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Lily Allen Says She Returned “F—ing” Puppy For Eating Family’s Passports: “[It] Ruined My Life”
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Lily Allen Says She Returned “F—ing” Puppy For Eating Family’s Passports: “[It] Ruined My Life”

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Lily Allen spilled the beans on how a tiny puppy managed to turn her world upside down and made her question her life choices.

The 39-year-old artist made the heartbreaking revelation on her Miss Me? Podcast, co-hosted by her close friend Miquita Oliver.

While chatting with her guest, Welsh TV host Steve Jones, the singer began talking about how she was now ready to welcome a puppy to her family.

Highlights
  • Lily Allen returned her puppy after it ate three family passports, creating a travel nightmare during Covid-19.
  • The passports had visas and made it difficult for Lily and her children to travel to the UK to visit her kids' father, Sam Cooper.
  • The singer explained the logistical and financial difficulties she faced while replacing the passports.
  • Lily still uses her ex-husband's last name in her passport for easier travel with her children, despite being married to David Harbour.

She also showed him a picture of a Chihuahua mix puppy that she was considering getting for her family of four, which includes her children, Ethel, 12, and Marnie, 11.

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Lily Allen said she tried adding a furry friend to her family, but it turned into chaos after the pup devoured three passports

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Image credits: lilyallen

When Steve asked if she and her husband, David Harbour, were ready for the commitment, the British pop queen narrated the story of her previous attempt at having a dog in the house.

She revealed that the ordeal took place during Covid-19, when they added a furry friend to the family. But things went south really fast after the puppy ate not one but three of the family’s passports.

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“We actually did adopt a dog already, but then it ate my passport, and so I took her back to the home,” she said.

The Fear singer explained that the passports contained their visas, and the fiasco made it hard for them to travel to the UK to visit her ex-husband and father of her children, Sam Cooper.

“She ate all three of our passports, and they had our visas in. And I cannot tell you how much money it cost me to get everything replaced because it was Covid, so it was just an absolute logistical nightmare,” she said.

The singer—and mother to Ethel, 12, and Marnie, 11—blamed the furry friend for her international travel nightmare

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“And because the father of my children lives in England, I couldn’t take them back to see their dad for like four months, five months, because this f—ing dog had eaten the passports,” she continued. “And I just couldn’t look at her. I was like, ‘You’ve ruined my life.'”

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She also claimed to Steve that the passport-eating disaster was the final straw before she gave the pup back.

“Also, you know, passports weren’t the only things she ate. She was a very badly behaved dog, and I really tried very hard with her, but it didn’t work out,” she told her podcast guest. “The passports were the straw that broke the camel’s back, so to speak.”

She decided to give up the dog, saying, “I just couldn’t look at her. I was like ‘You’ve ruined my life.'”

Image credits: its_marys_world

Image credits: its_marys_world

Speaking of passports, Lily also spoke about the travel document still containing her ex-husband’s last name despite her being married to David.

“I still have my ex-husband’s name because I’ve got two children with the man, and it’s hard to travel with children if you haven’t got the same surname,” she shared. “He wasn’t that up for letting me change the kid’s names to ‘Harbour,’ so I’ve kept my ex-husband’s name.”

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The podcast host was married to Sam from 2011 before their divorce in 2018. She then started dating the Stranger Things actor in 2019 before marrying him in Las Vegas the following year.

Several netizens agreed that the puppy couldn’t be blamed for the passport-eating disaster

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BoredPangolin
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How can someone possibly tell such a story without expecting a backslash? Allen abandonned her puppy because it did puppy thing? Puppies destroy stuff--like kids, btw--and maybe your password shouldn't be just there on the table. Also it feels phony. Passport were expensive because it was Covid time but she expected to travel abroad at a time of lockdown? Okay... There's nothing smart about the whole thing.

ॐBoyGanesh
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You should go back over the past decade and listen to what this POS has said on numerous topics. She’s vapid, moronic, mean, ridiculous. I’m embarrassed for Alfie (tho, he’s no smart saint) & the rest of her family. It also has me questioning David Harbour, his tastes & decision-making.

Shadow
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I actually think the puppy won when she took him back, he now has a chance at a happy home with someone who will expect him to be a puppy and will treat him and train him properly.

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gmf
Community Member
2 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Leave important travel documents on the floor instead of putting them securely away. Puppy eats important travel documents. **surprised Pikachu face**

tori Ohno
Community Member
2 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Boycott Lily Allen! Boycott her NOW. How dare she blame a baby Anything for her foolishness. You never leave anything important near puppies, kittens, children, you name it. It's Your responsibility to keep passports, IDs, money, etc safe. You don't blame and punish an innocent puppy for chewing something up. The dog was probably bored BTW. Boycott her!

Janelle Collard
Community Member
Premium
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bi**h; if you're not smart enough to keep your important documents in a safe place, it's hardly the puppy's fault. I used to like her. Now... What TF does David see in her? Hope that puppy got a better family.

G A
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lily Allen has always been an entitled nepotism baby b***h. I had hoped she had f****d off but obviously not.

Primrose Jones
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Puppy had a lucky escape - just awful example of an idiot getting a puppy and then blaming puppy for her errors. Crikey - her kids better behave if they don’t want to be re-homed.

Sarah Matsoukis
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Financial difficulties? That woman is rich the whole thing was annoying and an inconvenience but not the end of her world.

Carole G.
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

HA! Who's the real bitc#? Pup is better off, she's the kind of person that shouldn't have pets or probably children either...

