Halfway and ouch A photo posted by @teddysphotos on Aug 11, 2015 at 2:36am PDT The joke’s on you, Ed Sheeran fans — the 24-year-old pop singer now says that his massive lion tattoo is, in fact, completely real. Sheeran first posted a picture of a half-finished lion tattoo emblazoned on his chest, meant to honor England’s soccer-team mascot, on Instagram in early August. Then, early on Wednesday, he posted another picture showing his bare chest, with no lion in sight.