Lily Allen has responded to her ex-husband David Harbour's comments praising her fifth studio album, West End Girl, calling them "generous" and hailing him as "an excellent actor."The album, which was released in 2025, was written and recorded shortly after Allen and Harbour's marriage ended. Its lyrics are about the breakdown of their relationship and contain references to alleged infidelity, sex addiction, and other private matters. Allen described the project as "a mixture of fact and fiction" and stated that she took artistic license when drawing from her own experiences.What did David Harbour say about West End Girl?Harbour just addressed West End Girl for the first time in June, after being mostly silent since its release. The Hellboy actor said:“It was weird. I do believe that it is the privilege of every artist to use their experience to create art, and so I respect her for doing that.”Harbour added:“Stories are complex. And that’s why I say I respect her creation of art to channel her experience. It wasn’t my experience.”He added that "stories are complex" and stressed that Allen's depiction of their relationship was not his own. When asked about the album's personal claims, Harbour stated that he prefers to keep his own life and that of others around him out of the public eye.Lily Allen responds to Harbour's reactionThree months after her ex-husband spoke about the album, Lily Allen responded to it in an interview with The Cut:“I think that was a generous thing for him to say.”Allen also addressed Harbour's recent professional successes, including his Emmy nomination:“He’s having a real moment of success as well, right? He’s been nominated for an Emmy, and it’s great. We’re all doing our own thing, and we’re all doing what we’re supposed to do.”Lily Allen then added:“If there’s one thing I know about David Harbour, it’s that he’s an excellent actor.”The couple met through the dating app Raya in 2019, then got married in a small Las Vegas ceremony in 2020. According to People magazine, the couple separated in February 2025.What is West End Girl about?Lily Allen's fifth studio album, West End Girl, was released following the collapse of her marriage. The album blends numerous musical genres, including bossa nova, UK garage, electronic music, flamenco, and pop.Allen has stated that the album is based on real-life experiences, although it should also be considered autofiction. She has previously denied that the record was written for vengeance, instead portraying it as an outlet for processing the end of her relationship.The album also sparked much speculation among listeners, which Lily Allen addressed in her most recent interview. She claimed that despite her purposeful ambiguity, some people took things in the songs as established facts.Discussing the one-sided phone call heard at the beginning of the title track, Allen stated that listeners had "filled in the blanks" about what occurred on the other end of the line.“People really filled in the blanks of the phone call at the beginning of the album, and that is interesting to me. I remember reading articles and reviews where it’s like, ‘The album starts with a call where the person on the other end of the line opens up the relationship.’ And we don’t know that happened. I left it blank for a reason.”Lily Allen also addressed the lyric from Just Enough, as she claimed that people misinterpreted the lyrics:“Also a lot of people have incorrectly interpreted the lyric ‘Why are we here talking about vasectomies?’”She concluded:“I’m not going to explain to you what it actually means or why I added it in there. But it’s truly a f*cked-up lyric.”David Harbour won his first two Emmy Awards in September 2026 for his work on the HBO dark comedy series DTF St. Louis; meanwhile, Lily Allen is currently touring in support of West End Girl, performing the album in full as part of a theatrical live show. She recently began her North American tour with a performance at Madison Square Garden on September 3.Several North American dates were rescheduled for smaller venues after Allen stated that “the ticket sales weren’t there” for several of the previously planned arenas. Allen has also expressed an interest in doing more acting and is thinking about a new record and other musical projects following the tour.Stay tuned to Soap Central for more information.