Lily Allen says having children ruined her career – why so many women feel the same
Singer Lily Allen has said that “you can’t have it all” and that having children “ruined her career”, in an interview on the Radio Times podcast.
The 38-year-old is mum to Ethel Mary, 11, and Marnie Rose, nine, with ex-husband Sam Cooper.
“I never really had a strategy when it comes to career, but yes, my children ruined my career. I love them and they complete me, but in terms of pop-stardom, they totally ruined it,” said Allen, who rose to fame with hits Smile and The Fear in the mid-Noughties.
The singer released her latest album (her 4th) in 2020. “It really annoys me when people say you can have it all because, quite frankly, you can’t,” she said.
