Lily Allen shares how divorce affected her trust and views on marriage
Lily Allen is speaking openly about love, marriage, and the emotional toll of divorce following her split from David Harbour. In a candid interview with The Observer, the singer offered a deeply personal look at where she stands now, admitting that while divorce has changed her, it has not entirely closed her off to the idea of commitment.
The British artist, who was previously married to actor David Harbour, described the complicated emotions that come with ending a marriage. Asked whether she would ever consider getting married again, Allen did not give a definitive answer, instead acknowledging her mixed feelings.
“I’d like to say I’d never do it again, but I do like it,” she said. For Allen, the appeal of marriage is less about tradition and more about what it represents emotionally. “Everything but the institution of it, you know? I like being chosen. I like jewellery. I like getting dressed up. I like celebrating. I don’t like talking about money.”
Her comments reflect a tension many divorced people experience: the desire for romance and connection paired with a reluctance to reenter a system that can become painful and transactional when it ends. Allen made it clear that independence remains important to her, but so does emotional security.
“I like my independence. But I don’t like divorce,” she asserted. Beyond practical concerns, Allen revealed that the experience has had a lasting impact on her ability to trust others. Divorce, she explained, is not a clean break but an exhausting and emotionally draining process that lingers far longer than expected.
“It’s just sort of devastating, really. It keeps you up at night and costs a huge amount of money and just goes on and on and on,” she said. That prolonged strain, she added, can reshape how someone views relationships altogether. Allen admitted that dealing with legal battles and shared histories has made her more guarded.
“And I hate feeling like I can’t trust anyone,” she noted, before expanding on how the process itself fuels that feeling. “But there’s something about dealing with an ex-partner and lawyers that creates an environment of feeling like you can’t trust anybody or anything.”
Allen’s remarks struck a chord for their honesty, capturing the emotional fallout that often follows the end of a marriage. While she has not ruled out love or even marriage in the future, her words suggest that any next chapter would be approached with caution, hard-earned perspective, and a strong desire to protect her sense of self.
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