Lily Allen questioned her relationship with husband David Harbor at the very beginning of their relationship after meeting on celebrity dating app Raya.
In a previous appearance on The Jonathan Ross Show, Lily said she was just ‘swiping for a bit of fun’ before she came across David dressed as a ‘sexy police officer’.
Lily met David on Raya in 2019 and they both deleted their accounts after a whirlwind romance, before getting married in Las Vegas a year later.
Her past comments come as Lily, 39, turned amateur sleuth after speculating that David, 49, was ‘cheating’ on the same dating app.
She said: ‘It was the first time I used this dating app. I scrolled through and landed on David’s profile and pressed accept.
‘I didn’t know who he was. I thought he was like a sexy police officer from a reality TV show because he was wearing a police officer’s uniform. It was a still from Stranger Things. I had never seen Stranger Things.
Lily Allen, 39, questioned her relationship with husband David Harbour, 49, at the very beginning of their relationship after meeting on celebrity dating app Raya
In a previous appearance on The Jonathan Ross Show, Lily said she was just ‘swiping for a bit of fun’ before she came across David dressed as a ‘sexy police officer’ (pictured in Stranger Things)
Lily met David on Raya in 2019 and they both deleted their accounts after a whirlwind romance, before getting married in Las Vegas a year later (pictured together in 2022)
“I don’t even know what I was looking for. It was just something to do on holiday, swiping, it’s a bit of fun.
‘When I met him, I didn’t think it would lead anywhere. He was here filming Black Widow. He would only be here for a few months. And then it happened (going somewhere).”
Lily was left in ‘agony’ when she discovered the actor had a secret profile on the celebrity dating app, The Mail on Sunday revealed.
The pop star played detective by joining the app himself and posing as ‘looking for women’ – only to discover that David had already set up a dating profile. It was listed in the app as active for at least a month.
Raya is so exclusive that it only accepts about 8 percent of applications, but it has more than 10,000 members, 100,000 of whom are on the waiting list. Once users find a new partner, they usually disable their profile.
A source said: ‘Lily was looking for women who were on Raya and compared them to women David follows on Instagram to try and work out who he was seeing. She was doing her Wagatha thing.”
A source told The Mail on Sunday on Saturday: ‘Lily only got back together with Raya to try and find out if he was seeing anyone.
‘Lily hasn’t even looked at anyone since she met David. She’s devastated. He broke up with Lily a month ago. He was supposed to be on holiday with her in Kenya for Christmas.’
She said: ‘It was the first time I used this dating app. I scrolled through and landed on David’s profile and pressed accept. I didn’t know who he was. I thought he was like a sexy police officer from a reality TV show because he was wearing a police officer’s uniform.”
She added, “I don’t even know what I was looking for. It was just something to do on holiday, swiping, it’s a bit of fun. When I met him I didn’t think it would go anywhere’ (pictured on The Jonathan Ross Show in 2023)
Her past comments come as Lily turned amateur sleuth after speculating that David was ‘cheating’ on the same dating app
Lily was in ‘agony’ when she discovered the actor had a secret profile on the celebrity dating app, The Mail on Sunday revealed (Image: Harbour’s dating profile)
Further research on social media by the Mail on Sunday revealed that David was in India last week
The singer has not made any public statements about her relationship with David since it emerged they parted ways last month, but a friend of the Smile hitmaker confirmed they had officially ‘divorced’.
David’s dating profile, exclusively revealed by MoS, reads: ‘Visiting New York from Atlanta’ and ‘closet nerd playing tough guys on your TV’.
He calls his profile song Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin.
David describes himself as living in Atlanta, Georgia, 800 miles from the family home in Brooklyn, New York, where the couple moved in 2020 while Allen enrolled her children in local schools.
Last year he bought a house in Atlanta so he could be closer to the Stranger Things set.
The show is currently filming its fifth and final series. Lily’s circle of friends in London say that since the fall she has believed that her husband is interested in other women.
By the time the couple broke up about a month ago, she had become convinced he had a secret girlfriend.
A source said: ‘Lily believes he has been open to meeting new people for a while, although she only found out at the end of the summer.
At the time the photo was taken, Lily was on holiday in Kenya with her children
Lily’s circle of friends in London say that since the fall she has believed that her husband is interested in other women
By the time the couple broke up about a month ago, she had become convinced he had a secret girlfriend
“He’s been living in Atlanta for a year filming.”
Further social media digging by the Mail on Sunday revealed that Harbor was in India last week and was reportedly seen with another woman at a temple in Rishikesh, in the foothills of the Himalayas, on Thursday. He and the woman were accompanied by a guide.
David posed for a photo with a fan in the temple, although he was careful not to show his friend, described as ‘not blonde, very slim and between 22 and 30 years old’.
One fan expressed his surprise on social media after seeing Harbor in India, saying: ‘Stranger things happen.
“Now I have the coolest story to share: that time I strolled the hallowed streets of Rishikesh with David Harbor and reflected on life.”
At the time, Allen was 2,500 miles away in Kenya, vacationing without David and instead laying low with her children.
She missed a party with showbiz friends, including beauty entrepreneur Charlotte Tilbury and singer James Blunt, on the popular tourist island of Lamu.
A source at Lamu said Lily resisted participating in the celebrity bash.
There have been rumors for months that Lily’s five-year romance with David was on the rocks
Lily has alluded to her popular podcast Miss Me? that the children also go through difficult times after their divorce
David has previously spoken of his pride in becoming a father figure to Lily’s children, Ethel, 13, and Marnie, 11, from her first marriage to builder Sam Cooper. He has no children of his own.
Lily has alluded to her popular podcast Miss Me? that the children also go through difficult times after their divorce.
The Mail on Sunday revealed last month that Lily had worried fans by starring in Miss Me? admitting, “I’m having a bit of a hard time right now. “But I’m trying to keep going.”
On Thursday’s episode of the podcast, she revealed that she is “ready to move on” and plans to “get her head straight” in January.
A friend said: ‘The last few months have really been an ordeal for Lily. He finally called it off a month ago and she is devastated.”
A spokesperson for Lily declined to comment. David did not respond to requests for comment.