Ed gets swept off his feet... by Security Kev

ED SHEERAN is an old softie at heart, so I wasn’t surprised to see him share this romantic pose with his bodyguard. The Shape Of You singer, 27, and burly Kevin Myers – nicknamed Security Kev – recreated the iconic poster, inset above, for the 1992 hit film The Bodyguard, starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston.

Ed played the part of diva Whitney as he was gathered up by Kev, who makes regular appearances on the superstar’s Instagram account, while on his US tour.

Kev has nearly a million followers of his own on the social media site and regularly posts funny pictures of himself with the star. Using Ed’s Thinking Out Loud lyrics as inspiration, Kev captioned it: ‘When his legs don’t work like they used to before…’