Lily Allen has confirmed she is in a new relationship, one year on from her high-profile split from David Harbour. The singer revealed she has a boyfriend during a recent interview with Grazia, telling the magazine that the last person she texted was: “My boyfriend.”
While she didn’t name him directly in that answer, she has been widely linked in recent months to London-based writer and artist Jonah Freud.
The pair have been pictured together several times since late last year. They were first linked in December, when they were reportedly seen kissing at a Christmas party hosted by Allen in London. Prior to that, they had been spotted socialising at an Oasis concert and at Chiltern Firehouse, but the festive gathering marked their first public display of affection.
Since then, their relationship appears to have gathered pace. In January 2026, the couple were seen strolling through Rome, where eyewitnesses said they were enjoying coffee together at a café in the Italian capital. One onlooker said: “We walked past her and it was my daughter-in-law who recognised her and went, ‘Oh my God, it’s Lily Allen’.
“We did a double take, and it was definitely her.
“She was with Jonah Freud. They were just having a coffee and a cigarette together.”
Days later, they travelled to Paris for Fashion Week and were photographed leaving an apartment together, further fuelling speculation about their romance.
So who exactly is Jonah Freud?
Freud, 28, was born on 1 April 1997, making him 12 years younger than Allen, who recently turned 40. He is a writer, artist and cultural curator based in London. He is also the founder of Reference Point, a bookshop and bar in the capital known for its curated collections of rare books and its status as a social hub for creatives.
If his surname sounds familiar, it’s because he comes from a notably distinguished family. Jonah is the great-great-grandson of Sigmund Freud, the Austrian neurologist widely regarded as the founder of psychoanalysis. Sigmund Freud’s theories – including the Oedipus complex and The Uncanny – remain hugely influential in psychology and wider culture.
Jonah’s father is Matthew Freud, an Oscar-winning producer whose 2022 short film The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse won Best Animated Short Film at the Academy Awards. He is also the founder of UK-based PR firm Freud Communications. Jonah’s mother is Caroline Hutton, a public relations specialist. His extended family includes several high-profile figures in the arts and media world, among them painter Lucian Freud.
In his own work, Jonah has explored themes including grief and mental health. Speaking about the 2020 collaborative book Loss & Hope, he said: ‘I found that when I was hit by sudden loss, and subsequently afterwards when I was faced with grief, that I kept feeling like I was grieving wrong. The more I spoke to people, the more I found that they felt the same thing. I realised that everyone had effectively lost someone close to them to suicide. None of them had ever told me about it, it was this horrible little secret members’ club that you only got initiated into when it happened to you, it wasn’t something you spoke about otherwise.’
‘I wanted to create an exposé, to shatter the illusion that grief, mental health, or suicide is just a thing that happens and then you don’t speak about it.’
Freud does not have any children. Allen, meanwhile, is mother to two daughters – Ethel, 14, and Marnie, 13 – whom she shares with her ex-husband Sam Cooper.
Allen was previously married to Cooper from 2011 to 2018. She later married Harbour in 2020 following a whirlwind romance that began after they met in 2019. The couple separated in 2025, with Allen later hinting that the breakup influenced her return to music.
As for Freud’s past relationships, he has largely kept his private life out of the spotlight, and there are no widely reported high-profile romances before Allen.
For now, the couple appear to be enjoying time together between London and European city breaks. Allen’s low-key confirmation suggests she is happy to acknowledge the relationship – even if she’s choosing to keep most of it private.
