Lily Allen is reportedly in a treatment center right now.
For those who haven’t heard, the story goes Lily and husband David Harbour broke up just before the holidays, after five years of marriage. She suspected him of cheating and did an investigation on Raya — and apparently didn’t like what she found! The whole thing has been so distressing, she checked herself into a trauma treatment center.
It’s absolutely the right choice for someone who has the means and is experiencing the level of mental anguish she is at the moment. It’s especially right for Lily — who has a history of substance abuse.
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The Smile singer is sober now, but that was infamously not always the case. In an interview with Grazia — notably conducted before all this mess — she talked about the difference that came with sobriety:
“I think I’m just a completely different person. When I was drinking and taking drugs, I could be quite mean.”
The Miss Me? podcast host had a long time to reflect on why, too! She told the mag:
“I spent the best part of my twenties being publicly humiliated and vilified the whole time and sort of having to absorb all of that. And I think when I drank and when I took drugs, it was like, ‘Now it’s your turn. I’m going to turn it around on everyone else.'”
We can certainly relate to that — and we imagine a LOT of folks who had unhappy younger years can!
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Thankfully Lily is in a better place now… Well, most of the time. There are always going to be craters, and she’s fallen into one now. Being betrayed by the man she was supposed to spend the rest of her life with, who was supposed to be a father to her daughters… that’s cause for anyone to lose it.
Before she took her break, she told listeners of the pod she was “spiraling and spiraling.” We’re just glad she didn’t give in as so many do and start using again! Especially since she’s been sober just a bit over five years… about the same amount of time she had David in her life. Oof.
After hearing all this, are YOU more understanding of Lily’s decision to check herself in?
[Image via Lily Allen/Instagram/Architectural Digest/YouTube.]