Singer Lily Allen recalled having held “resentment” towards Sir Elton John for years as the result of a blunder she made after they stopped working together in a resurfaced video.
Lily, 39, shared on an episode of her BBC Sounds podcast Miss Me? that was released in May that she had once been signed to a management company owned by Elton, 77. She told pal Miquita Oliver, 40, that it was around the time of her second album, It’s Not Me, It’s You, released in 2009.
She however revealed on the podcast that she parted ways with Elton shortly after releasing her third album, Sheezus, in 2014. Lily said that their relationship changed after that, which she found “sad,” and that she later held “resentment” after believing that he had ignored a letter she wrote him.
A clip from the past episode has resurfaced this week on Instagram, with the throwback having been shared by BBC Sounds’ account on the platform. It featured a condensed video of Lily recalling the experience to co-host Miquita.
Lily is heard saying: “I used to be managed […] by Elton John. […] He would call me like once every couple of weeks to check in and say ‘hi’ and make sure that I was okay. And there were some times in that period where I wasn’t okay.”
Discussing later going their separate ways, she said: “We parted ways [and] I wrote this long letter to say how sad I was about the situation.” Lily said that she also wrote in the letter that “there was a big Elton-shaped hole in [her] life”.
She continued in the clip: “And over the next few years, as my life began to sort of spiral out of control, I held much resentment for the fact that I’d made myself very vulnerable in this letter and told him all about my sobriety.” Lily added: “And I was quite cross with him for a few years [for not responding]. And I thought it was mean of him, actually.”
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Lily Allen, pictured, spoke about her relationship with Sir Elton John on the Miss Me? podcast in a throwback clip shared this week
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She shared on an episode, released in May, that she had held ‘resentment’ towards Elton, pictured with her in 2008, after wrongly thinking that he had ignored a letter she wrote for him
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Lily – who said in the full episode that it “felt so out of character” for him not to reply after she “poured [her] heart out” in the letter – went on to share that she later realised that she hadn’t actually sent the letter. She said: “Then when I moved here to America, I was unpacking and I found the letter. I never sent it.” She then said in a message for Elton: “If you’re listening, which you’re probably not, I love you and I no longer harbour that resentment towards you.”
The clip from the episode, released in May, was shared on Instagram on Monday by BBC Sounds. The caption teased: “Throwback to one of our funniest ever Lily Allen stories – showbiz’s weirdest one-sided beef: Lily Allen vs Elton John.”
The post prompted reaction in the comments section. One person wrote: “This was hilarious. I hope he heard about it.” Another reacted: “Oh god that is so funny.” A third said: “Such a great story. Poor Elton had no idea.” Whilst someone else responded: “These chats are so entertaining.”
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