UPDATE — 10/7/25 at 8 p.m. ET: Ed Sheeran has reacted to Taylor Swift’s explanation as to why he found out about her engagement online.

During Swift’s Monday, October 6, appearance on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the pop star cleared the air regarding why Sheeran didn’t learn about her and Travis Kelce’s engagement from her and before their viral social media post.

“I have a perfect explanation … he doesn’t have a phone,” Swift said, noting that Sheeran doesn’t have a cellphone that works and they don’t communicate via text message. “I’m going through my texts and being like, ‘Who have I texted within the last month in my life?’ And he just wasn’t there.”

Swift explained that if she wants to get in touch with Sheeran you have to send him an email to arrange a video call.

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