Rebecca Sayce
Published November 24, 2025 11:23am
Updated November 24, 2025 11:23am
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Lily Allen’s latest album, West End Girl, gave an unflinching look at the breakdown of her marriage to David Harbour (Picture: Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic)
Sources close to Lily Allen have alleged that the star’s former husband, David Harbour, may have rekindled his relationship with ‘Madeline’, the woman who inspired many songs on her latest album, West End Girl.
The singer’s latest album, West End Girl, sees her accuse her ex-husband of cheating with a woman she dubbed ‘Madeline’.
American costume designer Natalie Tippett stepped forward as the woman behind the moniker after reportedly meeting David, 50, while shooting the 2021 Netflix film We Have A Ghost.
Tippett, 35, shared a pointed Instagram Story about the drama on her birthday, with a friend jokingly posting the message: ‘Happy bday mad…I mean natalie!!!!’
An insider told The Mail on Sunday that friends of the Tennis hitmaker, 40, allegedly discovered Harbour and Tippett were still in touch as recently as September this year.
It comes after Tippett shared photos of herself at the Thermea Spa Village in Winnipeg around the same time that the Stranger Things star visited the resort.
The Mail on Sunday reports friends of the pop star deduced that her ex-husband was still in touch with the woman dubbed ‘Madeline’ (Picture: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images)
Natalie Tippett came forward as the woman known as ‘Madeline’ on the album (Picture: Instagram/Natalie Tippett)
She posted pictures of herself sitting by a campfire outdoors, which the publication reports sources matched the photos to images of the spa.
Harbour is reportedly in the city while filming Violent Night 2, a film that Tippett is not said to be working on.
It was previously reported that Harbour and Tippett’s relationship ended two years ago after Allen found out about their affair.
‘We know that he and Natalie have been together recently,’ an insider told the publication.
David and Lily met on the dating app Raya, marrying in Las Vegas in 2020.
After months of speculation, in February this year, Lily and David confirmed that they were divorcing.
David and Lily confirmed their split earlier this year after months of speculation (Picture: Joe Schildhorn/BFA.com/REX/Shutterstock)
What did Lily Allen appear to say about David Harbour on West End Girl?
In West End Girl, Lily appeared to reveal that they were in some version of an open relationship, but accused David of pushing the boundaries of this by cheating on her.
‘We had an arrangement/ Be discreet and don’t be blatant/ It had to be with strangers,’ she sings, before describing her discovery of a woman who she refers to as Madeline.
While Lily previously said she’d like to have children with David, in the album – which was met with rave reviews – the star sings about her husband considering getting a vasectomy, as she wonders whether he’d got a woman pregnant that’s not her.
She also sings in Pussy Palace that she ‘found a shoebox full of handwritten letters /From brokenhearted women wishing you could have been better’ in an apartment owned by David in New York, which she said was evidence of his ‘double life’.
Lily also sings about finding a bag full of ’sex toys, butt plugs, and lube inside’.
In the titular track, Lily described David’s ‘demeanour’ changing after she got a part in West End play, 2:22 A Ghost Story.
David has not publicly commented on the accusations that he was unfaithful to Lily during their marriage.
The claims come after Harbour was spotted enjoying a cosy walk alongside model Morgan Cozzi.
The pair appeared pretty comfortable in one another’s company as they took in the New York City sights, coffee in hand, and occasionally broke from deep chat for laughter.
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Allen also appears to be moving on after being snapped on a dinner date with a mystery man earlier this month.
The pair was snapped at London eatery Dorian, enjoying two hours eating and drinking, and left the restaurant separately.
It was reported that the mystery man could be writer Jonah Freud, who is the grandson of Rupert Murdoch and great-nephew of Lucian Freud.
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