IF the extraordinary words of Lily Allen are anything to go by this week, abortions are now being repeatedly used as an appalling, meaningless, quick fix alternative to contraception.
Lily flippantly boasted and laughed about how many abortions she has had, saying: “I can’t remember. I think maybe like, I want to say four or five . . . ”
BBCLily Allen and Miquita Oliver comparing notes about how many abortions they’ve had is sickening[/caption]
YouTube / BBC SoundsLily boasted about how many abortions she has had, saying: ‘I can’t remember. I think maybe like, I want to say four or five . . . ’[/caption]
The pop star giggled about the termination of a pregnancy as though she was trying to remember how many Deliveroos she had ordered in the past month.
It was shocking.
In one of the most ghastly podcast chats I’ve ever heard she — to the tune of Frank Sinatra’s My Way — sang: “Abortions I’ve had a few . . . but then again . . . I can’t remember exactly how many.”
Lily is renowned for being a little drama queen, prone to saying outrageous things just for their utter shock value and attention gaining qualities.
You’d truly hope this was one such occasion.
But it wasn’t. Her co-host joined in this sickening, jovial chat and they compared notes.
Miquita Oliver, who unsurprisingly is her best friend and clearly cut from the same cloth, even said she was excited about her first abortion because she “felt like a woman”.
The presenter shrieked: ‘I’ve had about five [abortions] too . . . I’m so happy I can say that and you can say it and no one came to shoot us down, no judgment.
“We’ve had about the same amount of abortions.”
Maybe it is a generational thing but Miquita, I am judging you.
I am not a rampant pro-lifer.
Every woman has a right to choose what she wants to do with her body.
I would never condemn a woman for choosing to end an unwanted pregnancy.
But it is the losing count; the use of an abortion as a form of birth control that is truly dreadful.
We are not living in the dark ages — the Pill, the cap, condoms, the coil, which Lily has finally sorted now — are all readily available.
But these two couldn’t be bothered with that. And it is shameful.
In the same way I hope the End of Life Bill will never be abused, the 1967 Abortion Act, at the other end of the spectrum, truly shouldn’t either.
Lily described an abortion as getting “rid of the problem”.
And yes, she is right. Because every time a woman has an abortion it is to deal with a problem; a last resort for women who think their life would suffer if they went ahead with a pregnancy.
Too young, just not ready, cannot cope, or just don’t want to ever be a mum.
That is their right.
It is grotesque
But it is grotesque that any woman would find it funny to have countless abortions, putting their body at risk of infections or complications that could cause infertility.
We shouldn’t be surprised that the BBC is using our licence fee to pay these women.
But I would like to think that now the Beeb has promised to drop “high risk” live performances after Bob Vylan at Glastonbury, it would reconsider using our cash for this podcast.
It seems ironic, doesn’t it, that Lily and Miquita made their BBC boasts in the same week Minister for Women, Bridget Phillipson, urged more young women to have babies.
The political plea came as the UK’s birth rate is plummeting because of the cost-of-living crisis.
Contrast this with two mega-rich women who think nothing of paying for private clinics to deal with their irresponsibility — or worse, expecting the NHS to pay up.
Women like Lily and Miquita are making a mockery of the abortion law which was passed to protect women.
What they somehow fail to realise is that they are making a mockery of themselves, too.
Luvvie talk just means it’s Orl over
FIRST we had Gwynnie and Chris Martin with their “conscious uncoupling”.
Now Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have confirmed their split by saying they have been “shifting their relationship” to “focus on co-parenting”.
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GettyOrlando and Katy said they have been ‘shifting their relationship’ to ‘focus on co-parenting’[/caption]
Or if you don’t speak luvvie: “Have been fighting like cats and dogs for ages because she’s been zooming off to space with her mates and he’s been getting flirty with other women.
“So now they can’t actually stand the sight of each other but will be shoving on their best game face for the sake of the child… and the cameras.”
KEIR’S CRYING GAME
I HAVE sympathy for Rachel Reeves.
I’ve cried in the office too.
EnterpriseRachel Reeves was pictured in tears during PMQs[/caption]
Am I proud of it?
No. But I don’t think showing my feelings is something I should be chastised for.
I am human, with emotions, who sometimes has s**t going on in my life that is too much to deal with.
Those who are criticising her are just cruel.
Her boss is cruel too.
Our Prime Minister may not have been able to see the tears streaming down her face when he was at the dispatch box for PMQs in the Commons, but using her to make himself look good the next day showed what kind of man he really is.
Rachel wasn’t strong enough to answer questions but Sir Keir wheeled her out for a big hug for the cameras.
It might have washed away those tears pictures if it hadn’t been quite so obvious.
BANKNOTES have used historical figures since 1970, when William Shakespeare became the first person other than a monarch to appear on one.
Now there are plans to promote the best of British culture with some new icons on our cash.
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Paddington Bear could be a possible option.
Nothing says Britain more than a stowaway bear from Peru, does it?
STAY LUCKY
THINKING about saving cash by dumping your Lottery subscription?
Me too. Until, that is, I read about NHS worker Joel Tapner, who won £250,000 on the People’s Postcode Lottery.
He’s now loaded.
But Joel only won because he hadn’t got round to cancelling his standing order, as planned.
His daughters distracted him.
Zero chance of cancelling that direct debit now, is there?
KIDS A CALM OASIS
YOU have to wonder how Noel and Liam Gallagher’s kids are so close despite their feuding fathers’ battles over the years.
But Noel’s daughter Anais posed with cousins Gene, Lennon and Molly for a magazine photoshoot looking all happy families.
@sk8rmom420/W MagazineLiam Gallagher’s kids Gene, Lennon, and Molly, and Noel’s daughter Anais are extremely close[/caption]
Meanwhile, their rocker parents need separate dressing rooms and lounging areas on tour to make sure it doesn’t descend into a disaster.
They may be the kids in this situation but they’ve clearly got their heads screwed on tighter than their dads do.
RHUB HEALTH
IT’S always great to know some of the secrets to living a long, healthy life are not all down to clean living and depriving yourself.
Leslie Lemon celebrated being 106 this week and revealed a daily fix of rhubarb and custard.
SWNSLeslie Lemon celebrated being 106 this week and revealed a daily fix of rhubarb and custard[/caption]
He says: “That’s my secret to a long life: Custard, custard, custard; rhubarb from the garden and custard. You can’t beat it. I have it every day and I want it every day.”
Note to self: Bung some Bird’s on the shopping list.
SEEING the Duchess of Edinburgh taking part in a drinking challenge at the Sandringham Horse Driving Trials, made me realise she is game for a laugh – and probably lots of fun on a night out.
She had to down a glass of sparkling water before placing it on a plinth, while racing along in a carriage!
Bav MediaThe Duchess of Edinburgh taking part in a drinking challenge at the Sandringham Horse Driving Trials[/caption]
She missed, it dropped to the ground and she was in hysterics.
Reminds me of a few evenings where the ground has swayed thanks to a bit too much wine . . . but I still tried to grab for that glass.
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