{"id":362464,"date":"2025-12-21T11:58:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T11:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/362464\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T11:58:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T11:58:13","slug":"lily-allen-david-harbour-split-singer-shares-daughter-ethel-and-marnies-relationship-with-ex-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/362464\/","title":{"rendered":"Lily Allen, David Harbour split: Singer shares daughter Ethel and Marnie’s relationship with ex-husband"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blended families are hard to navigate at the best of times, but having famous parents can make the situation even more delicate.<\/p>\n

Lily Allen has opened up about her \ufeffdaughters’ relationship with their ex-stepfather, David Harbour<\/a>, after the couple’s recent split.<\/p>\n

The singer alluded to infidelity on Harbour’s part according to her new album, West End Girl<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Smile singer is mum to Ethel, 14, and Marnie, 12, whom she shares with her ex-husband Sam Cooper. They wed in 2011 and split in 2018.<\/p>\n

Watch the video above\ufeff<\/p>\n

Harbour, was step-dad to wife Lily Allen’s two daughters \u2013 Ethel and Marnie. (Instagram)<\/p>\n

The 40-year-old was asked by The Observer<\/a> in a December 20 interview about \ufeffher daughters’ bond with Harbour, 50, telling them, “I stay out of it.”<\/p>\n

“They’ve both got phones,” she said. “They all text each other.”<\/p>\n

Allen and her two daughters lived in Brooklyn with Harbour for the duration of her relationship with him, creating a close bond.<\/p>\n

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\"DavidThey ended up becoming a blended family. (Getty)\"LilyLily Allen only had a five-word response to the query. (Instagram)<\/p>\n

Shortly after he tied the knot with Allen in 2020, Harbour described what it was like suddenly being part of a family,<\/p>\n

“I’m in a relationship with three women who all have very different opinions of me at various times,” he told People<\/a><\/p>\n

“Making that kind of a commitment, which I haven’t for most of my life, was a huge thing for me. And it just makes you feel a little bit more like a man, to be honest. I just feel a little bit more like an adult.”\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"LilyLily Allen and her former husband, Sam Cooper (Getty)<\/p>\n

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The couple first begun dating in 2019 before obtaining a marriage licence and being married by an Elvis impersonator in Las Vegas in 2020. They are believed to have split in early 2025.<\/p>\n

Allen said that West End Girl, released in October, is inspired by the demise of their relationship, including claims of infidelity on Harbour’s part.<\/p>\n

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