Lily Allen Opens Up About Visiting Treatment Center Amid Split Reports from David Harbour
Lily Allen has opened up about a recent visit to a treatment center, sharing her experience on the latest episode of her BBC podcast Miss Me?, co-hosted by Miquita Oliver.
In the episode, Oliver expressed excitement about Allen’s return, to which Allen responded, expressing gratitude for the time and space she had been given. “I just feel very grateful to have been given the time and the space that I needed,” she said.
Allen revealed that she spent several weeks in a treatment center, where she participated in both group and individual therapy. “I went into a sort of treatment center for a few weeks, which was great,” she shared. “I did lots of group therapy and some individual therapy. I just needed some time and space away from everything.”
During her time at the center, Allen focused on “shadow work” and delved into “inner child stuff,” which she described as challenging but essential for her personal healing. “It was not easy by any stretch,” she said. “It’s a journey. It’s a lifelong journey of healing. It’s not a quick fix.”
The singer, who now meditates several times a day, noted that this new practice has been beneficial for her.
Reports of Allen and her husband, actor David Harbour, reportedly splitting surfaced around the same time. Allen shared that part of her decision to go into treatment was to ensure she could be there for her daughters, Marnie, 12, and Ethel, 13, whom she shares with ex-husband Sam Cooper.
“I absolutely adore my children and I’m in a situation now where I really have to be my strongest self for them,” she said. “I felt like it was getting harder and harder for me to be able to show up for them in the way that they need me to.”
She admitted that leaving her children for a few weeks was a difficult decision, but ultimately it was for their well-being. “It was a really big decision to have to leave them for a few weeks to go and focus on myself, but ultimately it was for them,” Allen said. “Yes, it’s for me, but it’s for them so that I can get us through this bit. I needed some help to be able to do that.”
Part of her responsibility, she said, is to make her children feel safe and secure, something she felt unable to do while in emotional turmoil. “I haven’t been able to do that because of the sort of emotional turmoil that I was in at the time,” Allen explained.
However, she expressed that she feels stronger now. “I do feel like I am able to make them feel more secure now,” she said. “I’m not saying I’m 100% there, and I’m not saying that I’m getting it 100% right or ever will, but I’m definitely in a stronger place.”