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Lily Allen Joked That Her Children "Ruined" Her Career, And She Made Some Good Points

“It really annoys me when people say you can have it all because, quite frankly, you can’t."

Warning: Brief mention of pregnancy loss.

Lily Allen discussed the toll that having children had on her pop music career.

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Lily is the daughter of actor Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. She has two daughters, born in 2011 and 2013, from her previous marriage with Sam Cooper. Lily has also previously opened up about delivering a stillborn son in 2010, leading her to have PTSD, and has also been candid about having problems with postnatal depression.

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Both of Lily's daughters came after the release of her2009 number one album It's Not Me, It's You. She didn't release another album until 2014's commercially successful Sheezus, which she later said was "a really bad period of time" in her life where she as "having an identity crisis."