Lily Allen admits she 'can't remember' how many abortions she has had

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By Asiya Ali

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Lily Allen has confessed that she "can't remember" exactly how many abortions she has had in her lifetime.

GettyImages-2222050488.jpgLily Allen has shared a shocking confession. Credit: Mike Marsland / Getty

The 40-year-old singer-songwriter reflected on her past pregnancies in a recent episode of her Miss Me? podcast.

Allen candidly shared that she would "get pregnant all the time," adding: “Abortions, I’ve had a few, but then again, I can’t remember exactly how many… I think maybe like, I want to say four or five.”

Her co-host, Miquita Oliver, chimed in that she’s had “about five, too," and then said: “Lily, I’m so happy I can say that and you can say it and no one came to shoot us down, no judgment... We’ve had about the same amount of abortions.”

The 'Smile' songstress then spoke about one of her experiences: “I remember once getting pregnant and the man paying for my abortion, and me thinking it was so romantic.”

However, her perspective later changed as she realised that it's not "generous or romantic." She then claimed the man never messaged her afterward. “Fair [to be honest], I was a f***en crazy b***h, still am,” Allen quipped.

The 'Hard Out Here' musician shares daughters Ethel, 12, and Marnie, 11, with her ex-husband Sam Cooper, whom she was married to from 2011 to 2018. She later married Stranger Things star David Harbour, 50, in 2020.

In February, reports emerged that Allen and Harbour had split, with the actor later seen in Georgia with 27-year-old model Ellie Fallon following an alleged New Year’s trip to India, per Daily Mail.

While Allen has not publicly commented on the breakup, she has spoken on her podcast about her struggles, revealing in January that she was in a “really not good place".

“I’m finding it really hard to be interested in anything; I’m just really not in a good place,” she told listeners, cited by Buzzfeed. “I know I’ve been talking about it for months, but I’ve been spiraling and spiraling and spiraling, and it’s got out of control.

“I can’t concentrate on anything except the pain that I’m going through, and it’s really, really hard,” she added. “I’m going away next week; you’re not going to hear me for a few weeks, listeners.”

GettyImages-1397275401.jpgLily Allen, who was previously married to David Harbour, shares two daughters with her ex-husband Sam Cooper. Credit: Arturo Holmes / Getty

Harbour has also avoided addressing the reported breakup directly, telling GQ in April that he is “protective of the people and the reality of [his] life".

“There's no use in that form of engaging [with tabloid news] because it's all based on hysterical hyperbole,” he said.

Reflecting on the attention his personal life has received, Harbour shared: “It’s all just ego. It seems kind of silly to say this, but the art that I'm creating is about you. It's not about me. It's about your experience of life.

"We get hung up on [the person themselves], and I think we get lost in the idea of, like, what it's really about. And I think, for me, it's dangerous, too, to get lost in the personality in any way," he concluded.

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