Wedding bells for lily
And her ex-husband is not happy about it
Lily Allen has given us plenty of surprises this year – not least the revelation that she was dating Stranger Things actor David Harbour. And now, just three months into their relationship, her latest surprise for us comes in the form of a rock on her finger.
The singer has done nothing to dispel rumours of a whirlwind engagement, in fact, we’re told she’s positively flaunting it. “Lily is thrilled,” an insider tells heat. “She’s totally high on love – it’s all, ‘David, David, David...’ She’s already talking about moving to New York. It’s left everyone around her reeling – she’s barely had a moment to consider what comes next, for the kids and their life in the UK.”
While David, 44, was spotted out on a date in London with Lily back in the summer, the couple have spent most of their time together in New York where he lives. But Lily, 34, has two young daughters from her marriage to Sam Cooper – Ethel, eight, and Marnie, six – to fit into her new plans.
“She’s been excitedly telling everyone about her plans, and hinting that she and David want babies soon,” says the insider. “But Sam and her family are telling her to slow down, because she needs to figure out a lot of important stuff for her own kids first.”
Our source continues, “Lily talks like the girls can visit her every few weeks in the US and stay for a month and that it would be great for them. Whereas Sam points out that they’re settled in school and need the continued stability they’re both giving them. He’s concerned about Lily’s new transatlantic life, especially as she’s only really been with David since August, even if they did know each other for a while before that.”
Lily – who split from Sam in 2015, before they finalised their divorce in 2018 – shares custody of the girls, but we’re told Sam feels his ex-wife’s new relationship could complicate things. “Sam’s said this is typical Lily, and he’s annoyed that he’s having to deal with the same stuff again from her. The girls need to be both of their priorities.” n