Lily Allen takes break from Twitter after hateful trolling about her stillborn son

Lily Allen is taking a break from Twitter.
Lily Allen is taking a break from Twitter. Photo: Instagram

Singer Lily Allen has announced that she is taking a break from Twitter after she was subjected to hateful trolling over the weekend about her stillborn son.

The 31-year-old became the target of abuse after attempting to highlight prejudice shown towards immigrants and Muslims, by replacing the words "immigrants" and "muslims" with "pensioners" in a series of tweets.

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Allen's tweets were met with vitriol from other twitter users, who read her messages literally. Trolls turned on the singer, unleashing a cruel personal attack - including taunts about her mental health.

The hateful abuse prompted Allen to disclose that she experiences PTSD after she lost her son when six months pregnant, as well as postnatal depression and bipolar disorder. 

As Allen, who is mum to Marnie, 4, and Ethel, 5, disclosed more details about the loss of her son William, in 2010, the abuse escalated.

One tweeter accused her the mother-of-two of lying, while another wrote, "If you didn't pump your body full of drugs you wouldn't have miscarried".

In reply the young mum wrote: "I didn't miscarry, I went into early labour and my son died from his cord wrapped round his neck."

In a since deleted tweet, one user blamed Allen for her baby's death. "The baby knew you were going to be such a horrible mother."

The shocking abuse prompted Allen to advise her nearly 6 million followers that she was taking a twitter break after the "new levels" of vitriol.

Her account has since been taken over by a friend "Dennis" who advised Lily's followers that he would only be communicating via gifs.

Lily briefly popped back online to share that despite reporting the abuse to Twitter, no action had been taken. "Please sort this out, please," she wrote.

Along with the torrent of abuse, however, Allen has also received an outpouring of support from her followers.

"Please, PLEASE ignore the vile trolls and haters spreading heartache with their toxic words," reads one comment posted to Allen's Instragram account. "You know your intentions and what's in your heart. Whether people are a "Lily Allen" fan or not, it's clear to us that you are passionate about something and want to give a voice to others who cannot be heard. So please ignore the BS and remember why you're doing what you do."

"I have also been thru the horror of a still birth at 6 months," another mum shared. " People are always gonna hate babe, I know you ignore them but it also hurts, I may be a stranger but I know how you feel, always here for you."

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