The pop star said she doesn’t want to date another celebrity
Lily Allen has revealed she’s dating “some people”. The 40-year-old singer, who split from husband David Harbour last December, has turned to the exclusive dating app Raya in her search for love. While she hasn’t found anything serious yet, she admitted she’s seeing more than one person.
When asked if she was dating anyone, she simply laughed and told Interview magazine: “Maybe”. She later added: “I’m not in a relationship, but there are some people that I meet up with.”
Lily confessed she doesn’t want to date another celebrity. When asked if being in the public eye brings its own challenges, she said: “It does, because I’m not really looking to go out with another famous person. Also, when I go on dates with other people, there’s a bit of a barrier in terms of – not so much here, but in England it’s a bit of a novelty to be on a date with me.”
The ‘Smile’ hitmaker, who has children Ethel, 13, and Marnie, 12, with first husband Sam Cooper, finds using dating apps “awful”.
She said: “They’re awful, especially if you’re going through heartbreak. There is nothing more depressing than hundreds of people that are nothing like the person that you’re missing. It’s just like, ‘No, that’s not him. That’s not him. That’s not him.’ To want to get past that, I have to really, really be interested in that person.”
Lily believes her Raya profile is “terrible”. She added: “I’ve never felt like I’ve been crushing it on the apps.”
However, the ‘Not Fair’ singer’s options are somewhat limited as she was banned from another dating platform, Hinge.
She revealed: “Did I tell you I got banned from Hinge for impersonating myself? I’m like, ‘I can prove that I’m that person.’ They’re like, ‘You’ll need to send us your ID.’ And I’m like, ‘Actually my name and the name on my ID aren’t the same.’ Bye.”
Lily recently confessed that she finds dating “much harder” at this stage of her life than when she was younger.
Speaking to Perfect magazine, she said: “The dating scene is much harder as a 40-year-old woman with two teenage children than it is for a 34-year-old woman.”
She added: “It’s bitterly disappointing. There’s an element of humiliation and shame around it. The world doesn’t portray women of my age as being desirable. And it just feels like climbing up a mountain. But also, at the same time, I’m like, I don’t have to get involved with it. But something in me says that I do.”
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