Keith Allen admits using daughter Lily to sell drugs
Welsh actor and comedian Keith Allen recently admitted using his daughter, Lily Allen, to help him sell drugs when she was a child. Keith, 54, said he took Lily along with him to the Glastonbury Music Festival years ago, and used her to help him entice festival-goers to buy drugs from him.
I didn’t see what was wrong with taking little Lily along with me as a sales tool rather like the homeless lads do with dogs. Cute puppy guarantees punters will stop and stroke it and therefore give you money.
Lil’ sat next to the stall gurgling in a pushchair while I cranked up the sales patter and knocked out the lager.
Lily, 22, achieved celebrity status in her own right; her 2006 debut album, Alright, Still, was nominated for a Brit Award, and spun off multiple hit singles.
Source: Digital Spy
- Posted on Oct 8, 07 at 10:37PM
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October 8th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
Wow….just wow. How incredibly irresponsible. Couldn’t he have had her taken away if social services had found out?
October 8th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
Disturbing.
Clearly, not his finest moment as a parent.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:02 am
ok…i’m not sure if i read ok…or if he was joking, because I hope so!….i don’t know what to say…a father that uses his daughter to sell drugs? and he tells that in an interview! wow…
October 9th, 2007 at 3:04 am
Wow, that just made me throw up a little bit.
October 9th, 2007 at 4:45 am
Wow. What a lovely little family they have there.
October 9th, 2007 at 7:03 am
I guess that explains alot of her lifestyle choices she has made. So sad…
October 9th, 2007 at 7:31 am
“Lil’ sat next to the stall gurgling in a pushchair while I cranked up the sales patter and knocked out the lager.”
Can someone translate this; I honestly don’t really understand it. Lilly sat in a wheelchair, gurgling; while he got the drugs together. Is that right? How does that help him sell drugs?
October 9th, 2007 at 9:40 am
I don’t know who this is, but its hard not to post something negative here.
Thanks for posting the fact that there are loser celebrity fathers……..I mean really what are you supposed to say?
October 9th, 2007 at 10:09 am
Jennifer,
My guess is that she was in a stroller, not a wheelchair, just making little baby/child noises. I could be wrong, but it said he took her when she was a child.
That’s pretty insane! Poor girl…
October 9th, 2007 at 10:29 am
I believe that means that she would sit in a stroller gurgling, like babies do, and that she was cute and would attract customers. Much like how guys use cute puppies to pick up women in a park, he was using a cute baby to attract customers to sell his drugs. It certainly does explain in part why she is the way she is.
October 9th, 2007 at 11:12 am
yea, i want other durg addicts “stroking” my baby….. not sure i’d have shared this little gem of a story… WTH!!
October 9th, 2007 at 11:32 am
That’s despicable. I can’t believe he admitted this in an interview.
October 9th, 2007 at 11:44 am
I believe strollers are called pushchairs in England.
What an icky man. Is he confessing to it now as part of his recovery? Or is he proud of it and is exploiting his daughter’s fame? Maybe I don’t want to know.
October 9th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
Ok, thank everyone for explain that to me. I never thought that a pushchair could mean stroller. I was thinking that he had her pretend that she was handicapped.
I understand now.
October 9th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
yes we call strollers pushchairs, prams or buggy’s in England, so he’s referring to a stroller.