Ed Sheeran superfan is pregnant with the singer’s lookalike

An Ed Sheeran superfan once joked she would marry the singer. Now she is having a baby with the pop star’s doppelganger.

An Ed Sheeran superfan is having a baby with the pop star’s spitting image.

Amanda Baron, 37, used to joke she would marry the Shape Of You star. Now, after dating his doppelganger for a year, they are having their first child together, The Sun reports.

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Amanda Baron and Ed Sheeran lookalike Ty Jones are expecting a baby. Picture: News Licensing/MEGA

The mum-of-four is hoping the baby will have ginger hair like dad Ty Jones, 27, who works full-time as an Ed-a-like.

Amanda was introduced to Ty through friends who met him at a Sheeran gig.

She said: “I thought my friends were having me on when they said he was a lookalike.

“I always wanted to go out with a ginge, and now I’ve got the best one – apart from the real Ed, obviously.”

The real Ed Sheeran. Picture: Kate Green/Getty Images

Ed Sheeran in 2021. Picture: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

Amanda, from Carrington, Greater Manchester, is expecting a baby girl in July.

She said: “We’ve been playing Ed’s songs to her, and we’re both hoping she loves him just as much as we do.”

Ty previously struggled with dating.

He said: “I have to weigh up if [women] are just interested in me because I’m the next best thing to Ed.

“But with Amanda, it’s been amazing. She’s the best.”

This article originally appeared in The Sun and was reproduced with permission