Back in 2022, Lily Allen won widespread praise when she posted that women should not have to “justify” having an abortion if they simply don’t want to have a baby.
And on Monday’s episode of her podcast, Miss Me?, Lily opened up some more about her experience with abortions — revealing that she can’t even remember how many she had before getting an IUD, which is a form of contraception, at age 23.
Speaking to her cohost and best friend, Miquita Oliver, Lily said: “I have an IUD now, I think I’m on my third, maybe fourth, and I just remember, before that was a complete disaster area. I was just… Yeah, I’d get pregnant all the time.”
Miquita was audibly surprised and admitted that she didn’t know Lily had had an abortion in the past, and at this point, Lily jokingly started singing to the tune of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way”: “Abortions, I’ve had a few, but then again, I can’t remember exactly how many.”
Meanwhile, Miquita admitted on Thursday’s episode of Miss Me? that she used to feel “embarrassed” to say that she’d had more than one abortion. Speaking to Lily, she said: “I have had a few abortions, and I think one of them was coming up to about three and a half months, and that was really terrifying, I had no idea.”
Lily, now 40, has since welcomed two daughters: 13-year-old Ethel, and 11-year-old Marnie, who she shares with her ex husband, Sam Cooper. Miquita, now 41, is currently child-free, and has been open on the podcast about not being sure if she wants to have children in the future.
Personally, I find Lily and Miquita’s candid conversation super refreshing — let me know your thoughts in the comments below!