Lily Allen has detailed the hilarious moment she discovered she’d been referred to a child psychiatrist as an adult.
The singer has recently sparked concern for the future of her marriage to husband David Harbour, after admitting she’s ‘not in a great place mentally.’
In a new clip from her Miss Me? podcast, Lily shared the surprise admission that when she began seeing a new therapist when she moved to New York, but remained unaware that they specialised in child psychology.
Lily went onto reveal that she first learned of the mix-up when she was referred to another psychiatrist, and when she paid a visit to their office, its child-friendly layout led to the truth beind revealed.
She told co-host Miquita Oliver: ‘So when I moved to New York, Henrietta my godmother, is a very well-connected person and knew lots of people in New York, and I said ”I’m moving to NY can you put the feelers out and see if there’s anyone that could be my therapist?”
‘And she said ”yes of course,” so she emailed a couple of friends of hers… she said ”my goddaughter’s moving to New York, can you recommend anyone?” and so I connected with this woman, and she sent me an email.
Lily Allen has detailed the hilarious moment she discovered she’d been referred to a child psychiatrist as an adult, after sparking concern with new revelations about her home life
The singer has recently sparked fears for the future of her marriage to husband David Harbour, after admitting she’s ‘not in a great place mentally’
‘I started seeing her and I really liked her, and then about a year and a half in, she referred me to somebody from her office that was a psychiatrist.
‘And I turned up at the office, and it was all like little baby chairs, and abacuses and books for children. And I was like ”this is weird.”
‘When I went to go and see the psychiatrist, he said ”obviously we don’t usually deal with adults, but because you’re Anne’s client…’
‘I then went back to Anne, and I was like ”are you a child psychiatrist?” She said ”yeah I told you, in the email.”
‘So basically, Henrietta’s friend had assumed that when she said goddaughter, goddaughter meant child, and so she recommended a child psychologist, and so I’m still seeing a child psychologist.’
But Lily admitted that seeing a child psychiatrist has still proven to be beneficial,
Asked if it has been beneficial, she added: ‘Yeah I think it is actually, because it helps with my kids.’
Lily previously shared she has been going to therapy to work through things after relocating to New York with her children Ethel Mary, 13, and Marnie Rose, 11, and husband David.
Lily shared that when she began seeing a new therapist when she moved to New York, but remained unaware that they specialised in child psychology
Last year questions arose over their relationship when Lily unfollowed the Stranger Things actor, 49, on social media.
Now she has started dropping hints there is trouble in her home life and even said she is ‘bored of men’.
She admitted recently on the Miss Me? podcast she hosts with her best friend, the presenter Miquita Oliver: ‘I’m having a bit of a rough time of it at the moment, but I’m trying to soldier on.’
In a previous episode, she told how her two daughters had found themselves in the firing line.
‘I exploded and screamed at the kids. I was like, “I can’t handle this at the moment; I’m going through so much, I need you two to behave yourselves.”‘
She then explained to them: ‘We’re all going through some difficult stuff at the moment, so I apologise, and I’m sorry.’
In another segment she described Aaron Batterham, the boyfriend of her mother Alison, as a ‘pillar of support’ and ‘the main male person in my life that is great and supportive to me’ – with no mention of David.
For some, a potential clue to the cause of her turmoil came when Lily announced: ‘I’m so bored of men.’
Lily has also been pictured recently without her wedding ring. Video clips of her podcast show Lily’s left hand minus the large diamond David gave her four years ago.
She was also without it when she attended an addiction awareness event in London earlier this month.
It comes after Lily revealed that she is ‘not in a great place mentally’ and has stopped eating.
Speaking on her podcast Miss Me?, Lily made a candid confession about her mental health.
The Smile hitmaker spoke of how it has impacted her eating, with the star admitting she has not been eating and never feels hungry.
‘I’ve been going through a tough time over the last few months and my eating has become an issue,’ Lily said.
‘My therapist and I talk about it and she says “How long has this been going on?” And I said, “Well, about three years really.” And she’s like, “OK, why haven’t you mentioned it before?”
‘And it’s not because I’m lying about it. It’s just because it’s not seemed at the top of the list of important things that I need to talk about, but obviously it is.’
Lily previously shared she has been going to therapy to work through things after relocating to New York with her children Ethel Mary, 13, and Marnie Rose, 11, and husband David
Lily added: ‘I’m not really good at talking about the bigger picture. That’s something about my ADHD as well, that I don’t link things.
‘And also, my body and my brain are two very separate things to me. I know a lot of people feel those two things are very connected to each other, but for me it’s very different. I spend a lot of time in my head, and not a lot of time thinking about my body.
‘I’m really not in a great place mentally at the moment, and I’m not eating. I’m not hungry. I obviously am hungry, but my body and brain are so disconnected from each other that my body… the messages of hunger are not going through my body to my brain.
‘I’m not avoiding food, I’m just not thinking about it because I’m so in my head. My body’s, like, a few steps behind me.’