Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a middle-aged Hollywood man splits with his wife and starts dating a woman nearly half his age. This time, it’s Stranger Things star David Harbour, who has quickly moved on since calling it quits with Lily Allen. The 49-year-old actor has been spotted with Ellie Fallon, a 27-year-old aspiring model and actress.
Let’s rewind a bit. Harbour and Allen tied the knot in 2020 in an Elvis-themed Las Vegas wedding that seemed to epitomize their playful relationship. Harbour quickly became a stepfather to Allen’s two daughters, Ethel Mary, 13, and Marnie Rose, 12, and the two appeared to have a perfectly blended family in their quirky Brooklyn home.
Fallon entered the picture while Harbour was living in Atlanta to film the final season of Stranger Things. Apparently, sparks flew, or perhaps smoldered, considering the cigar Fallon posted a picture of herself smoking just weeks before Harbour and Allen called it quits.
“Seeing the picture Ellie posted of herself smoking a cigar, taken weeks before Lily and David called it quits, has convinced her that Ellie and David had been seeing each other before they split. After all, how many 26-year-olds smoke cigars?” an insider said to Daily Mail.
The new couple was spotted on a New Year’s trip to India and in Georgia, drawing attention for all the reasons you’d expect. “Lily is aware of the romance and has been very upset,” another source admitted. Yet, Allen is choosing to move forward. Currently in New York with her daughters, she plans to relocate to London to rebuild her life. “She feels so much better for having drowned out all the noise,” the source shared. “She now believes that whatever David is doing with his life is his business. He obviously has his own issues he needs to work through and it’s got nothing to do with her any more.”
Of course, Harbour’s choice is just another drop in the bucket of older Hollywood men dating younger women. Leonardo DiCaprio, for instance, is well-known for his relationships with women under 25, many of which seem to conclude as they approach 26 (his current beau, Vittoria Ceretti, seemingly broke this pattern, as they are still together after her 26th birthday last June), while Brad Pitt, 60, is in a relationship with 32-year-old jewelry designer Ines de Ramon.
So while Harbour’s post-divorce dating move feels straight out of the male midlife crisis playbook, here’s hoping he and Allen can move forward in ways that work for everyone, including Allen’s daughters.
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