Ed Sheeran is back on Twitter because what is dead may never die

What's going on?
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Samantha Scelzo
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Ed Sheeran is back on Twitter because what is dead may never die
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That didn't take long.

Less than one day after deleting his Twitter, Ed Sheeran just can't seem to stay away.

Everyone suspected that his departure from the social network was caused by an insane amount of hate he got for his weird Game of Thrones cameo.

Exhibit A, B, and C.

Just last week, Sheeran toyed with the idea of quitting the platform, but ultimately just took a short break to read some Harry Potter. However, on Monday, conveniently after his big GoT debut, he disappeared from the site, and we thought he'd seriously deleted his account for good. Now, he seems to be back, but there's a catch...

He deleted every tweet posted after April 4, 2015.

Why? We have no idea, but we think this BuzzFeed post about his questionable tweets in the past has something to do with it. He seems to have deleted all of those tweets and a plethora of others, but kept ones mainly about his music, album sales, releases, and concerts.

So, did die-hard Game of Thrones fans bully Ed Sheeran into deleting his Twitter, and then convince him to start it back up again?

Ed, what is happening? Are you OK? Can we help? Send a tweet if you're out there.

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Samantha was a Watercooler Web Culture & Lifestyle intern at Mashable. Follow her on Twitter @samiscelz.

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