Lily Allen turns to God

Lily Allen has revealed how she once turned to God when she was on the receiving end of a nanny's wrath after being rumbled during a childhood prank.

The singer and her brother Alfie had been left with a carer while their movie producer mother, Alison Owen, was away working, and had been caught making a hoax 999 call when the "mental" carer erupted.

"Me and Alfie once called 999 and hung up. The police called back and she answered it. She went mental. She hit me, really hard and sent me to bed.

"I sat on my top bunk, praying - I was at a Catholic school at the time - 'Please God, let my mum walk in in 20 seconds.' I counted to 20 - and mum walked in! I believed in God for a bit."

But the singer apparently later shunned the Lord when he failed to answer subsequent prayers.

Remember, kids, hoax 999 calls cost lives.

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