Lily Allen gets candid about abortions: ‘I've had a few but I can't remember how many'
'I would get pregnant all the time,' she told her friend and Miss Me? podcast co-host Miquita Oliver.
'Abortions, I've had a few. But then again I can't remember exactly how many. I think maybe like, I want to say four or five'.
'I remember once getting pregnant and the man paying for my abortion and me thinking it was so romantic,' she said.
She added that the man never contacted her again after the procedure and she no longer thinks the gesture is 'generous or romantic.'
'Fair [to be honest], I was a f******n crazy b****, still am,' the singer added.
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Lily (40), who has two daughters, Ethel Mary (13) and Marnie Rose (11), with ex-husband Sam Cooper, says she now uses an IUD for contraception.
'I'm on my third or fourth and I just remember before that it was a disaster area.'
She went on to express her frustration at the social pressure to justify abortions.
'It actually irritates me and I've said it before on the record.
'I've seen memes going around sometimes, on Instagram from pro-abortion accounts or whatever, whenever this conversation comes up and suddenly you start seeing people posting things about extraordinary reasons for having an abortion.
'Like: 'My aunt had a kid that had this disability,' or whatever, 'if she went full term it was going to kill her, so we have to.' It's like, shut up!
'Just: 'I don't want a f***ing baby right now – is enough reason.''
This isn't the first time Lily has been candid with her view on abortions.
In 2022 she spoke out against the US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, a landmark case which eliminated the federal constitutional right to abortion.
'Most people I know, myself included, just didn't want to have a f***ing baby and that is reason enough. We don't have to justify it,' she said.
'It shouldn't have to be said and I think all these examples just play into the hands of the baddies.'
It's been a tough year for Lily, who announced her split from her husband, actor David Harbour, after four years and sought treatment at a mental health facility.
She has credited her daughters with helping her get through this difficult time.
'We are a support network for each other and encourage each other to talk about our feelings but I think the main thing is telling them we're going to get through it and be fine,' she said.
She previously shared on her podcast she's in better spirits.
'I'm not saying I'm 100 percent there. I'm not saying that I'm getting it 100 percent right or ever will. But I'm definitely in a stronger place.'
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