Singer Lily Allen reveals why she hired female escorts during the breakdown of her marriage to Sam Cooper

Lily Allen has revealed why she paid for sex with female escorts on tour following the breakdown of her five-year marriage to businessman Sam Cooper.

On Tuesday, the British singer admitted she held 'no shame' for her actions as she was 'feeling incredibly lonely and sort of at my wits end'.

During an interview with The Project, the troubled Hard Out Here hit-maker, 33, confessed she used the same-sex encounters as 'an outlet'. 

Lily shares two daughters (Marnie Rose, 5, and Ethel, 6) with now ex-husband Sam, who she divorced in 2016. 

She has admitted to meeting the escorts in 2014 around the time she released her album Sheezus and was suffering from post-natal depression and marital problems.

While Lily is due to reveal the full extent of her escort experiences in her tell-all memoir, My Thoughts Exactly, she appeared to disagree with the headlines that have reported on her past trysts. 

'It's not like steamy, raunchy - although that's what the tabloids have made it out to be, as a "lesbian prostitute sex romp" which I guess it was in a way, but...' she trailed off as she tried to explain.

'It was more about a period of time that I was feeling incredibly lonely and sort of at my wits end. I was looking for anything. Looking for an outlet. It's not really a salacious sex story, it's more about hotel rooms and being on my own and being very far away from my kids and my husband,' Lily explained. 

MailOnline