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Post by Admin on Oct 20, 2016 19:26:30 GMT
Ms Allen, who wept as she heard Sharin's story, caused controversy when she apologised to the 13-year-old in the name of the UK for "what we've put you through".  The teen has since arrived in the third group of child migrants to be processed by a branch of the Home office in Croydon, South London.  His arrival has raised questions over Ms Allen's claims she would home a child refugee. The teen is believed to have fled from Afghanistan to get away from both Taliban and ISIS fighters.  The star previously said she would "of course" take in a child refugee if possible when asked why celebrities who spoke out against the Calais 'Jungle' stopped short of housing refugees themselves. |
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Post by Admin on Oct 21, 2016 19:29:34 GMT
 Last Wednesday Allen posted a video about her visit to the Calais refugee camp, in which she told a 13-year-old Afghan: “I apologise on behalf of my country. I’m sorry for what we have put you through.” The social media backlash was fierce and predictable, as was the response from rightwing tabloids. The Daily Mail’s Jan Moir dismissed Allen’s tears in the video as “patronising and self-indulgent”, although some might prefer to interpret her distress as something called empathy. Allen stood her ground. The 31-year-old singer, who has described herself as “an argumentative little shit”, has been both loved and hated by the press and public for a decade now, as is the fate of pop stars with opinions. Nothing she’s experienced has had the effect of muting her voice. She remains bracingly fearless – an incorrigible fly in the ointment.  In July she tweeted a photograph that summed up her unusual position in British life. It was a surreptitious snap of Rupert Murdoch, Nigel Farage and Evgeny Lebedev at a garden party, with the caption: “Hope I’m not sitting next to Voldemort or Fromage. I might be sick.” The tweet revealed that Allen is enough of an insider to get invited to a party like that and enough of an outsider to not care about being invited back. After 10 years of fame, she still feels like an interloper, making fun of the celebrity circus from the inside. |
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Post by Admin on Oct 28, 2016 19:27:50 GMT
 Singer Lily Allen is making a comeback. The Smile singer debuted a brand new song at a Mark Ronson concert in London and admitted she was "nervous" to perform on-stage after a lengthy absence. Uptown Funk producer Ronson headlined a small gig at The Savoy Hotel on 24 October as part of Mastercard's Priceless Surprises, an intimate concert series for competition winners. Allen, 30, joined Ronson, 41, as a special guest and performed a medley of the pair's most notable collaborations.  The Hard Out Here singer told the audience that she and Ronson had written the song less than a month ago and recorded it three weeks prior. After revealing that she and Ronson have been in the studio working on additional music for her next album, Allen admitted: "Sorry, I haven't played anything for about a year, so I'm nervous." |
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Post by Admin on Nov 10, 2016 19:28:23 GMT
 Honey G is one of the more controversial acts to ever be put through to the live shows on The X Factor UK, and the media and fellow celebrities alike are having a field day accusing her of cultural appropriation. One of those celebs was Lily Allen, who called Honey G’s act “offensive” in an interview last week. However, Honey G is striking back at Allen over the comments, lashing out during an interview with GetWestLondon. “Lily Allen said she finds it offensive but she needs to get her facts right. Professor Green said I’m taking the mickey out of rap music,” Honey G stated. “But then Snoop Dogg has talked about doing a record with me and 50 Cent has backed me.” |
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Post by Admin on Jan 5, 2017 19:30:07 GMT
 The popstar, who has been vocally supporting refugees caught up in Europe's migrant crisis, became embroiled in a dispute with Tommy Robinson, the ex-leader of far-right movement the English Defence League (EDL), on Twitter. Lily made the cutting response when Robinson asked if she had ever met or spoke to "a victim of the Muslim grooming gangs" in the same way she had met with other migrants. "I've only ever been sexually assaulted by white males so I feel slightly biased," she replied, and when one user called her a liar and an attention seeker, she added, "I have sworn affidavit's (sic) going back years if my claims are ever called into question."  When another user asked why she would blame another race, she defended her tweet by writing, "Trying to point out that sexual deviants and murderers operate within every culture,regardless of religious persuasion." |
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