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Lily Allen Says Daughters Struggle After Move as “Madeline” Cites Anxiety and Denies Years-Long Affair

Fresh statements spotlight emotional fallout alongside disputed accounts of the breakup.

Overview

  • Natalie Tippett, identified as “Madeline” in Lily Allen’s album, wrote on Instagram that 2025 brought “highest highs, lowest lows” and “intense anxiety,” expressing gratitude for therapy and support.
  • Tippett acknowledges sexual contact with David Harbour during his marriage but rejects claims of a three‑year affair and says she felt “extremely violated” by how she was depicted, including references to private messages.
  • Allen said on her podcast that her daughters, Ethel, 14, and Marnie, 13, are struggling with the return to the UK after changing homes, countries, and schools.
  • Allen noted that Harbour remains in contact with his former stepdaughters via text, adding that she keeps out of those communications.
  • Reporting ties Tippett’s first contact with Harbour to the 2021 New Orleans set of Netflix’s We Have a Ghost, as Allen’s October 2025 album West End Girl narrates the marriage’s collapse and names “Madeline.”