Singer Lily Allen has apologized to radio presenter Edith Bowman for calling her a "trollop" in an early MySpace post, stating she had "absolutely no f***ing reason" for the remark.
Allen, 41, made the comments in an interview with Perfect Magazine when asked about a single apology she would make. She recalled a 2006 MySpace post where she wrote, "Rudely awoken by the radio and that trollop Edith Bowman warbling on about how she is just BESTEST friends with just about anyone, so long as they are in a band and preferably wearing skinny jeans and stripey cardigans, and how the Magic Numbers are just absolutely brilliant, AGAIN."
Bowman, 52, previously recounted an encounter at T in the Park where she confronted Allen about the online post. Bowman stated that Allen, who was then emerging as an artist, had said, "I'm the type of person who speaks before I think and I was sat there every day listening to Radio 1 and waiting for you to play my record and I just lashed out. I am sorry."
In the same interview with Perfect Magazine, Allen also discussed her relationship with Jonah Freud, the 29-year-old son of entrepreneur Matthew Freud. Allen described herself as "high maintenance" in romantic relationships, needing "a lot of validation," though she noted she is otherwise low maintenance, paying for her own expenses and enjoying expensive restaurants without expecting her partner to pay.
Allen's current relationship is her first significant one since her four-year marriage to actor David Harbour, the subject of her album "West End Girl." She is currently touring the show in Europe and the U.S.
Harbour recently commented on the album, calling it "weird" and stating that while he respects Allen's artistic use of her experiences, the album did not reflect his own experience of their relationship. Allen has previously described the album as a mix of fact and fiction.