Lily Allen Breaks Silence on Checking into Treatment Center to Combat 'Emotional Turmoil' After David Harbour Split

Mar. 15, 2025

Lily Allenis speaking to the benefits of her recent stay at a treatment center, as she says she is now in a “stronger place” following a time of “emotional turmoil.”

The “Smile” singer — whorecently separated from husbandDavid Harbourafter four years of marriage, multiple sources told PEOPLE — addressed her mental health on her return to her BBC podcastMiss Me?, which aired on Thursday, Feb. 13.

“I just feel very grateful to have been given the time and the space that I needed. I went into a sort of treatment center for a few weeks, which was great,” Allen, 39, said. “I did a lot of group therapy and some individual therapy and I just, I needed some time and space away from everything.”

Lily Allen in New York City in October 2024.John Nacion/WWD via Getty

John Nacion/WWD via Getty

On the podcast, Allen said people often think that she “hate[s]” her children, which she does not. She explained that her decision to seek treatment was with them in mind.

“I absolutely adore my children and I’m in a situation now where I really have to be my strongest self for them. And 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 said. “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. 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.”

David Harbour and Lily Allen in London in April 2022.Gareth Cattermole/Getty

Gareth Cattermole/Getty

Allen added that she never wanted her daughters to feel as though they have to “prop me up,” as none of her struggles are their fault, and it’s her job to make them “feel safe and secure.”

“I just don’t think I was able to do that because of the sort of emotional turmoil that I was in at the time,” she said. “But I do feel like I am now. 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.”

Lily Allen and daughters Marnie Rose and Ethel in New York City in May 2022.ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty

ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty

She previously said on her podcast in January that she and her daughters “are asupport network for each other"amid a “tough” time.

It remains unclear just what sort of treatment center the star was at and when, but she said she was at the facility when theLos Angeles firesbroke out on Jan. 7, and ultimately wound up in the city a week later for work on a new musical.

Allen also revealed that she’s had issues with her medication over the last year, and feels as though that was “a big part of where things became unmanageable” for her. She said one antidepressant “really did not work for me,” but thinks she is “on the right track [now].”

Allen andStranger Thingsstar Harbour were married in Las Vegas after meeting on the celebrity dating app Raya. She previouslyalluded to a “tough time”on her podcast, which she said was affecting her mental health and causing her problems with her eating.

source: people.com