'He's very prone to put on weight like I am': Elton John reveals he warned Ed Sheeran against piling on the pounds on break from music

Published: 00:51 BST, 1 April 2017 | Updated: 01:17 BST, 1 April 2017

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He's held the top spot for a fourth week with album Divide.

And Ed Sheeran was advised by Elton John to take a break last year, warning him against becoming too 'omnipresent'.

And the singing legend, 70, also gave the hitmaker, 26, a few frank words of advice- not to gain weight.

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Be mysterious: Ed Sheeran was advised by Elton John to take a break last year, warning him against becoming too 'omnipresent'

Speaking to Rolling Stone, he revealed he told Ed to take a break from the spotlight before the public had too much of him, adding: 'Yeah, he was so omnipresent I said, 'Ed, even I'm sick of you. Go away.'

'He just went to the Far East with his girlfriend, had a great time, put on a lot of weight, ate food and came back.'

Following his smash comeback Elton described his break as the 'most brilliant thing he could have done', adding: 'One thing I said to him when he went, I said, "Don't put on weight," because he's very prone to put on weight like I am. And he came back heavy, but he lost it all for the album.'

'Don't put on weight,': The singing legend, 70, also gave the hitmaker, 26, a few frank words of advice- not to gain weight

The Shape of You hitmaker - who is dating Cherry Seaborn - recently revealed he would love to have kids in the future.

But he admitted he wants to wait until he stops playing his music around the world because he wants to focus on being a father to the little ones.

He told Good Morning Britain: 'I don’t want to be touring when I have kids, I want to be like nipping out every now and then and being able to actually be a father so yeah.

'I think I would definitely love kids, I would definitely love all the kids in the world but I don’t want to have them right now.'

He said: 'This is my idea of happiness; living in the countryside, having a multitude of children always around me and my wife by my side.

'Writing songs every day and then going to pick up my kids at school ... I'm ready [to be a dad], but then it's not me who have to carry a baby in the belly for nine months, so it's not just up to me.'