On Tuesday, Ed Sheeran posted the below tweet, urging Irish people with the power to vote to say Yes to Equality...

This may or may not have inspired him to surprise Brent Morin during the live West Coast broadcast of NBC's Undateable last night.

First up, we have the East Coast live episode, which obviously aired first...

Obviously, during the time difference, Ed decided that his character needed more depth. So, as well as slapping Brent Mornin, he also planted a smacker on his mouth, before declaring... "No one will ever hurt you again." And with that, he was gone.

To raise awareness for the live episodes, Sheeran posted the following wonderfully warped video to Instagram, which is no doubt funnier than the two live episodes put together....