Lily Allen is opening up about a version of herself she’s left behind. In a Times interview published Tuesday, the singer said the tradwife lifestyle“appealed to me in the past,”reflecting on her marriages to Sam Cooper and David Harbour. There was a time she wanted the stay-home, cook-everything life, but she’s clear that chapter is over.
These days, she’s not waiting for anyone to rescue her.“I don’t need to be taken care of any more,”she said.“There’s definitely a sense of liberation in that.”She described herself as a single mum supporting two teenagers on her own, and credited her 2025 album West End Girl and its tour with giving her a real sense of agency. She’s also kept things playful, recently launching a Lovehoney sex-toy line.
Allen’s comments land right as the tradwife trend keeps going viral, and her take adds a personal twist: she gets why it’s tempting, and she still chose herself. It’s the kind of post-divorce glow-up story that sparks group-chat debates. So we have to ask: has the tradwife lifestyle ever appealed to you, even a little?
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