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The pop star has deleted his profile after _Thrones_ fans sent their regards following his season premiere cameo. While Sheeran hasn’t explained his decision — so nobody knows for sure what prompted him to quit — the move came less than 24 hours after his appearance on the hit show as a Lannister soldier, which [drew fire](http://ew.com/tv/2017/07/16/game-of-thrones-ed-sheeran/) from some of the HBO drama’s legions of fans. Previously the singer [said he wasn’t going](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40491956) to read anything on Twitter anymore — just use the social account to post updates — but perhaps he couldn’t resist looking at the reception to his performance. “I’ve actually come off Twitter completely,” he said a month ago. “I can’t read it. I go on it and there’s nothing but people saying mean things. One comment ruins your day. But that’s why I’ve come off it.” Sheeran also once took a social media break for a year, but according to the BBC this is the first time he’s deleted his account altogether. In the scene on Sunday, Sheeran played a Lannister soldier singing at a campfire who draws the attention of fan favorite Arya Stark (Maisie Williams). Many _GoT_ vets found the role distracting, but it also had some defenders as a playful moment in the darkly dramatic series. The episode broke HBO ratings records, delivering more than 16 million viewers. On Monday, EW announced Sheeran’s [scripted TV appearances](http://ew.com/music/ed-sheeran-cameos/) will continue — he’s got a [gig on _The Simpsons_](http://ew.com/tv/2017/07/17/the-simpsons-ed-sheeran/) this fall, which the Internet had feelings about too. Fans should perhaps be more careful what they say to the pop star. Because we all know a Lannister always pays his debts. _Game of Thrones_ airs Sundays on HBO. _This_ [_article_](http://ew.com/tv/2017/07/18/ed-sheeran-deletes-twitter-game-of-thrones/) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4862472/ed-sheeran-game-of-thrones-cameo-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4862472/ed-sheeran-game-of-thrones-cameo-twitter/"},"headline":"Ed Sheeran Deletes Twitter Account Following Criticism of Game of Thrones Cameo","datePublished":"2017-07-18T13:59:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:28.344Z","description":"Some fans of the show voiced their dissatisfaction about his appearance","url":"https://time.com/4862472/ed-sheeran-game-of-thrones-cameo-twitter/","keywords":["Television","Newsfeed"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7674313ce1d9affa/6988d5eb0b72e3028d6eea82/game-of-thrones-dragonstone-ed-sheeran-arya-stark.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7674313ce1d9affa/6988d5eb0b72e3028d6eea82/game-of-thrones-dragonstone-ed-sheeran-arya-stark.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Game-of-Thrones-Dragonstone-Ed-Sheeran-Arya-Stark","caption":"Ed Sheeran and Maisie Williams in Game of Thrones","creditText":"Helen Sloan/courtesy of HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4862472/ed-sheeran-game-of-thrones-cameo-twitter/","name":"Ed Sheeran Deletes Twitter Account Following Criticism of Game of Thrones Cameo"}}]}] ```