{"id":343505,"date":"2025-10-30T16:20:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/343505\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T16:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:20:13","slug":"david-harbours-alleged-reaction-to-lily-allens-cheating-claims-revealed-as-sources-divulge-if-he-could-sue-her-for-her-revenge-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/343505\/","title":{"rendered":"David Harbour\u2019s Alleged Reaction to Lily Allen\u2019s Cheating Claims Revealed as Sources Divulge if He Could Sue Her For Her \u2018Revenge\u2019 Album"},"content":{"rendered":"

Divorces in Hollywood are more common than marriages that last. That means that, when the news broke that Stranger Things<\/a> star David Harbour and singer Lily Allen were separating, no one was really surprised. Even the cheating allegations about Harbour<\/a> weren\u2019t really all that shocking. But then came Allen\u2019s latest album and, well\u2026singers process in songs. So, there was a lot to break down.<\/p>\n

And of course, there was a question. What does Harbour<\/a> think about the songs that are clearly about him? Lily Allen had an answer. During a chat with\u00a0Interview<\/a>, the singer was asked how Harbour would react to the album. \u201cIt\u2019s not a cruel album,\u201d Allen said of West End Girl, which was released Oct. 24. \u201cI don\u2019t feel like I\u2019m being mean. It was just the feelings I was processing at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The album was written and recorded over 10 days in December 2024, right after the two separated after four years of marriage.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel very differently about the whole situation now,\u201d Allen<\/a> added. \u201cWe all go through breakups, and it\u2019s always f\u2013king brutal. But I don\u2019t think it\u2019s that often that you feel inclined to write about it while you\u2019re in it.\u201d<\/p>\n

West End Girl has been called a revenge album, but Allen doesn\u2019t see it that way. \u201cThat\u2019s what\u2019s fun about this record; it\u2019s viscerally like going through the motions,\u201d she explained. \u201cAt the time, I was really trying to process things, and that\u2019s great in terms of the album, but I don\u2019t feel confused or angry now.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for how Harbour may have reacted to the new album, Allen did not want to speculate. \u201cI try not to think about that,\u201d she said. Instead, she wants the album to \u201cfeel brutal and tragic but also empowering.\u201d<\/p>\n

The album, which Allen says was only \u201cinspired\u201d by the moment and her marriage to Harbour, doesn\u2019t exactly paint Harbour in the best light. It\u2019s bad enough that there has been speculation about whether Harbour could bring forward a defamation suit against Allen and her production company.<\/p>\n

Louise Lambert, co-CEO of\u00a0Reviewed and Cleared<\/a>, a specialist media law firm, told Cosmopolitan<\/a> that even though it is defamatory to call someone a cheater, the \u201ctruth is a complete defence to defamation.\u201d She also added that \u201cin the event of a claim, the person making the allegation would need to provide evidence of cheating in order to rely on this defence.\u201d Since the lyrics don\u2019t specifically mention Harbour, any possible suit would also have to go into the meanings of the lyrics.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe same [defamation] laws govern both [music and journalists] but, as an artistic work, there is perhaps more leeway in terms of what a song actually means. Allen has indicated herself that it\u2019s not all necessarily true,\u201d Lambert also said, which is probably an answer in and of itself. After all, let us remember that Drake\u2019s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar\u2019s Not Like Us was recently dismissed by a judge, who ruled that Lamar\u2019s lyrics were \u201cnonactionable opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n

So yes, this split is messy, but it\u2019s probably not going to end in a lawsuit. Whether Harbour actually comments on it\u2014he will start doing press for Stranger Things Season 5 soon\u2014remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

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