Brenda Edwards has spoken about the time Ed Sheeran, who was firm friends with her late son Jamal, lived with her and her family for a few months before he made the big time.
Appearing on Lorraine Kelly's morning show on ITV, Brenda spoke about her brand new fashion line, Be U with QVC, Jamal's legacy and the impact he made on so many people's lives - including the F64 singer and songwriter.
During the Lorraine segment, the Loose Women star told the 63-year-old Scottish host that Jamal had helped so many people and gave them their first break and said: "Jamal was a very loyal person and was all about giving the everybody else."
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Jamal ran the media company SB.TV and now Brenda's daughter is working with Sheeran to continue her brother's work.
Brenda went on to say: "Jamal and Ed were like brothers from other mothers and my house was one of the places that Ed stayed before he was 'Ed Sheeran'. So I just call him Ed, because he is part of the family. And I remember the day when Jamal was like 'Oh mum, my friend wants to stay. Can he stay for a bit?'. And I was like: 'Okay, well where's he going to go?'
"Cause our house isn't a big house. Him and Ed they shared his room and it was a couple of months that he was there. And we were just eating rice, peas and chicken and enjoying life. I love Ed to death and I'm so greatful that he chose to come and do F64 for the launch [of her new brand]."
She added how her family are still "kind of living a nightmare" just over a year after Jamal passed away after suffering a heart attack, and said how "it's always just about how you pick yourself up and dust your shoulder off."
Brenda, in doing so, has just launched a brand new fashion collection that is inclusive of all shapes and sizes and debuted a new short-haired look on Lorraine - "I got rid of the dead ends of my hair and I thought, let me come with a new look, a new launch and range and I'll just be me and feel very empowered," adding: "It's a new chapter."
Lorraine airs on ITV on weekdays at 9am.
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