What Type of Person Does That?

Lily Allen is receiving widespread criticism online after explaining why she decided to return a dog she adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic to a shelter.

The English singer discussed the incident on her Miss Me? podcast while revealing that she and her husband, Stranger Things star David Harbour, are considering adopting another pet.

“We actually did adopt a dog together already, but then it ate my passport, and so I took her back to the home,” Allen, 39, mentioned in a podcast episode released on Thursday, Aug. 22. The dog had destroyed three passports and three visas: Allen’s and the paperwork for each of her daughters, whom she shares with ex-husband Sam Cooper.

“I cannot tell you how much money it cost me to get everything replaced, because it was in Covid, and so it was just an absolute logistical nightmare,” Allen elaborated, adding that the loss of her children’s passports prevented her from getting them back to see their dad in England for four to five months.

“I just couldn’t look at her,” Allen confessed about the dog. “I was like, ‘You’ve ruined my life.’”

The “Smile” singer further explained that the passports were not the only things the dog wrecked. “She was a very badly behaved dog, and I really tried very hard with her,” Allen said. “But it just didn’t work out, and the passports were the straw that broke the camel’s back, so to speak.”

Allen revealed that she and Harbour have already chosen a “very cute” chihuahua mix they intend to adopt next, a detail that outraged many dog lovers who responded online to the story of Allen’s returned pet.

“The dog is better off,” one person commented on X, formerly Twitter, regarding Allen’s returned pet, adding, “But she should not be allowed to adopt again.”

“No way in hell should she be allowed to keep another dog or any pet,” another person concurred.

“What kind of person does that?” one dog lover questioned.

“Why on earth would documents like that be lying around for a dog to get at?” one X user wondered, as another echoed their concern by writing, “Why weren’t the documents filed away in a cabinet or drawer? Who leaves sensitive documents lying around the house?”

Many people shared stories on social media about various items and pieces of furniture their own dogs had destroyed, pointing out that they never contemplated returning the pets they considered four-legged family members.

“Omg, one of my dogs tore apart the front seat of a car! And numerous other valuable things but the thought never crossed my mind,” one X user wrote about the “unthinkable” idea of returning their dog.

“I don’t like people like this,” another X user tweeted. “Poor fur baby.”

Source: Particle News