Lily Allen: Singer says having kids ‘completely ruined’ her music career

Lily Allen says her two children made her “complete” but they “completely ruined” her music career.

The 38-year-old British singer has two daughters – Ethel Marie, 11, and Marnie Rose, 9 – with ex-husband Sam Cooper.

When asked if she would reconsider her career after having children, Allen joked: “Yeah, my kids ruined my career.”

“I love them, they complete me but as far as pop stars are concerned, they completely ruin it,” she added on the Radio Times podcast.

AllenAlison Owen, the daughter of actor Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen, says she felt like her parents were “absent” when she was growing up, so she chose to step away from the spotlight to focus on raising her daughter.

“It really pisses me off when people say you can have it all, because frankly, you can’t,” she said.

“Some people choose their careers over their children and that’s their prerogative, but when I was a child my parents were completely absent. I feel like that left some nasty scars that I’d rather not be around It happened to me all over again.”

“I chose to step back and focus on them. I’m glad I did because I think they’re very well-rounded.”

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Allen shot to fame in 2006 with the release of the single “Smile”, which reached number one in the UK charts. Following the release of Sheezus in 2014, Ellen took a break from her music career and released her final album four years later.

In 2020, she made headlines again after her news broke Married to “Stranger Things” actor David Harbour In Las Vegas.

The singer, whose hits also include “LDN” and “Fear and Injustice,” has since turned to acting, starring in the play “2:22 West End Ghost Stories,” for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award in 2022.

She later appeared in the dark comedy The Pillowmen and in 2023 played Mel in the Sky Atlantic comedy Dreamland, which tells the story of four sisters living in the Kent seaside town of Margate .