Lily Allen claims she’s ‘not ashamed’ of sleeping with female escorts on tour: ‘I was lonely and at my wits' end’

The pop star was coping with postnatal depression and the breakdown of her marriage 
Jennifer Ruby4 September 2018
The Weekender

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Lily Allen has spoken out to say that she has “no shame” about the fact she used female escorts while on tour as she was “lonely” following the breakdown of her marriage.

The British pop star, 33, addressed the revelation that she had slept with sex workers back in 2014 while promoting her Sheezus album, saying that she had used the encounters as an “outlet” as she coped with postnatal depression.

In a new interview with The Project, she said: “It’s not like steamy, raunchy – although that’s what the tabloids have made it out to be, as a “lesbian prostitute sex romp” which I guess it was in a way.

Happier times: Lily Allen and Sam Cooper married in 2011 ( Ben Birchall/PA Archive/PA Images)
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“It was more about a period of time that I was feeling incredibly lonely and sort of at my wits' end. I was looking for anything. Looking for an outlet.”

Allen continued: “It’s not really a salacious sex story, it’s more about hotel rooms and being on my own and being very far away from my kids and my husband.

“I’m a big advocate for having no shame. In retrospect, I know what was going on. I think I had postnatal depression and my marriage was deteriorating and I found outlets to deal with all of that.”

Allen revealed that she had used female escorts in an Instagram post on Sunday, before it was leaked elsewhere.

She wrote: “Sooo, in my book ‘My Thoughts Exactly’ (out on 20th Sept) I detail some stuff from my dark days, around the Sheezus era.

“I slept with female escorts when I was on tour, cause I was lost and lonely and looking for something. I’m not proud, but I’m not ashamed.”

Allen was coping with the breakdown of her five-year marriage to Sam Cooper at the time. The pair, who share daughters Ethel and Marnie, went on to finally divorce in 2016.

Allen is expected to divulge details of her marriage breakdown and the tempestuous time in her person life in her forthcoming book, My Thoughts Exactly, out September 20.

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