David Harbour opens up about dating life after split with Lily Allen

Thunderbolts* actor, David Harbour while speaking to Scarlett Johansson during an interview with Interview Magazine, explained his preference after split from Lily Allen. Harbour and Allen met on the exclusive dating app, Raya and sparked relationship rumors in 2019. The two tied the knot in a Las Vegas wedding in September, 2020, only to split in February, 2025.

While explaining his preference, David Harbout referenced Seth Rogen's character's love life on the show, The Studio saying:

"They just did an episode where Seth Rogen is the head of a studio and he's dating an oncologist. They got to an event together, and she's like, 'Oh my god, it's so sweet what you do with movies.' He's like, 'Hey, you cure cancer. But once the cancer's cured, people go to the movies and find meaning.'"

He added that there's something "about that ideology with normal people" which he finds intriguing. Harbour dated people in the entertainment industry when he was young, and also married English singer-songwriter Lily Allen:

"I tried to date lawyers and business people in my twenties, but there's something about being a carny freak that normal people don't get."

More about Lily Allen and David Harbour's split

Lily Allen and David Harbour's divorce has been nothing short of dramatic. The two have openly spoken about the split, with Allen accusing Harbour of still having an active account on the celeb dating app, Raya, despite being married to her.

During an episode of her podcast, Miss Me?, Allen revealed that she's finding it hard to be interested in anything after the split:

"I'm finding it really hard to be interested in anything. I've been spiralling and spiralling, and it's gotten out of control."

The actress also mentioned that she's been having panic attacks which has led her to leaving social events early:

"It's like I can't focus on anything except the pain I'm going through."

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A source close to the actress, while speaking to Daily Mail in January, 2025, revealed that the actress discovered David Harbour on Raya, leaving her in "agony." The source revealed that Allen had joined the app again, pretending to look for women, and found Harbour's profile, which noted that the actor had been active on the app for at least a month.

The source mentioned that Allen would look for women on the app, and cross check their names on Harbour's following list on Instagram, to investigate who he was seeing.

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