The woman speculated to be at the centre of the divorce between Lily Allen and David Harbour has been named as costume designer Natalie Tippett.
This comes after the singer released tell-all album West End Girl, in which she alleges that her now ex-husband had an affair with a woman under the pseudonym “Madeline.”
The 34-year-old costume designer since identified herself as the woman in question, having worked with David on the set of the Netflix film We Have A Ghost in 2021.
The affair reportedly began between the pair during the filming, and David allegedly flew Natalie to his home in Atlanta, Georgia.
He and Lily got married the year before in Las Vegas.
Natalie identified herself in an interview with the Daily Mail, after speculation over who Lily was referring to on her album, in which she asks “who the f*** is Madeline?”
When asked about the song, she said: “Of course I’ve heard the song.
“But I have a family and things to protect. I have a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, and I understand this is going on.
“It’s a little bit scary for me.”
Natalie did not offer more comment on the lyrics, saying: “Yeah… I just don’t feel comfortable talking about it at the moment.”
Several of the songs on the new album, including Madeline and Tennis, were written about the heartbreaking discovery which led to the couple splitting in January after four years of marriage.
The couple reportedly split in December, leading to Lily spending Christmas away from David, with her children in Kenya.
The Smile singer has opened up about the separation and the suicidal thoughts it led to.
In a recent interview with British Vogue, she said she “wanted to die” and “came close to relapsing on drink and drugs.”
She shared her struggles with food, which were exacerbated by the divorce: “I’ve had real problems with food over the past few years.
“[During the split] it got really, really, really bad.”
The split was more challenging, she explained, as she wasn’t able to use substances as a form of escape: “The feelings of despair that I was experiencing were so strong.
“The last time that I felt anything like that, drugs and alcohol were my way out, so it was excruciating to sit with those [feelings] and not to use them.”
She revealed that during this time, she decided to admit herself to an in-patient rehab facility.
Lily said: “I’ve been into those places before against my will and I feel like that’s progress in itself.
“That’s strength. I knew that the things I was feeling were too extreme to be able to manage, and I was like, ‘I need some time away’.”
Her marriage to David Harbour was her second, after the marriage builder Sam Cooper, which lasted from 2011-2018.
Lily has two children with Sam, 13 year old Ethel and Marnie Rose, 11.
