David Harbour has spoken for the first time on his shock split from wife Lily Allen, admitting he is currently in ‘a period of growth and is ’embracing change’.
The couple separated late last year after Lily, 39, speculated that David was using Raya and shortly after The Mail revealed the Stranger Things star, 50, had been having an affair for three years during his marriage.
Lily has given her side of the split through her twice weekly podcast Miss Me? which she presents with best friend Miquita Oliver, and now David has broken his silence.
Starring as the new cover of GQ, the actor, whose marriage breakdown coincides with the final season of Stranger Things, said: ‘There’s a lot of change – a tremendous amount of change’.
‘You can deny this change, be afraid of this change, you can kind of be chaotic about it and, like, eat your way through – whatever you need to do.’
‘Or you can sit with however uncomfortable, or weird, or new, it makes you feel. And then, for me, always the best thing that I can do is take all of that experience and pour it into work. And so that’s what I’m doing.’
David Harbour has spoken for the first time on his shock split from wife Lily Allen , admitting he is currently in ‘a period of growth and is ’embracing change’
T he Mail revealed the Stranger Things star, 50, had been having an affair for three years during his marriage to the British pop singer, 39 (pictured with Lily 2020)
He added that his life experiences over the years has meant he ‘can go to these dark places,’ in his work.
The actor alluded again to his divorce when he was asked whether or not he was OK.
‘It’s not that things ending aren’t hard, but it’s just that I’m choosing to make it a period of growth. And I feel like having the opportunity to be busy and work is really good, and also to delve into this deeper spiritual quest,’ he said.
‘I think I’m good. It’s less of a kind of triumphant good, more of a like…I’m learning how to swim in this – whatever it is. Learning how to float. Learning how to make it not about me.’
As news of David and Lily’s split was revealed, the Daily Mail was told David was romantically involved with a younger costume designer, whom the Mail chose not to name.
‘David cheated on Lily,’ an ᴀssociate said. ‘They met on a movie they did together.’ The source, who witnessed their interactions on set, said: ‘They weren’t very secretive about their relationship.’
So serious did the romance become that David paid for the woman to travel more than 400 miles to visit him while he was working on his hit Netflix TV series last year.
‘David flew her to Atlanta while he sH๏τ Stranger Things to keep him company,’ the ᴀssociate said.
Starring as the new cover of GQ, the actor, whose marriage breakdown coincides with the final season of Stranger Things, said: ‘There’s a lot of change – a tremendous amount of change’
The actor alluded again to his divorce when he was asked whether or not he was OK. ‘It’s not that things ending aren’t hard, but it’s just that I’m choosing to make it a period of growth’
Lily, who has two daughters with first husband Sam Cooper, wed David in Las Vegas in 2020 a year after they met on Raya.
The couple moved from London to New York, where she enrolled her children in school.
David bought a house in Atlanta, Georgia, last year to be closer to the Stranger Things set.
The couple separated late last year after the singer, whose songs include the hit Smile, speculated that David was using Raya.
The Mail on Sunday reported that she turned detective by joining the app herself, pretending to be ‘looking for women’, and allegedly found that he had set up a new dating profile.
Lily, who met David on celebrity dating app Raya, was said to have been left in ‘agony’ when she discovered her husband had secretly rejoined the app.
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