Pop Singer ‘Can't Remember' How Many Abortions She's Had
Lily Allen did not hold back while reflecting on her history of abortions.
The 'Smile' singer, 40, spoke candidly about the topic during the Monday, June 30, episode of her 'Miss Me?' podcast with cohost Miquita Oliver.
'I have an IUD now, I think I'm on my third, maybe fourth, and I just remember, before that was a complete disaster area,' Allen said. 'I'd get pregnant all the time.'
When Oliver expressed her surprise, Allen jokingly began singing to the tune of Frank Sinatra's song 'My Way.'
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'Abortions, I've had a few, but then again, I can't remember exactly how many,' she quipped.
With a laugh, Allen confirmed that she could not recall the actual number of abortions she'd had in the past. 'I can't remember,' she said. 'I think maybe, like … I want to say four or five.'
Allen then recounted one of her previous experiences with abortion.
'I remember once getting pregnant and the man paying for my abortion and me thinking it was so romantic,' she shared. 'I'll tell you how romantic it was — I don't think he texted me after!'
Oliver, for her part, believed she'd also had 'about five' abortions, agreeing that getting an IUD 'really changed' her life because she 'stopped getting abortions.'
'The pattern would be: Unfortunately, get pregnant, like, not want to be, have an abortion, then while I was sedated in said abortion, they'd give me a coil,' Oliver recalled, noting that she 'can't quite remember' why she ultimately got the IUD removed each time.
This is not the first time Allen has been forthcoming about the matter. In 2022, she received support from fans after revealing that she'd had an abortion in the past.
'I wish people would stop posting examples of exceptional reasons for having abortions,' she wrote via her Instagram Story at the time while advocating for the pro-choice movement. 'Most people I know, myself included, just didn't want to have a f-----g baby. And that is reason enough! We don't have to justify it.'
Allen now shares two daughters, Ethel, 13, and Marnie, 12, with ex-husband Sam Cooper.
Pop Singer 'Can't Remember' How Many Abortions She's Had first appeared on Parade on Jul 1, 2025
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