David Harbour appeared in great spirits as he enjoyed the Milwaukee Bucks v New York Knicks basketball match at Madison Square Gardens in New York on Sunday.
The Stranger Things star, 49, was seen smiling and posing with a thumbs up as he sat beside fellow actor Ben Stiller and his wife Christine Taylor.
The outing comes after his split from wife Lily Allen as the singer, 39, checks herself into a £8,000-a-week trauma centre after telling friends she was close to a nervous breakdown following the breakup.
Lily called time on her relationship in December after discovering he was using the celebrity dating app Raya.
In last week’s podcast episode, the star announced she would be taking some time off from the show, which she hosts with best friend Miquita Oliver but asked fans to ignore any speculation that she may have returned to rehab following a past drug addiction.
On Monday it was announced singer Mabel, Rizzle Kicks’ Jordan Stephens and comic Simon Amstell would be standing in as Lily’s replacements during her absence.
Lily Allen’s estranged husband David Harbour looked in great spirits as he enjoyed a basketball game in New York while the singer checks into £8,000-a-week trauma centre
In the midst of the split the singer has checked herself into a £8,000-a-week trauma centre after telling friends she was close to a nervous breakdown following the breakup
The BBC announced that Mabel will ‘sit in’ for Lily in episodes set to be released on January 16 and 20.
Jordan will co-host on episodes available on January 23 and 27 while Simon will co-host on January 30 and February 3.
It comes after The Mail on Sunday revealed that the singer’s mental health deteriorated significantly after she returned from holiday to her marital home in New York last week.
While she was at their Brooklyn townhouse, it was revealed Lily felt ‘triggered’ by the thought of him being elsewhere in the city with another woman.
A source said: ‘It was very painful for Lily to return home. David used to be her saviour and now he’s a trigger for her.
‘Lily settled her kids back into the family home and took them to school for their new term, then flew herself straight to rehab. She went a day earlier than intended as she felt wobbly and desperate to escape.’
She will spend several weeks at the residential retreat in the US where she is expected to take part in intensive group counselling sessions and one-on-one therapy in which she will be urged to ‘unpack’ her emotions.
Cocooned from the outside world – having surrendered her mobile phone – she will also be encouraged to eat healthily and take walks in the countryside.
The Stranger Things star, 49, was seen smiling as he sat beside fellow actor Ben Stiller and his wife Christine Taylor at the Milwaukee Bucks v New York Knicks game at Madison Square Gardens
Lily called time on her relationship in December after discovering he was using the celebrity dating app Raya
The Mail on Sunday revealed that the singer’s mental health deteriorated significantly after she returned from holiday to her marital home in New York last week (pictured together in 2022)
The latest chapter in the star’s often troubled life has caused her close-knit friends dismay but they hope that she ‘is now on the road to recovery’.
In last week’s podcast the star heartbreakingly admitted she can’t concentrate on anything apart from the overwhelming pain she is feeling amid the split.
The British singer, 39, bared her soul during her latest Miss Me? podcast episode, which she hosts with friend Miquita Oliver, as she confirmed their separation.
The mother of two detailed the months of agony she has been through while suffering from panic attacks and a lack of focus.
Lily explained how she had tried to attend the podcast’s Christmas lunch but was forced to leave after having an attack.
She told listeners: ‘I know I’ve been talking about it for months but I’ve been spiralling and spiralling. It’s got out of control, I’ve tried.
‘I came to the Miss Me? Christmas lunch and had a panic attack and had to go home and I went to see something at the theatre the other night with my friends Carla and Claire and I had to leave at half time.
‘I can’t concentrate on anything except the pain I’m going through. It’s really hard.’
In last week’s podcast episode, the star announced she would be taking some time off but asked fans to ignore any speculation that she may have returned to rehab following a past drug addiction
On Monday it was announced Rizzle Kicks’ Jordan Stephens, singer Mabel, and comic Simon Amstell would be standing in as Lily’s replacements during her absence
When asked if it was easier now her daughters are older, Lily said: Yeah, we are a support network for each other and encourage each other to talk about or feelings but I think the main thing is telling them we’re going to get through it and be fine.’
Lily then reassured listeners she will be back after her time off and told them to ignore any speculation that she may have returned to rehab following a past drug addiction.
She said: ‘I’m going away next week for a few weeks, listeners. But I do want to reassure people because there will be speculation because of the amount of time I’m going to be taking away that I’m going to drug rehab – I’ve not, I’ve not relapsed.
‘I have seen some horrible blind items on the internet that I was found in a crack den by my husband being surrounded by men. I don’t know who is spreading these vicious rumours but it’s not true.
‘It all comes back to the phones. They aren’t doing us any good. They certainly aren’t doing me any good at the moment. I really don’t like my phone.
‘I’m as guilty of that as anyone else, what I’m very excited about where I’m going over the next few weeks is that I’m not allowed my phone.’
It was recently revealed that Lily turned Wagatha Christie to find out if her husband David was looking for other women amid split rumours.
She unleashed an impressive set of skills after suspecting her husband was cheating, and was reportedly left in ‘agony’ when she discovered the actor had a secret profile on the celebrity dating app Raya, The Mail on Sunday revealed.
Deciding there was only one way to find out the truth, Lily rejoined the dating app where she first met David, and pretended to be ‘looking for women’.
She soon discovered that David had already set up a dating profile and was listed on the app as being active for at least a month.
Lily turned Wagatha Christie to find out if her husband David was looking for other women amid split rumours
David and Lily on their wedding day in 2020. A source revealed Lily’s meticulous methods: ‘Lily was looking for women that were on Raya and cross-referencing them with women David follows on Instagram’
A source revealed Lily’s meticulous methods: ‘Lily was looking for women that were on Raya and cross-referencing them with women David follows on Instagram to try to figure out who he was seeing. She was doing her Wagatha thing.’
Former England football star Wayne Rooney’s wife Coleen was famously dubbed ‘Wagatha Christie’ after she turned detective online to out fellow WAG Rebekah Vardy as the apparent leaker of stories about her.
‘Lily only rejoined Raya to try to figure out whether he was seeing someone,’ the insider continued.
‘Lily has never even looked at anyone since she met David. She is devastated. He broke up with Lily a month ago. He was meant to be on holiday with her in Kenya over Christmas.’
David’s dating profile, exclusively revealed by the MoS, reads: ‘Visiting New York from Atlanta’ and ‘closet nerd that plays tough guys on your TV’.
He lists his profile song as the Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin.
David describes himself as living in Atlanta, Georgia, 800 miles from the family home in Brooklyn, New York, where the couple moved in 2020 with Lily enrolling her children in local schools.
He bought a house in Atlanta last year so he could be closer to the Stranger Things set.
The show wrapped filming its fifth and final series just before Christmas. Lily’s circle of London friends say she has believed since the autumn that her husband is interested in other women.
By the time the couple broke up about a month ago, she had become convinced that he had a secret girlfriend.
The singer has not made any public statements on her relationship with David since it emerged they had parted ways in December, but a friend of the Lily confirmed they had officially ‘separated’.
He has previously spoken about his penchant for a whirlwind romance. ‘I’m easily swept away, but I’m trying not to be as much,’ the Stranger Things actor told Women’s Health in October 2017.
‘I’m better at the fantasy of relationships than I am at the daily real life, but I’m trying to steer myself into a realist,’ he added.
