Singer Ed Sheeran has lost nearly 500,000 Instagram followers in the space of a week as the fallout over Macklemore's removal from his Loop Tour continues to engulf the British singer.
The sharp decline began around the time Sheeran publicly addressed the rapper's departure from his US tour, with hundreds of thousands of accounts unfollowing him over several days. The social media losses came as other supporting acts withdrew, protesters appeared outside a concert and Sheeran acknowledged that he had made 'mistakes' while navigating the controversy.