Dianne Sharpe
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Puppies chew everything and have occasional accidents. You have to pay attention to them and start training them as soon as you get them. Sure it is work at the beginning so if you are not prepared to do the work do not get a puppy. Keeping them in a crate when nobody is at home with them is a great idea and keeps them not only safe, but safe from getting into mischief.

Lisa Mingus
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you don't understand that puppies chew on and eat things, then don't get a puppy. There are many wonderful adult dogs and senior dogs that need adopting!!

Nancy Whitney
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Liar liar pants on fire. It didn't happen. Why would there be 3 passports there to be eaten? Was the dog starved? She is such a lying POS. I never heard of her before but now I will never forget what a liar she is.

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2 months ago

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Christine Caluori
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The person responsible for all the issues around the damaged passports is the idiot who left them where the puppy could get hold of them, her actions show exactly what sort of person she is, vacuous and childish at best

Emelina Fajardo
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What I think,.. this reminds me of one of those peeps during Covid times who took a dog from shelter or some buy it because it was covid times & when they covid are gone they returned them. Its not the same I know but the way this poor animals got treated. I love my dogs, so so much I will never give up on them no matter what. If she is like this towards animals then dont get one. What if the next one has issues too, what are you gona do again?

Comment Deleted
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wish Binitha Jacob would just f**k off and go away. I am so tired of all this b******t boring celebrity c**p on BP. She posted so much today I feel like I am reading a supermarket trash tabloid. This happened during Covid19 people. What is this a new item here. FFS .

Tabitha
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You know, you really can't expect better from a mother who saddles one of her daughters with a name like Ethel now, can you? Bet the house was never baby-proofed either, much less puppy-proofed. Did she want to send her kids back when they made a mistake when they were babies too? I wasn't a fan before, and now I won't be in the future.

BoredPangolin
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How can someone possibly tell such a story without expecting a backslash? Allen abandonned her puppy because it did puppy thing? Puppies destroy stuff--like kids, btw--and maybe your password shouldn't be just there on the table. Also it feels phony. Passport were expensive because it was Covid time but she expected to travel abroad at a time of lockdown? Okay... There's nothing smart about the whole thing.

ॐBoyGanesh
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You should go back over the past decade and listen to what this POS has said on numerous topics. She’s vapid, moronic, mean, ridiculous. I’m embarrassed for Alfie (tho, he’s no smart saint) & the rest of her family. It also has me questioning David Harbour, his tastes & decision-making.

Shadow
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I actually think the puppy won when she took him back, he now has a chance at a happy home with someone who will expect him to be a puppy and will treat him and train him properly.

Load More Replies...
gmf
Community Member
2 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Leave important travel documents on the floor instead of putting them securely away. Puppy eats important travel documents. **surprised Pikachu face**

tori Ohno
Community Member
2 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Boycott Lily Allen! Boycott her NOW. How dare she blame a baby Anything for her foolishness. You never leave anything important near puppies, kittens, children, you name it. It's Your responsibility to keep passports, IDs, money, etc safe. You don't blame and punish an innocent puppy for chewing something up. The dog was probably bored BTW. Boycott her!

Janelle Collard
Community Member
Premium
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bi**h; if you're not smart enough to keep your important documents in a safe place, it's hardly the puppy's fault. I used to like her. Now... What TF does David see in her? Hope that puppy got a better family.

G A
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lily Allen has always been an entitled nepotism baby b***h. I had hoped she had f****d off but obviously not.

Primrose Jones
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Puppy had a lucky escape - just awful example of an idiot getting a puppy and then blaming puppy for her errors. Crikey - her kids better behave if they don’t want to be re-homed.

Sarah Matsoukis
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Financial difficulties? That woman is rich the whole thing was annoying and an inconvenience but not the end of her world.

Carole G.
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

HA! Who's the real bitc#? Pup is better off, she's the kind of person that shouldn't have pets or probably children either...

Dianne Sharpe
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Puppies chew everything and have occasional accidents. You have to pay attention to them and start training them as soon as you get them. Sure it is work at the beginning so if you are not prepared to do the work do not get a puppy. Keeping them in a crate when nobody is at home with them is a great idea and keeps them not only safe, but safe from getting into mischief.

Lisa Mingus
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you don't understand that puppies chew on and eat things, then don't get a puppy. There are many wonderful adult dogs and senior dogs that need adopting!!

Nancy Whitney
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Liar liar pants on fire. It didn't happen. Why would there be 3 passports there to be eaten? Was the dog starved? She is such a lying POS. I never heard of her before but now I will never forget what a liar she is.

Comment Deleted
Community Member
2 months ago

This comment has been deleted.

Christine Caluori
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The person responsible for all the issues around the damaged passports is the idiot who left them where the puppy could get hold of them, her actions show exactly what sort of person she is, vacuous and childish at best

Emelina Fajardo
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What I think,.. this reminds me of one of those peeps during Covid times who took a dog from shelter or some buy it because it was covid times & when they covid are gone they returned them. Its not the same I know but the way this poor animals got treated. I love my dogs, so so much I will never give up on them no matter what. If she is like this towards animals then dont get one. What if the next one has issues too, what are you gona do again?

Comment Deleted
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wish Binitha Jacob would just f**k off and go away. I am so tired of all this b******t boring celebrity c**p on BP. She posted so much today I feel like I am reading a supermarket trash tabloid. This happened during Covid19 people. What is this a new item here. FFS .

Tabitha
Community Member
2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You know, you really can't expect better from a mother who saddles one of her daughters with a name like Ethel now, can you? Bet the house was never baby-proofed either, much less puppy-proofed. Did she want to send her kids back when they made a mistake when they were babies too? I wasn't a fan before, and now I won't be in the future.

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