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran lookalike told to insure himself for \u00a310m to film inside a shopping centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-03-03 12:07:41<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>An Ed Sheeran lookalike was told to insure himself for a whopping \u00a310 million to film inside a shopping centre. <BR><br \/>\nTy Jones, 30, has spent the past decade working as a professional Sheeran double. <BR><br \/>\nBut now he claims his resemblance to the Shape Of You singer has left him feeling \u201ctrapped\u201d.<BR><br \/>\nTy says he actively avoids shopping centres \u2013 especially Trafford Centre in his home city of Manchester \u2013 after allegedly being told he\u2019d need \u00a310 million insurance cover just to film inside.<BR><br \/>\nHe told website What&#8217;s The Jam?: &#8220;I need to be insured for \u00a310m to film there and give notice.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;I went in there and caused giant crowds that followed me all over the place.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nTy admits he has to be \u201cmindful of the stir Ed Sheeran actually causes\u201d, describing busy public places as \u201cpotential trouble\u201d.<BR><br \/>\nThe lookalike life has its perks \u2013 his online following has soared \u2013 but it\u2019s not all selfies and singalongs.<BR><br \/>\nHe\u2019s been mobbed in the street, shouted at for not being the real Ed, and even witnessed injuries sparked by the confusion.<BR><br \/>\n\u201cA man went flying over his handlebars on his bike,\u201d Ty revealed. <BR><br \/>\n\u201cIt was a proper Carry On moment \u2013 and he looked devastated when he realised I wasn\u2019t Ed.\u201d<BR><br \/>\nAccording to Ty, fans can switch in seconds \u2013 from tearful hero worship to pure annoyance once they realise they\u2019ve been Sheeran\u2019d by mistake.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-03-03 12:07:41 An Ed Sheeran lookalike was told to insure himself for a whopping \u00a310 million to film inside a shopping centre. Ty Jones, 30, has spent the past decade&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4153,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4151\/revisions\/4153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}