Lily Allen says 2 kids ‘totally ruined’ her music career: No, ‘you can’t’ have it all
nypost.comRadio Times” Podcast. “I love them and they complete me, but in terms of pop stardom, totally ruined it,” she added.“It really annoys me when people say you can have it all because, quite frankly, you can’t.” Allen, whose hit songs include “Not Fair,” “Smile,” “F–k You,” and “Alfie,” shares daughters Ethel Mary, 12, and Marnie Rose, 11, with her ex-husband Sam Cooper.
Allen married Cooper in 2011 and divorced him in 2018.In 2020, Allen tied the knot with “Stranger Things” star David Harbour, 48. “I was in London alone, doing ‘Black Widow,’ on this app, going on dates and stuff,” Harbour told British GQ.“I started texting with her, she was in Italy at the time.
We got together, went on a date at The Wolseley, and it was, you know, she’s f—ing unbelievable.”Harbour said he remembered when he knew it was love. “It was our third date.
I was just in this phase where I was like, ‘I’m just going to be brutally honest about everything,’ because why lie? And I told her something about my life, about my beliefs.”“It would take a really extraordinary person to be accepting of the things that I said,” he continued. “And I remember thinking, ‘Wow, that’s somebody I want to be around.’ She claims to have fallen in love at first sight with me — I mean, who wouldn’t?” Harbour joked.
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