Why Lily’s a funny kind of heroine
WHAT now? Lily Allen has revealed that she thought about taking heroin when she ‘hit rock bottom’ during her 2014 supporting act stint on Miley Cyrus’s world tour.
Lily was talking about her ‘sobriety journey’ on a podcast — and detailed her lowest point on the tour, when she turned to drink, drugs and prostitutes.
Her weight rose to 14st before the tour and she began taking a drug similar to speed to lose the excess pounds. This apparently sent her on a downward spiral.
Lily said: ‘I was supporting this girl ( Miley) who was much younger and more attractive than I felt. I was thinking: “I think I’ve got a drinking problem. And none of this acting out is working any more. Maybe I should try heroin.” ’ As you do. All the usual ghouls have applauded Lily for her honesty — and she has certainly had a lot of difficulties in her life — but so much of this doesn’t make any sense. In 2013 Lily was pregnant with her second daughter, Marnie. She gave birth to her first daughter Ethel in 2011.
In 2012 she told one newspaper that she considered having laser liposuction at a Harley Street clinic. She blames men, the media, the music business and everyone else for her issues. While it is true that she has suffered from postnatal depression, she is the kind of 35-yearold mother of two who still acts like a needy teenager.
Perhaps that is why she has been too busy and preoccupied to take in a child refugee, after saying that ‘of course’ she would. That was back in 2016 after visiting the ‘jungle’ migrant camp in Calais and crying prettily about it on television.
Maybe she has! But it would be unlike her to keep quiet about her sacrifice.