Lily Allen says she's 'not in a really good place,' denying rehab rumours

Lily Allen has openly spoken about her ongoing mental health struggles — and shut down rumors that she's headed to rehab after being reinstated.

Thursday, January 9, during its episode His “miss me?” podcastAllen, 39, announced that he was stepping back at the moment “finding it really hard to be interested in anything”.

“I'm not really in a good place,” he explained. “I know I've been talking about it for months, but I've been spiraling and spiraling and it's gotten out of control.”

Allen recalled Having a “panic attack”. added at an event recently, “I went to see something at the theater the other night with my (friends) Carlo and Claire and I had to leave at halftime. I can't concentrate on anything but the pain I'm going through.

The singer, who is married to the actor David HarborDoes not specify what causes personal decline “It's really, really hard,” he added before discussing his hiatus from podcasting. “I'm leaving next week. Listeners, you won't hear from me for a few weeks.

Allen also used the opportunity to shut down the “wicked rumours” he had been re-spreading and He was going to rehabilitate. She has often used her podcast as a platform to discuss mental health – revealing in December 2024 that she had struggled with eating for the past three years after suffering from bulimia in the past.

“I've been going through a tough time for the last few months and my eating has become a real problem,” she said on her show about how she hadn't told her therapist about the issues. “It's just because it didn't seem to be at the top of my list of important things to talk about. I'm really not in a very good place mentally right now.

The emotional update came after Allen previously opened up about the relationship Five years on his journey to sobriety.

“I think that addiction runs deep in my family, so self-medication is going to be on the cards. For me, it didn't really feel like an 'if,' it was a 'when,'” Allen, who is the daughter of comedian Keith Allen, told The Times in November 2024. “The journey to peace is not singular, and it is not linear. So if sharing my own experiences and struggles helps even one person process what they're going through, then it's worth it.”

Allen, who shares daughters Ethel, 13, and Marnie, 12, with the former Sam Cooperdetails How his sobriety affects him Marriage at Harbour, 49.

“We don't really talk about it,” Allen explained. “I don't think I've ever had sex with someone who wasn't drunk before I got together with him. So it was definitely different.”

He continued: “It's a completely different thing. It's inevitable, conscious and real. He's had a lot of experience with it, so it was helpful to do it with someone as long-in-the-tooth in that game.”