Lily Allen was criticized by PETA and sent a toy dog after she admitted to returning her dog to an animal shelter after it ate her and her children’s passports and visas.
Animal rights groups are believed to be furious with the 39-year-old singer after she confessed to what she did to her. Miss me? podcast.
According to The Sunthe star received the stuffed animal and a sharp letter from the organization’s Elisa Allen, who wrote: “It really is the only animal you should ever have in your home.
“Dogs should never be treated as accessories to be discarded when they become unwieldy.”
MailOnline has contacted Lily’s representatives for comment.
Lily, who lives in New York with her 49-year-old husband, actor David Harbour, and their children Ethel (13) and Marnie (11), made the confession to her friend and co-host Miquita Oliver. She lamented that adopting the dog had “ruined her life” because it had cost a fortune to replace the documents. She also added that her daughters were unable to see their father for months.
Lily Allen has been criticized by PETA and sent a toy dog after she admitted she returned her dog to an animal shelter after it ate her and her children’s passports and visas
Animal rights groups are believed to be furious with the singer, 39, after she confessed to what she did on her Miss Me? podcast
She said: ‘She was very badly behaved and I tried very hard for her but it just didn’t work. The passports were the straw that broke the camel’s back.’
Following her comments, many of Lily’s fans shared their thoughts on X, criticizing the star for choosing to send the puppy “back home.”
The Not Fair hitmaker added that replacing her documents proved to be a “logistical nightmare”.
She also revealed that her ex-husband Sam Cooper wouldn’t allow her to use her current husband David Harbour’s last name on the replacement passports – a point of contention with the Stranger Things actor.
But despite her nightmare with her previous dog, Lily says she plans to get another dog. She and her daughters Ethel, 13, and Marnie, 11, have decided to name the dog Jude Bellingham, after the footballer.
Lily didn’t specify which dog she was referring to, but we can assume it was the puppy named Mary that she and David adopted from the New York nonprofit Animal Haven in 2021.
She said, “We actually already adopted a dog, but it ate my passport. That’s why I took her back to the shelter.”
‘She ate all three of our passports and our visas were in there too.
The singer complained that adopting the dog “ruined” her life, as it had cost a fortune to replace the documents
Lily also revealed that her ex-husband Sam Cooper wouldn’t let her use her current husband David Harbour’s surname on the replacement passports – a point of contention with the Stranger Things actor [pictured with Lily in 2020]
‘I still have my ex-husband’s name because I have two children with him, and it’s difficult to travel with children if you don’t have the same last name’ [pictured with ex Sam Cooper in 2009]
She said: ‘Because my children’s father lives in England, I couldn’t take them to see their father for four or five months because that bloody dog ate their passports.’ [pictured with Marnie, left, and Ethel, right in 2022]
“And I can’t tell you how much money it cost me to replace everything because it was COVID and so it was just an absolute logistical nightmare.
‘And because my children’s father lives in England, I couldn’t take them to their father until four or five months later, because that bloody dog had eaten their passports.
“And I just couldn’t look at her. I thought, ‘You’ve ruined my life.'”
The Smile hitmaker continued: ‘Passports weren’t the only thing she ate, she was a very badly behaved dog and I tried really hard with her but it just didn’t work and the passports were the straw that broke the camel’s back.’
When asked on her Miss Me? podcast whether her new passport would take the surname of her husband Harbour, whom she married two years ago, two years after divorcing contractor Cooper, she replied: ‘No, and that’s a bit of a contentious issue.
‘I still have my ex-husband’s name because I have two children with him. It’s difficult to travel with children if you don’t have the same last name.
‘And he didn’t like me changing the kids’ names to Harbour, so I kept my ex-husband’s name.
‘David and I have joint bank accounts, so it’s pretty annoying to him that I have my Amex card with my ex-husband’s name on it. I’m sure it stings.’
Lily said the new puppy the family has their sights set on is a Chihuahua mix.
She told her boyfriend, presenter Steve Jones: ‘We might be getting a new puppy in a couple of weeks.
‘The girls and I thought about a name for a long time and we decided on Jude Bellingham.’