If you're wondering why Ed Sheeran isn't particularly active on Twitter — the majority of his recent posts have been links to Instagram, and he doesn't post a whole lot else — there's a reason for that.

From the sounds of it, Sheeran is pretty much done with the little blue bird altogether.

"I've actually come off Twitter completely," he told The Sun in a recent interview. "I can't read it.

"I go on it and there's nothing but people saying mean things. Twitter's a platform for that."

Sheeran went on to say that he's come off Twitter because "one comment ruins your day".

To be honest, this news isn't necessarily all that surprising. Despite the fact he's tweeted over 32,000 times, Sheeran has never felt like a massive social media fan.

He said in his recent Carpool Karaoke that he doesn't actually own a mobile phone, for instance, and he's previously had a year's hiatus from social media altogether.

Please read x A post shared by Ed Sheeran (@teddysphotos) on Dec 12, 2015 at 10:29pm PST

He came back last December in the run-up to his latest album, but over the past few weeks most of his activity has been on Instagram.

One of the few times he's directly addressed Twitter was to respond to people criticising his Glastonbury performance.

Never thought I'd have to explain it, but everything I do in my live show is live, it's a loop station, not a backing track. Please google x — Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran) June 26, 2017

As an example, Sheeran said he's recently been targeted by Lady Gaga fans.

"Lady Gaga's fanbase read an interview in which they assumed I was talking about her and they all fucking hate," he said.

"So I think Twitter gets on a massive steam roll of assuming things and then you get in the shit."

Oh dear.