Smile star Lily Allen has defended her new TV show, Lily Allen and Friends, insisting that the studio audience that left halfway through the show was because the recording over-ran.

She was taping her forthcoming program on Friday, but was hit by a string of problems including a broken teleprompter which left her winging it with the aid of cue cards.

It was reported that members of the studio audience were so bored and disappointed with the show that they got up and left before it was over. Lily has accused the media of concocting the story and has insisted that the people who were there may have wanted to catch the last train to go home.

It was all because of the recording time…..That remains to be seen.

WENN