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Let’s All Celebrate Lily Allen’s Grief

LILY Allen has suffered a miscarriage. She has not commented on her condition. But the Sun is right behind her and invites readers to “Send Lily your best wishes”.

“Hi Lily, I am very sorry to hear of your loss, I too had a miscarriage and its like your world has fell apart. I lost mine in the Oct 1993 at 15 1/2 weeks

“Dear Lily and Ed, My deepest and most heartfelt sympathy go out to you both. I have lost a child my…”

“Dear Lily, I am so very sori to hear about the loss of your little beanie. I know how you are feeling becuase I have gone through several miscarriages and know the grief, shock and the pain of losing your little one [sic]”

While we can only sympathise with Ms Allen, Sun readers go further, using her pain to tell us how much they too have suffered. No event, however small or personal, is immune from displays of public grief, shows of public mourning to private tragedies.

We feel. We emote. The Sun provides a forum, a paper of condolences to sign. Moderators and editors police the forum so messages stay on-message.

We compete to see who can empathise the most, who can prove they care. Lily Allen’s miscarriage becomes a shared experience.

But where to stop? The Sun will soon be calling for International Miscarriage Week, inviting “brave” Lily to support its camping for more understating on miscarriages, and then a minute’s silence and beenfit concert.

But why not do something incredioble? Why not just leave her alone?

Anorak

Posted: 19th, January 2008 | In: Celebrities, Lily Allen, Tabloids Comments (9) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink

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Joy Ryder says:
February 4th, 2008 at 12:34 pm

We are all sick of hearing about it!

enars says:
January 25th, 2008 at 1:47 pm

Pity is the opposite side of evil joy… (E.M.Remarque)
aw1400

Maggie M says:
January 22nd, 2008 at 9:10 am

To those coldhearted individuals who posted, it would be a diff story if it was you! How would you feel if some sick individual posted unkind, uncalled for comments directing them at you and taking great joy in your loss? The Golden Rule is “treat others as you would like to be treated”. Words to live by.

Karen says:
January 20th, 2008 at 4:37 pm

Cez

A celebrity doesn’t leave the limelight to recover from anything but the loss of the limelight.

Cez says:
January 20th, 2008 at 3:48 pm

I think, it is moments like this where we have an almost unity with mourning and empathy, but its moments like this where we see the scum of people. Some of the comments above are cruel and pointless. Why do you find it necessary to be derogatory in a persons lowest point. What do you achieve??
I think Lily should be out of the media- give her time to recover, rather than have her loss flaunted over news papers etc.
And to the people that are less than sympathetic, if not a little callous- i hope that in your hour of need, you are given the same treatment you seem to show onto others.

Aly says:
January 20th, 2008 at 3:25 am

Oh my gosh, people, where is your compassion? A miscarriage is a horrible thing to go through, no matter how old or young! “One less person to destroy the world”? Would you say that if it were your mother or sister that was going through this?! If you don’t know what you’re talking about, then shut up and don’t make idiotic and totally calloused comments!

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Anorak says:
January 19th, 2008 at 1:25 pm

It’s all so woooo is me

coolandcalm says:
January 19th, 2008 at 12:11 pm

I was very sympathetic until I saw the photo she has posted on Facebook or MySpace (in the Express) of herself on her sick bed, head on pillow looking pale and sad. No make up, unkempt hair. Yuk.