David Harbour has explained why he doesn’t date ‘normal people’ out of the spotlight as he splits from singer Lily Allen.
The Thunderbolts actor, 50, married British singer Lily in 2020 after meeting on the celebrity dating app Raya.
The pair has split in recent months, but both have remained quiet about the details of their separation.
Now, the actor has spoken about the common pitfalls of dating, revealing that there are additional challenges as a celebrity.
Speaking to Scarlett Johansson for Interview Magazine, the actor compared his experience to a scene in the new Apple TV series, The Studio.
‘They just did an episode where Seth Rogen is the head of a studio and he’s dating an oncologist. They go to an event together, and she’s like, “Oh my god, it’s so sweet what you do with movies.” He’s like, “Hey, you cure cancer. But once the cancer’s cured, people go to the movies and find meaning.” The other doctors start making fun of him and he kind of loses it.
‘There’s something about that ideology with normal people.’
He explained that although he tried to date people who weren’t in the entertainment industry when he was young, he finds it challenging.
‘I tried to date lawyers and business people in my twenties, but there’s something about being a carny freak that normal people don’t get.’
In late 2024, it was revealed that David and Lily had broken up.
Soon after, it emerged he had been back on dating apps while they were still together.
It was then claimed he’d also been in a three-year-long secret relationship with a costume designer he met on the set of one of his movies.
In February 2025, David then appeared to go public with an aspiring actress and model 22 years his junior.
MailOnline reported that Harbour is dating Ellie Fallon, an aspiring model and actress, 22 years younger than him. The couple reportedly met in Atlanta, where Stranger Things season five is being filmed, and they went on a trip to India together around New Year.
Lily has been open with her fans that she has been looking after herself after struggling recently.
In January, she checked herself into a trauma treatment centre near her US home. A source told MailOnline at the time: ‘It was very painful for Lily to return home. David used to be her saviour, and now he’s a trigger for her.
‘Lily settled her kids back into the family home and took them to school for their new term, then flew herself straight to rehab.
‘She went a day earlier than intended as she felt wobbly and desperate to escape.’
At the time, she took a break from her podcast Miss Me? with Miquita Oliver, telling her fans in her last episode before her break that she wasn’t ‘in a good place’.
‘I’m just so … I’m really not in a good place,’ she said. ‘I know I’ve been talking about it for months, but I’ve been spiralling and spiralling and spiralling, and it’s got out of control.’
‘I just can’t concentrate on anything except the pain that I’m going through.
‘It’s really, really hard. I’m going away next week. You’re not gonna hear me for a few weeks, listeners.’
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