Lily Allen has opened up about her sex life with husband David Harbour, revealing he requested ‘kinky sex’ prior to their shock split.
The 39-year-old singer reportedly ended her five-year relationship with the Stranger Things actor, 49, after allegedly discovering his profile on the celebrity dating app Raya.
Rumours about trouble in their relationship had circulated for months, with sources claiming Lily called it quits a month before Christmas.
While neither of them have publicly addressed the situation, the singer previously hinted at issues in their relationship during an episode of her podcast, Miss Me?
Speaking with her co-host and best friend Miquita Oliver, she had said in summer last year: ‘I wonder if I kink-shame my husband. Because he quite often asks for things, and I’m like: ‘No, babe, it’s not happening.’
‘I’m not like: !You piece of s***, how dare you ask me to do that!” I’m just like: “Hmm, headache. Little headache, got a bit of a headache – maybe not tonight.”‘
Lily Allen has opened up about her sex life with husband David Harbour, revealing he ‘requested kinky sex’ prior to their shock split
The 39-year-old singer reportedly ended her five-year relationship with the Stranger Things actor, 49, after allegedly discovering his profile on the celebrity dating app Raya
In a more recent November episode, Lily shared that she had been using AI to help her in arguments with David.
The Smile singer explained that she relied on ChatGPT to help her articulate her points during their rows.
‘I use [ChatGPT] more for personal stuff,’ she explained. ‘If me and David have had an argument and I need to articulate it, I’ll be like, “Write me a long text message about an argument that started with the dishwasher and ended in an argument about our finances”.’
She also shared the prompts she uses to make the responses more personal, explaining: ‘That’s great but can you add in a bit about how I think this is all actually to do with his mum?’ You just copy and paste every single one until you’ve got enough.’
Lily turned Wagatha Christie to find out if her husband David was looking for other women amid split rumours.
The singer unleashed an impressive set of skills after suspecting her husband was cheating, and was reportedly left in ‘agony’ when she discovered the actor had a secret profile on the celebrity dating app Raya, The Mail on Sunday revealed.
Deciding there was only one way to find out the truth, Lily rejoined the dating app where she first met David, and pretended to be ‘looking for women’.
She soon discovered that David had already set up a dating profile and was listed on the app as being active for at least a month.
The Smile singer also explained that she relied on ChatGPT to help her articulate her points during their rows.
Lily turned Wagatha Christie to find out if her husband David was looking for other women amid split rumours
A source revealed Lily’s meticulous methods: ‘Lily was looking for women that were on Raya and cross-referencing them with women David follows on Instagram to try to figure out who he was seeing. She was doing her Wagatha thing.’
Former England football star Wayne Rooney’s wife Coleen was famously dubbed ‘ Wagatha Christie ‘ after she turned detective online to out fellow WAG Rebekah Vardy as the apparent leaker of stories about her.
‘Lily only rejoined Raya to try to figure out whether he was seeing someone,’ the insider continued.
‘Lily has never even looked at anyone since she met David. She is devastated. He broke up with Lily a month ago. He was meant to be on holiday with her in Kenya over Christmas .’
David’s dating profile, exclusively revealed by the MoS, reads: ‘Visiting New York from Atlanta’ and ‘closet nerd that plays tough guys on your TV’.
He lists his profile song as the Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin.
David describes himself as living in Atlanta, Georgia, 800 miles from the family home in Brooklyn, New York, where the couple moved in 2020, with Allen enrolling her children in local schools.
He bought a house in Atlanta last year so he could be closer to the Stranger Things set.
David and Lily on their wedding day in 2020. A source revealed Lily’s meticulous methods: ‘Lily was looking for women that were on Raya and cross-referencing them with women David follows on Instagram
The show wrapped filming its fifth and final series just before Christmas. Allen’s circle of London friends say she has believed since the autumn that her husband is interested in other women.
By the time the couple broke up about a month ago, she had become convinced that he had a secret girlfriend.
The singer has not made any public statements on her relationship with David since it emerged they had parted ways in December, but a friend of the Top 10 singer confirmed they had officially ‘separated’.
He has previously spoken about his penchant for a whirlwind romance. ‘I’m easily swept away, but I’m trying not to be as much,’ the Stranger Things actor told Women’s Health in October 2017.
‘I’m better at the fantasy of relationships than I am at the daily real life, but I’m trying to steer myself into a realist,’ he added.
He continued, ‘What I find most exciting now is sharp, intelligent, insightful women. People who are deep thinking, who have sort of a weird way of looking at the universe are wildly attractive to me. So if I can find one of those gals who can stand me, then maybe I might have something.’
The actor has a history of dating fellow thespians, enjoying a three-year relationship with Broadway veteran Maria Thayler from 2008 to 2011, with the pair even getting engaged.
Shortly after their break-up, David went public with actress Julia Stiles after the two starred together in the 2012 film Between Us.
The actor has a history of dating fellow thespians, enjoying a three-year relationship with Broadway veteran Maria Thayler from 2008 to 2011
Shortly after he broke up with Maria Thayler, David went public with Jason Bourne star Julia Stiles after the two starred together in the 2012 film Between Us
In early 2018 David debuted his romance with actress and singer Alison Sudol. Just over a year later though the pair had split, shortly before he met Lily on Raya
They were linked for four years, walking several red carpets together and moving in together in New York, before they eventually broke up.
In early 2018, David debuted his romance with actress and singer Alison Sudol. A besotted Alison paid tribute to her man on social media, gushing in a Valentine’s Day post: ‘I’m sitting here and I’m thinking to myself, wow, this human being that I am on this crazy journey with is pretty unbelievable.
‘What a generous, large-hearted, roaring wonder of a person I get to walk around and do stuff with. Like eat food and read books out loud and watch our dog sleep. And isn’t that great. What an ignited soul, what a fire-spirit.’
‘What a brilliant artist. What a caring, deep, intuitive individual, who has changed my life completely and utterly. What a lucky woman I am.’
Just over a year later though the pair had ended their relationship, shortly before David met Lily on Raya.