For the first time, Lily Allen is opening up about her heartache after the tragic loss of her baby last year in a documentary titled “Lily Allen: Riches To Rags.” Lily – who was six months pregnant with boyfriend Sam Cooper’s child – is said to have been rushed to hospital with severe stomach pain. Although every effort was made to save her unborn baby, it was confirmed ‘with great sadness’ that the couple sadly lost the child.’
Per Daily Mail:
The singer, who lost her child six months into her pregnancy, says: ‘It was a really long battle – and I think that kind of thing changes a person.’
Their couple’s first baby died, her second in three years, after Allen contracted a viral infection six months into her pregnancy. (Doctors say technically, because it occurred after the 20th week, Allen’s second loss was a pre-term delivery. Her first miscarriage was at four months in 2008.) The couple was expecting a boy. At the time, friends said the couple was ‘grief-stricken’ by their loss.
During the film, Lily also speaks of her battle with bulimia, and is painfully honest about how she struggled to over come the condition.
‘I used to vomit after meals. It’s not something I’m proud of,’ the singer admits. ‘But, I tell you what, a lot of people came up to me telling me how great I looked and I’d be on the cover of every magazine. I thought I looked good and it was great to be able to try on clothes and feel a million dollars. But I wasn’t happy, I really wasn’t.’
Despite the praise, Allen said she wasn’t happy on the inside and finally realized she was “a pop star, not a model.” The documentary was filmed before Lily suffered the loss of her baby, but the film crew went back to continue filming her story after. The film also follows the opening of her clothing boutique for her fashion line ‘Lucy in Disguise,’ which she created alongside her sister Sarah Owen.
She has really matured into a thoughtful woman. Good for her in speaking out about the pressures to be skinny and eating disorders.
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