{"id":2116945,"date":"2025-10-26T19:04:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T19:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2116945"},"modified":"2025-10-26T19:04:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T19:04:32","slug":"madeline-from-new-lily-allen-album-comes-forward-after-affair-with-david-harbour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/madeline-from-new-lily-allen-album-comes-forward-after-affair-with-david-harbour\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Madeline&#8217; from new Lily Allen album comes forward after affair with David Harbour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A woman has come forward claiming to have had an affair with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/david-harbour\">David Harbour<\/a> during his marriage to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/lily-allen\">Lily Allen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/lily-allen-west-end-girl-review-3901723\">Lily Allen \u2013 \u2018West End Girl\u2019 review: a vicious, vulnerable and victorious comeback<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The singer-songwriter\u2019s new album \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/lily-allen-west-end-girl-review-3901723\">West End Girl<\/a>\u2019 arrived on Friday (October 24) via BMG and marked her first LP in seven years \u2013 following on from 2018\u2019s \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/lily-allen-no-shame-review-2326933#:~:text=And%20'My%20One'%20is%20a,pretty%20unique%20point%20of%20view.\">No Shame<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/lily-allen-and-david-harbour-have-reportedly-separated-after-four-years-of-marriage-3834929\">News of Allen\u2019s separation from Harbour arose towards the start of the year<\/a>, amid rumours that there was cheating on the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/series\/stranger-things\"><em>Stranger Things<\/em><\/a> star\u2019s part. Earlier this year, Allen <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/lily-allen-speaks-out-on-time-in-treatment-centre-for-emotional-turmoil-after-david-harbour-split-3838153\">revealed that she went into a treatment centre to deal with the \u201cemotional turmoil\u201d<\/a> of the split.<\/p>\n<p>Allen\u2019s split from Harbour has proved a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/lily-allen-on-new-album-west-end-girl-dealing-with-deep-rooted-issues-with-rejection-and-abandonment-after-david-harbour-divorce-3901923\">huge source of inspiration for her new record<\/a> with one track, entitled \u2018Madeline\u2019, seeing the pop star singing about confronting Harbour\u2019s other woman over text, asking: \u201cHow long has it been going on? Is it just sex or is there emotion?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lily Allen - Madeline (Visualiser)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ywpA1b9vlKI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Now, according to <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-15227093\/Madeline-Lily-Allen-world-exclusive-reveal-mum-affair-stars-husband-David-Harbour-Natalie-Tippett-exposed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Mail On Sunday<\/a>,<\/em> a woman named Natalie Tippett claims she and Harbour had a relationship.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the track \u2018Madeline\u2019, she told the publication: \u201cOf course I\u2019ve heard the song. But I have a family and things to protect. I have a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, and I understand this is going on. It\u2019s a little bit scary for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On another track \u2018Tennis\u2019, Allen recalls finding messages to another woman on the phone of her lover when going on his phone. \u201c<em>I read your texts, and now I regret it\u2026 If it was just sex, I wouldn\u2019t be jealous. You won\u2019t play with me, and who\u2019s Madeline?<\/em>\u201d she sings.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether she knew the singer-songwriter was going to mention her text messages on her record, Tippett said: \u201cYeah, I just don\u2019t feel comfortable talking about it at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite her claims, Allen insisted in an interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/culture\/music\/article\/lily-allen-interview-intimacy-is-messy-ive-had-a-tough-year-qvc3t078z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Sunday Times<\/em><\/a> that the song \u2018Madeline\u2019 is a fictional character who is a \u201cconstruct of others\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Allen also said she thinks lots of young women are no longer finding marriage and long-term relationships attractive.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cI just feel we are living in really interesting times \u2013 in terms of how we define intimacy and monogamy, people being disposable or not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way we are being intimate with each other is changing as humans \u2026 Lots of young women are not finding the idea of marriage or even a long-term relationship that attractive anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Allen and Harbour are yet to respond publicly to Tippett\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NME meets Lily Allen\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O0qhqTEylmU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u2018West End Girl\u2019 was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/lily-allen-west-end-girl-review-3901723\">given a four-star review from <em>NME<\/em><\/a>, and praised as \u201ca sleek, smart collection that sees Allen back at her very best\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you\u2019d expect from her most \u2018vulnerable\u2019 album, there\u2019s a lot of grief and misery across \u2018West End Girl\u2019, but it never sounds depressing,\u201d it read. \u201cSince \u2018Smile\u2019, Allen\u2019s always had a knack for making devastation sound exciting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s rage behind the pulsating \u2018Ruminating\u2019 as she struggles with the realities of an open marriage, playful other woman anthem \u2018Madeline\u2019 is a dizzying cocktail of uncertainty, fury and empathy, while the gorgeous \u2018Just Enough\u2019 is as crushing as it gets, heartbreak amplified by lush strings. It feels like a much-needed purge.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman has come forward claiming to have had an affair with David Harbour during his marriage to Lily Allen. 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