The singer discussed the topic with Scott Mills on BBC Radio 2 breakfast show. The host brought up the fact that Mariah Carey had stated that she would never want to go to space.
The Galway Girl singer then revealed that he was given the oppurtunity to perform a gig in space. "I was offered to go to space a while ago, you know? And it terrifies me, I want to go to space when it's like flying to France and 40,000 people have done it, and you can just book it online," he said.
He continued to explain that he is not interested in being a "guinea pig" and considers the idea as "dangerous."
"There’s places on this planet that I haven’t been to, I’ve never been to Greenland, I would love to go to Greenland, there’s places on this planet I would far rather go to than space," Sheeran said.
"It was talk about doing a gig there, doing a first gig in space, I’m sure lots of people got that email, but, yeah, it terrifies me," he continued. "Mate, I ain’t doing it, I’ve got kids, like, I’m not going to risk that for a Guinness World Record something or other. I’m not going to risk my kids not having a dad."
This news comes not long after it was revealed that the singer has plans for a posthumous album called 'Eject' which he plans to release after his death.
Sheeran also spoke about his friend, Lewis Capaldi's return to the stage at Glastonbury festival after he had taken a break to focus on his mental health. Sheeran told Mills "I haven’t seen Lewis on tour, but we have been speaking a fair bit. I’m really happy for him - I really think that him taking time off was the best thing for him and his health. He has actually come back into it like reinvigorated and really loving it again, which I don’t think he was on his second record."
