Lily Allen Confirms She Went To 'Treatment Center' Amid Messy David Harbour Breakup

Lily Allen has really been going through it with this David Harbour divorce.

Word is she found out he was sniffing around other women on Raya — and she did some sleuthing and caught him! Rough stuff. She apparently really thought he was endgame, a father for her daughters, the whole thing. And he just did what he did when he met her… went looking for greener pastures. Ugh.

So we heard a while back she checked herself into a trauma treatment center. She told her Miss Me? podcast listeners she was “spiraling” and then took a bit of a hiatus. That was when she quietly got herself some help for all the mental anguish.

Well, it turns out sources were spot on. In her return to the show, she told co-host Miquita Oliver on Thursday:

“I went into a treatment center for a few weeks, which was great. I did lots of group therapy and some individual therapy. I needed some time and space away from everything. I did a lot of shadow work, lots of work about my inner child stuff.”

Sounds really healthy! But not simple…

“It wasn’t easy by any stretch, and it’s a journey. It’s a lifelong journey of healing. It’s not a quick fix, but I’ve started meditating. I meditate every day now, at least two or three times a day. That’s really helping me.”

So great to hear! She says meditation is really helping her to “try to live more in the moment rather than thinking about the past too much and worrying about the future too much.” We imagine thinking about the very recent past must not be too healthy for her at the moment.

Besides, living in the moment will make her a better mom! Innerestingly, she mused, critics online have apparently told her they thought her going off to treatment was neglectful or something:

“I know people think I hate my children. I really don’t. I absolutely adore my children. I’m in a situation now where I really have to be my strongest self for them. I felt like it was getting harder and harder for me to be able to show up for them in the way that they needed me to.”

Hey, there’s a reason you have to put the oxygen mask on yourself before your kids! You can’t take care of them if you’re falling apart! Even if that means leaving for a bit:

“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.”

Lily never fully confirmed the root of all this — the betrayal and breakup of her marriage. But it became so clear what she was talking about as she continued discussing how her daughters have been affected:

“None of this is their fault. It’s my job to support them and make them feel safe and secure. I just don’t think I was able to do that because of the emotional turmoil I was in at the time. But I do feel like I am now.”

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