Lily Allen is addicted to "material things".
The 40-year-old pop star is in recovery after spending years dealing with drug and alcohol issues and she's now admitted she's swapped one addiction for another and now uses shopping as an "escape" - revealing she tries to "get rid" of her money by splashing her cash on "designer goods".
She told ELLE UK MAGAZINE: "[Addiction is] a need to escape myself. And to find something to help me with that ... Because myself is unbearable. Unbearable. And alcohol and drugs numb you to that. So does sex, food, spending money, conflict ...
"If I have an addiction, it’s to material things. I don’t believe that I am worthy of the things that I have in the world or money that I make, so a part of me tries to get rid of it.
"And designer goods are a really good way of doing that. I also feel titillated by the idea of running out of money. It drives me."
Lily went on to reveal her recent purchases include a Porsche 911 Carrera sports car, a painting and an emerald ring.
She added of the £120,000 car: "I feel a bit silly, but also I’ve always wanted one ... I don’t like to be too comfortable."
When asked if she feels "happier on the edge?", the singer replied: "Yes, but that’s not healthy. Because if I felt like a complete, whole, full person, then I would think I was worthy of having a nice house and paying off my mortgage and doing the weekly shopping."
Lily added that she "really likes pretty things" and has kept a large collection of fashion pieces that she's planning to share with her two daughters, Ethel, 14, and Marnie, 13.
The revelation comes after Lily revealed she narrowly avoided a nasty accident when a lorry ran her new Porsche "off the road" last month.
The pop star shared a photo of the motor with its black paintwork scratched off the sides and around the back wheel, as part of an Instagram carousel showing how 2026 has treated her so far.
Lily captioned the post with: "Could have done without an HGV running me off the road but other than that a relatively good start to 2026."
The Smile hitmaker also teased other celebrities who have jumped on the viral social media trend of sharing photos from 2016.
Lily added: "Happy to be alive and to not be posting any photos taken in 2016."
