Lily Allen is opening up about how her “eating problems” worsened during her breakup with Stranger Things star David Harbour. In a new interview with British Vogue, the 40-year-old pop star reflected on the difficult period following their split in February after four years of marriage.
Allen admitted she had trouble sleeping and eating at the time, sharing, “I’ve had real problems with my food over the past few years. It got really, really, really bad.”
The “Smile” singer, who has been sober for six years, revealed that she even came close to breaking her sobriety. “The feelings of despair that I was experiencing were so strong,” she said. “The last time that I felt anything like that, drugs and alcohol were my way out, so it was excruciating to sit with those [feelings] and not use them.”
Allen has been open about her mental health struggles on her podcast *Miss Me?*, which she co-hosts with longtime friend Miquita Oliver. Back in January, she admitted she was “finding it really hard to be interested in anything” and added, “I’m just so. I’m really not in a good place. I know I’ve been talking about it for months, but I’ve been spiraling and spiraling and spiraling and it’s got out of control.”
She also revealed that she suffered a panic attack during the *Miss Me?* Christmas lunch and had to leave early.
During a December 2024 episode of the podcast, Allen discussed her eating difficulties over the past three years, something she hadn’t initially shared with her therapist. “I’ve been going through a tough time over the last few months and my eating has become a real issue,” she said. “It wasn’t at the top of the list of the important things that I need to talk about.”
The singer also talked about how her ADHD diagnosis in 2023 may have contributed to her struggles, particularly in connecting her mind and body. “My body and my brain are two very separate things to me,” she explained. “I know a lot of people feel those two things are very connected to each other but with me, it’s very different. I spend a lot of time in my head and not a lot of time thinking about my body.”
She added, “I’m not eating but I’m not hungry. I obviously am hungry but my body and my brain are so disconnected from each other that the messages of hunger are not going from my body to my brain. I’m not avoiding food, I’m just not thinking about it. My body is, like, a few steps behind me.”
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