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Poor Lily Allen. She’s really in dire straits. Lily says she’s broke. Well, she’s still got a roof over her head, food in her belly, and is capable of buying too many clothes. But other than that she is absolutely dirt broke. Lily’s been complaining to the Daily Record about just how hard she’s got it. She even had to sell her car. And no banks will advance her money. Of course, her impending financial peril didn’t keep her from buying a Jamaican beach last month when she was drunk. But who amongst us hasn’t invested in some unwise sandy real estate?
SHE’S had a No.1 single and a No.1 album this year … but Lily Allen is so broke she has had to sell her car. Despite her chart success, the 23-year-old is the latest victim of the credit crunch. She only bought the BMW a year ago, but claims her heavy spending has forced her to take desperate measures.
Although her second album, It’s Not Me, It’s You, went to No.1 last month, as did her latest single, The Fear, it seems Lily isn’t rolling in it. She laughed: “I had to sell my car because I’m so broke. I bought it last year and that was probably my biggest extravagance. Clothes, too. I’m always buying clothes.”
And purchasing a beach in Jamaica last month while drunk can’t have helped her bank balance.
“I’m completely skint,” she said. “I can’t even spend on credit cards. I mean, I won’t be broke because I’ll get the royalties from the album and all the radio plays, but that takes about a year… The banks will usually front your money in that kind of situation, but obviously they are not lending at the moment, so it’s quite a tricky time.
“I’ve been hit big time by the credit crunch.”
[From the Daily Record]
Nothing makes me sadder than a celebrity having to sell their BMW. Insert clichéd joke about violins here. Lily Allen has never been one to censor herself, or have any regard whatsoever to common sense. Nonetheless, I really doubt her complaints are going to endear her to current fans. Or win over any new ones.
And seriously, why not sell the beach? I mean if things are really that tight… isn’t that the most logical thing to part with? No matter what, it’s tacky to complain about how you’re dirt broke, but then also admit that you’re “always buying clothes.” A lot of us could shop ourselves into nothing while buying clothes. Which maybe Lily is doing. But that’s different than not being able to afford them in the first place.
Here’s Lily shops around Midtown Manhattan in one of her furs. She bought a watch at the Aaron Faber store on Madison Avenue before heading to Soho for more shopping at Prada less than a month ago on February 10th. Images thanks to BauerGriffinOnline.
Written by JayBird
Posted in Lily Allen, Money, Tacky
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If you knew anything about her current fans then you’d know that she’s said far more controversial things and we’re well aware of how open her statements leave her to scrutiny…and most of it overkill. How do you know she didn’t sell the beach? She mentions the clothes along with the car as her extravagences…she didn’t say she was still doing it.
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I could not help but laugh when I read this post. I have no idea if this is true , it could always be another publicity stunt. However, she is the British combo of the old Brit Brit and Lindsay. I hate to see bad things happen to anybody. At the end of the day, people have to hit rock bottom to get their life together. For some sad reason, I don’t think this will stop her crazy ways.
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Wow…. I thought gossip bloggers were supposed to know more than us mere mortals?
She didn’t buy the beach – hilariously enough, she couldn’t because she couldn’t afford it.
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she could go live on that beach – don’t need a car OR clothes then!
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Boo hoo…
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I do like her music! But she needs to STFU for once and get her head out of her arse!
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I don’t care,she is a stupid drunk with no common sense and a love of attention.
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@ Holly–Thank you! I think she’s hilarious and I love her music. I’ve commented on other posts about her: She’s 22! (or 23). We all made stupid mistakes and said dumb things at that age. I think she has it together a bit more than Britney ever did, but I could be mistaken. I’m sure she’s insufferable, but what do I care? It’s not like she’s my neighbor.
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I’m a professional guitarist attending a course on the music industry, and for your information, the majority of even a Top 10 artist’s income comes from touring.
For every £12 album sold through a major label, the artist typically gets around 49p.
No doubt she still has more money than the average joe, but just because she’s at No. 1 doesn’t necessarily mean that she’s a millionaire.
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New clothes, fur coat, she looks clean and well-fed; I don’t think she’s living in a box under a bridge just yet.
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Trying to muster up some sympahty …. nope.
Hey Lily, We have lost more than half the value of our 401K, ya feel sorry for me?
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I guess the definition of ‘broke’ is different from us normal folk to so called ‘stars’.
I live in a basement apartment in my parents house with earwigs, moths and spiders. My only food is plain macaroni and cheese with water. My only form of entertainment is the internet provided free in my rent of $200 per month.
I haven’t been out of the house in 4 weeks and even then it’s only to pay a bill or buy whatever groceries I can afford. ‘
My entertainment is basic television that’s now going to be moving to digital so I’ll lose even that.
God…. Lilly Allen…… you can actually get wasted, go on round the world trips, have people asking for your autograph……… etc etc….
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we come across different people with different choice but i am sure no one would say that he does not like or love music. music is part of life and i like violin and guitar both playing and listening.
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