Lily Allen provides mental health update: Singer fears ‘breaking bones’ after admitting she’s ‘stopped eating’ – and plans to ‘get sorted’ by 2025

Lily Allen revealed at the start of this year that she is taking time to ‘get her head straight’ after admitting she is not in a ‘great place mentally’ and has stopped eating.

In her podcast Miss Me?, which she co-hosts with her best friend Miquita Oliver, the Smile singer, 39, also confessed she feared “broken bones” after a fall – a risk of malnutrition.

The comments come weeks after the mother of two, who reportedly recently split from her actor husband David Harbour, admitted that she has not eaten and is never hungry.

“I’ve been going through a tough time these past few months and my eating has become an issue,” Lily said in a podcast episode released last month.

“My therapist and I are talking about it and she says, ‘How long has this been going on?’ And I said, “Well, about three years actually.” And she says, “Okay, why didn’t you say it before?”

‘I’m not doing well mentally at the moment and I’m not eating. I’m not hungry. I’m obviously hungry, but my body and brain are so separated that my body… the messages of hunger don’t go through my body to my brain.

‘I don’t avoid food, I just don’t think about it because I’m so stuck in my head. My body is a few steps behind me.”

The risks of not eating enough for your body weight are numerous, including nutrient deficiencies, the bone-weakening condition osteoporosis and eating disorders.

In the most recent episode of the BBC show Miss Me? the hitmaker revealed her plans for the new year.

“First I’m going to get my head straight,” she said.

‘I’m working on myself a bit in this early part of the year, then I’ll do some more writing, then I’ll do my play – hopefully an album will be out by the end of the year. the year.’

“I think I’m going to try to be less of a narcissist in 2025,” she added.

‘I have to be more empathetic. I’ve been pretty preoccupied with myself and victimhood lately and I’m ready to move on.”

When talking about her 40th birthday plans, she dismissed the idea of ​​going skiing for fear she might break a bone.

“If I fall while skiing or snowboarding, I break bones, so I think that’s a bit dangerous,” she said.

Allen added that she was “scared” about winter sports: ‘I had a fall a few years ago when I went snowboarding and it hit my rotator calf really hard in my shoulder and I never really recovered from that, my range of motion is not good.’

Rumors have been swirling for months that Lily’s five-year romance with Harbor was on the rocks, but a friend of the singer confirmed that they are officially “divorced.”

Just a few weeks ago she said she couldn’t write music anymore because she couldn’t stop herself from being honest and vulnerable

The revelation comes after several references were made on the podcast to him going through a ‘tough time’.

Rumors swirled for months that Lily’s five-year romance with Harbor was on the rocks, but a friend of the singer confirmed late last month that they have officially “broke up.”

Last month she revealed that she was afraid to write new music because she was afraid of being too vulnerable.

She said she didn’t mind expressing her heartache, but she only wanted to do it if enough people were listening to make her feel like being so open was worth it.

In 2021, Lily was forced to defend herself against trolls who commented on her weight loss and accused her of looking ‘too skinny’ after she shared a video clip of an appearance on The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan.

“You’ve never seen me completely sober for two years, not smoking and exercising every day,” she told one critic.

Replying to another, she wrote: ‘Seriously, where are you getting off? You know NOTHING about me or my lifestyle. How dare you.’

Those who are underweight and do not provide their bodies with enough nutrients are at greater risk for decreased bone density.

This can make bones weaker and more likely to break, warns the Royal Osteoporosis Society.

Sufficient calcium and vitamin D are needed to grow new bone and keep it strong and healthy.

A healthy and balanced diet is just one factor that keeps bones strong – the NHS also advises people to do regular muscle-strengthening exercises to build bone strength.