Lily Allen: Grammy-nominated singer says she ‘can’t remember’ how many abortions she has had

Matt Shrivell
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British singer Lily Allen says she can’t remember how many abortions she has had.
British singer Lily Allen says she can’t remember how many abortions she has had. Credit: IG.

Grammy-nominated singer and actor Lily Allen has disclosed that she “can’t remember” how many abortions she has had.

In a candid interview on her podcast, Miss Me?, Allen described herself as a “crazy bitch” when it came to matters of safe sex and contraception.

“I’d get pregnant all the time, all the time,” she told co-host Miquita Oliver.

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“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,” Allen said.

The Smile singer, who is a mother of two young girls, Ethel and Marnie, to her ex-husband Sam Cooper, spoke about her sex life before the podcast pair proceeded to compare abortion stories.

A “complete disaster area” is how Allen described her contraception efforts, as Oliver declared that she has also had “about five (abortions), too”.

“Lily, I’m so happy I can say that and you can say it and no one came to shoot us down, no judgment,” Oliver added.

“We’ve had about the same amount of abortions.”

Describing one of the situations Allen, 40, said she thought one of the men offering to pay for an abortion was “romantic”.

“I remember once getting pregnant and the man paying for my abortion, and me thinking it was so romantic,” she said.

“I don’t think it’s generous or romantic,” she went on to say after she never heard from the man again.

In 2020 Allen married Stranger Things actor David Harbour, 50, but the pair reportedly split earlier this year according to Page Six.

Soon after, the actor was spotted with 27-year-old model Ellie Fallon in the US, when the pair were together on a trip to India for New Year’s Eve.

Although remaining candid about her current relationship status Ms Allen told her listeners that she still struggles to settle down, adding “fair (to be honest), I was a f..ken crazy bitch, still am.”

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