Is Lily Allen being treated for depression? While she hasn’t been hospitalized, the British tabloids are full of the news that Lily is seeing a psychologist, which I hardly think is a shock. The girl had a miscarriage, split with her boyfriend and her TV show isn’t getting a warm reception. It’s good and healthy to see a psychologist when you’re feeling upset. She has reportedly been having treatment in a private residential clinic.

According to today’s (March 5) edition (of The Sun), the singer is receiving treatment following her recent miscarriage and split from boyfriend Ed Simons of The Chemical Brothers.

Despite being admitted to the clinic, Allen is apparently allowed out to film her BBC TV show, ‘Lily Allen And Friends’, and to see friends.

The newspaper quotes an anonymous friend of Allen’s as saying: “She is responding really well to treatment and is pleased that she is being allowed out to film her TV show and to keep in touch with her friends supporting her.”

NME

While The Sun newspaper isn’t always the most reliable source, Lily has also pulled out of the Isle of Wight festival, the official reason for this is because she is behind in the production of her album. The promoter of the festival, Paul Giddings, told BBC radio that this wasn’t an acceptable excuse, but he won’t be suing Lily. He also won’t be replacing her, but will be making the festival more environmentally friendly. He seemed really stroppy about Lily pulling out, and I had the impression that the festival was really soon. It’s not until June, she’s given plenty of notice to withdraw her place in the line up, and I think his attitude is fairly unsympathetic given that he admits to reading the tabloids. Particularly this statement, where he alludes to Amy Winehouse, saying “Unfortunately this country has developed some great new girl singer songwriters, but they seem to be having a few problems don’t they?” Not all of the female musicians in Britain have emotional issues, okay?

Lily recently told Glamour magazine that she was finding it hard to stay clean as her friends all like to party.

She added to Britain’s Glamour magazine: “I’ve been sad and quite lonely recently because if you’re young, living in London and working in this industry, unless you drink and take a lot of drugs, there’s not much to do.

“I’ve been sitting on my own watching TV. It’s boring to go out if everyone else if taking cocaine and shouting at me.”

New Zealand Herald

At first I thought that this was stupid, just get some new friends that aren’t enablers, but it seems that the British party scene and cocaine go hand-in-hand, enough so that the United Nations have released a report on the issue.

The price of cocaine has fallen to a record low as a United Nations report says that celebrity users have made the drug socially acceptable.

Police say privately that cocaine is becoming as acceptable in middle-class Britain as cannabis was a generation ago and that they are losing their battle against the drug.

The UN drug control agency’s annual report, published today, puts the blame at the door of celebrity culture and accuses the police of turning a blind eye to the rich and famous who misuse the drug.

The Times

I must be such an innocent – I had absolutely no idea that cocaine was so easy to come by. The UN describes it as the “cocaine culture” so perhaps it is more the circles you move in.

Note by Celebitchy: Lily Allen is shown on 3/4/08 discovering that her car window was smashed. She wrote about the incident on her myspace afterwards, and said that “it was one of the many paparazzi who were following us who did it,” and that “i want people to know that it was totally their fault and that the whole situation has angered and upset me.”