Ed Sheeran, Richard Curtis and Claudia Jessie have teased a festive announcement as they made an unexpected joint appearance on social media. 

The Grammy award-winner, 33, British screenwriter, 68, and Bridgerton star, 35, teamed up to discuss their favourite Christmas movies on Friday. 

Taking to Instagram, Ed shared a clip of Claudia revealing her festive flick of choice to be A Muppet’s Christmas Carols – much to the horror of Love Actually screenwriter Richard.

Sharing the clip, Ed teased the surprise trio were gearing up to make a big announcement as he captioned it: ‘Me, Richard Curtis and Claudia Jessie got something fun for you next week.’

The clip begins as Claudia is asked her favourite Christmas movie and replies: ‘A Muppet’s Christmas Carol’.

Ed Sheeran, Richard Curtis and Claudia Jessie teased a festive announcement as they made an unexpected joint appearance on social media on Friday

The Grammy award-winner, 33, British screenwriter, 68, and Bridgerton star, 35, teamed up to discuss their favourite Christmas movies on Friday

It is at this point that Richard appears and is heard saying: ‘What the f***? A Muppet’s Christmas Carol?’

Into frame comes Shape Of You hitmaker Ed, who adds: ‘I always watch A Muppets Christmas Carol pre Love Actually.’

‘Ohhh okay,’ Richard replies, as the camera turns back to Claudia who says: ‘That was bad timing. I forgot where I was a little bit.’

It comes as MailOnline revealed an almighty row between Ed and one of his relatives has boiled over with his cousin launching an extraordinary online rant claiming the £375million megastar is trying to ruin him.

Jethro Sheeran, a Bristol rapper, has accused Ed of personally ordering his record label Warner Music to threaten him with legal action – calling him a ‘silver spoon weirdo’ and urging fellow performer Stormzy to ‘have a word’ with him.

The row centres on his claims that Ed personally ordered Warner to force Jethro to remove both his name and face from the artwork of a remix of one of their past collaborations. 

Jethro, who uses the stage name Alonestar, used to call the British star his ‘brother’ – but today he declared: ‘Ed. I’m not a fan, can’t you just live your life? Leave me alone to do my thing and you do yours’.

The family row boiled over in September when Warner Music demanded that he remove Ed’s face and name from the artwork of Raise Em Up – a song they recorded together 14 years ago. 

Sharing the clip, Ed teased that the surprise trio were gearing up to make a big announcement as he captioned it: ‘Me, Richard Curtis and Claudia Jessie got something fun for you next week’

The clip begins as Claudia is asked her favourite Christmas movie and replies: ‘A Muppet’s Christmas Carol’

It is at this point that Richard appears and is heard saying: ‘What the f***? A Muppet’s Christmas Carol?’

The 42-year-old complied but said he and his lawyers were ‘shocked’ Ed would ‘could do this to family’.

And today MailOnline can reveal that Jethro has poured petrol on the flames again in an outspoken Facebook post where he said he had to tell the ‘truth’ about his famous cousin.

Not only did he claim that the singer ordered the legal warning by Warner Music, he claims that the record label’s own lawyer was ‘shocked’ by the decision. 

And he appears to suggest that it wasn’t just artwork that had to change, Jethro has accused Ed of having ‘took [sic] down all my songs’.

‘I’m so sick of lying and holding the truth back. Everyone blames lawyers and managers. Warner Music UK lawyer was also shocked as my lawyers why she was in this case activated by Ed Sheeran.

‘It was all Ed. I don’t care anymore , I’m not gonna lie for him’, he said.

He accused Ed of taking down ‘all my songs’.

Jethro Sheeran used to call his cousin Ed his ‘brother’, but they have fallen out over music

Jethro, a rapper who uses the name Alonestar, has written and performed with Ed but a remix of one of their songs has led to a row between them and with Warner Music

‘Those songs helps my daughter my mother, our Sheeran family, be safe and eat and survive, it’s him, disgusting and disgraceful and I write and produced the songs’.

Urging his more famous cousin to leave him alone he wrote: ‘Go do a pop tour with someone please bro.. go with Stormzy… I know a lot .. Edward , don’t trip anymore , leave me alone to do my thing and you do yours. Storms have a word with this silver spoon weirdo ..god bless all’.

MailOnline contacted Ed and Warner Music for comment.