Poor Lily Allen. She’s really in dire straits. Lily says she’s broke. Well, she’s still got a roof over her head, food in her belly, and is capable of buying too many clothes. But other than that she is absolutely dirt broke. Lily’s been complaining to the Daily Record about just how hard she’s got it. She even had to sell her car. And no banks will advance her money. Of course, her impending financial peril didn’t keep her from buying a Jamaican beach last month when she was drunk. But who amongst us hasn’t invested in some unwise sandy real estate?

SHE’S had a No.1 single and a No.1 album this year … but Lily Allen is so broke she has had to sell her car. Despite her chart success, the 23-year-old is the latest victim of the credit crunch. She only bought the BMW a year ago, but claims her heavy spending has forced her to take desperate measures.

Although her second album, It’s Not Me, It’s You, went to No.1 last month, as did her latest single, The Fear, it seems Lily isn’t rolling in it. She laughed: “I had to sell my car because I’m so broke. I bought it last year and that was probably my biggest extravagance. Clothes, too. I’m always buying clothes.”

And purchasing a beach in Jamaica last month while drunk can’t have helped her bank balance.

“I’m completely skint,” she said. “I can’t even spend on credit cards. I mean, I won’t be broke because I’ll get the royalties from the album and all the radio plays, but that takes about a year… The banks will usually front your money in that kind of situation, but obviously they are not lending at the moment, so it’s quite a tricky time.

“I’ve been hit big time by the credit crunch.”

[From the Daily Record]

Nothing makes me sadder than a celebrity having to sell their BMW. Insert clichéd joke about violins here. Lily Allen has never been one to censor herself, or have any regard whatsoever to common sense. Nonetheless, I really doubt her complaints are going to endear her to current fans. Or win over any new ones.

And seriously, why not sell the beach? I mean if things are really that tight… isn’t that the most logical thing to part with? No matter what, it’s tacky to complain about how you’re dirt broke, but then also admit that you’re “always buying clothes.” A lot of us could shop ourselves into nothing while buying clothes. Which maybe Lily is doing. But that’s different than not being able to afford them in the first place.

Here’s Lily shops around Midtown Manhattan in one of her furs. She bought a watch at the Aaron Faber store on Madison Avenue before heading to Soho for more shopping at Prada less than a month ago on February 10th. Images thanks to BauerGriffinOnline.