Allen also said her two daughters – whom she shares with her ex-husband Sam Cooper and recently went on safari with – had been a great help of late.
“It’s really tough – they are always there and you have to be present and there for them,” she said.
“And that’s OK. When things in life are going well and swimmingly and you’re coping, it’s really nice to have the kids around – they’re a joy to be around, in fact one of the main sources of joy in one’s life.
“But when things are not going so well and life is tough – as it is for many people for all manner of reasons – having to hold things together is really hard.”
Co-host Oliver told listeners she would “drive this ship” in Allen’s absence and “wait for the captain to return”.
The BBC Sounds podcast, which launched last year, sees childhood friends Allen former and former Popworld host Oliver indulge in twice weekly “transatlantic catch-ups, discussing the highs and lows of their lives and the biggest cultural moments of the week”.
Allen made her West End theatre debut in 2:22 – A Ghost Story in 2021, and is due to return to the stage in Hedda, a new version of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, at Bath Theatre Royal’s Ustinov Studio in July.
She is also reportedly filming a screen adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s comic novel Night and Day.
The Brit Award winner mentioned in a previous episode that she was hoping to go back into the studio to record more music later this year.
