David Harbour is breaking his silence on his recent split with singer-songwriter Lily Allen.
In a GQ interview out Wednesday, the “Stranger Things” star discussed the show’s upcoming finale, fame and the end of his marriage.
Harbour has remained quiet about the split — until now. When asked about the fresh and public separation, however, the actor reportedly paused.
“I’m protective of the people and the reality of my life,” Harbour eventually responded, according to GQ interviewer Hayley Campbell. “There’s no use in that form of engaging [with tabloid news] because it’s all based on hysterical hyperbole.”
Harbour said divulging any personal details about his former relationship with Allen would only encourage “a salacious shitshow of humiliation.”
Allen, for her part, made a few pointed comments on her “Miss Me?” podcast in March, including a remark that men like their women “young, dumb” — and that they will “leave you for a 20-year-old” when the physical attraction begins to fade.
The former couple tied the knot in 2020, one year after meeting on the celebrity dating app Raya. Following months of tabloid rumors, however, it was confirmed that their marriage was over.
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Anonymous sources told the Daily Mail in December that Allen had caught Harbour cheating by using the Raya app with other women. In February, Instagram gossip account Deuxmoi published photos of him and 27-year-old model Ellie Fallon.
While the cheating claims remain unverified, Allen said on her podcast in January that she’s been “spiraling and spiraling and spiraling” for months — and is just really not in a good place” at the moment.
Harbour has previously opened up about hitting rock-bottom, facing homelessness in his 20s and struggling with alcoholism. He’s been sober for decades, but says he’s still wrestling with fame — and that its pros and cons all appear to stem from one human trait.
“It’s all just ego,” Harbour told GQ. “It seems kind of silly to say this, but the art that I’m creating is about you. It’s not about me. It’s about your experience of life. We get hung up on [the person themselves], and I think we get lost in the idea of, like, what it’s really about.”
“I think, for me, it’s dangerous, too, to get lost in the personality in any way,” he added.
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