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David Harbour 'isn't worrying about estranged wife Lily Allen' as she checks into trauma center

While Lily Allen has checked into a trauma center following her split from David Harbour, the Stranger Things star was all smiles as he watched a basketball game

David Harbour looked like he didn't have a care in the world as he watched a basketball game, with one body language expert suggesting he's over his marriage to Lily Allen.


The Stranger Things actor, 49, gave a thumbs up to the camera as he watched the Milwaukee Bucks take on the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. He was seen enjoying the game beside Ben Stiller and his wife Christine Taylor.

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One person absent from the outing was David's estranged wife. The pair split after Lily allegedly caught David using the dating app Raya, but body language expert Judi James doesn't think that's weighing too heavily on his mind.

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Speaking exclusively to The Mirror US, she said, "There are often signals of suppressed pain, regret and sadness after a marriage split and there can be bravado in the face of emotional hurt, but David Harbour's body language here, with his wife said to be checking into a trauma unit, suggests something different."


James continued, "The poses of him enjoying the game with an open mouth laugh suggests he's not wanting to signal any kind of sitting indoors pining or worrying. It suggests an open desire to suggest good humour and enjoying life."

She also said the actor gave a telling signal to show fans he's doing well despite the split. "His look straight into the camera seems to involve an eye smile and an asymmetric grin and that top of a thumb visible could possibly be part of a thumbs-up signal usually associated with letting people know everything's ok," she explained.

The expert concluded, "Interesting too that this very cheerful-looking version of Harbour's body language was rarely seen during his poses with Lily, when he could often adopt more of a poker face."


James' comments come after a source claimed Lily went undercover on the celebrity dating app Raya to conduct a sting operation to uncover her husband's rumored affairs. The source alleged Lily searched for women on the dating app and cross-referenced them with the women David follows on his public Instagram account to "figure out who he was seeing."

Neither David nor Lily have made any statements about their current relationship status, but according to reports in the Daily Mail, David's online profile describes him as "visiting New York from Atlanta" and notes that he is a "closet nerd that plays tough guys on your TV."

Sources close to Lily believe David has been "open to meeting new people for some time now." One source insisted Lily only rejoined the dating app herself to "figure out whether he was seeing someone."

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They added, "Lily has never even looked at anyone since she met David. She is devastated."

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