Lily Allen faces criticism for returning dog to shelter after it ate passports

The singer receives backlash from fans after saying adopted pet ‘ruined her life’

Lily Allen took her adopted dog back to the animal shelter after it ate her family’s passports, the singer revealed.
The 39-year-old singer said that the puppy “ruined [her] life” after eating the passports during the pandemic.
Speaking on the Miss Me? podcast, which she hosts with Miquita Oliver, she said: “We actually did adopt a dog already, but then it ate my passport and so I took her back to the home.”
Allen, who lives in New York City, said it was “an absolute logistical nightmare” as the three passports contained the US visas that allow herself and her two children to live in the country.
Sam Cooper, Allen’s ex-husband and the father of her two children, lives in England, which meant that the singer couldn’t take her children to visit their father until the documents were replaced.
She said: “And because the father of my children lives in England, I couldn’t take them back to see their dad for like four months, five months, because this f—-ing dog had eaten the passports.”
The singer added: “I just couldn’t look at her. I was like, you’ve ruined my life.”
Although she didn’t specify which pet she was talking about, Allen and her current husband, David Harbour, adopted a black puppy called Mary in 2021, which had its own Instagram account.
However, Allen also said on the podcast that she plans to adopt another dog, which her children want to name Jude Bellingham.
Since the release of the podcast episode, the singer has received backlash from fans on social media.
One X user wrote: “Lily Allen is all that’s wrong with the world, got a puppy, used it for likes on Instagram, and then sent it back to the home because it chewed up her family passports that she left within its reach.”
Another X user posted: “Not Lily Allen adopting a puppy then sending it back like it’s a wrongly sized PLT dress because it chewed her up and her kids’ passports.”