Lena Dunham on Her First Film in a Decade, Youthful Blind Spots and Rebooting ‘Girls’

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Polarizing auteur Lena Dunham emerges from self-imposed exile to talk about new Sundance “sexual fable” SharpStick, a potential Girls reboot and how surviving hate, sickness, addiction and her own “blind spots” led to artistic rebirth

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All of this unfolded after Dunham had emerged from the darkest period of her life. A “50-car pileup,” is how she puts it. It began during the final season ofin 2016, when the pressures of churning out the hit series while being cudgeled daily on social media and in the press — taking hits for everything from her looks to her many well-documented PR gaffes — finally cracked her foundations. The right was calling her a child molester ; the left was calling her a traitor .

“I have always been by nature what I call a ‘bed creature,'” she explains during one of several Zoom conversations. Dunham is seated on the floor of her parents’ New York City home in a deeply cut V-neck sweater, a leopard print headband atop her hair. Her husband, Peruvian-British musician Luis Felber — whom mutual friends set her up with in January 2021 and whom she married eight months later — occasionally appears in the doorway behind her.

Dunham passed those early days of the pandemic gorging herself on a certain type of movie — mostly from the 1970s and revolving around a specific breed of complicated, sexually liberated women. “. Basically every performance Gena Rowlands has ever given,” she says. “And I was thinking, ‘There has to be room for something like this.'”

 

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Aside from the video the porn actor sends Sarah Jo, which was really heart felt, there's not much to be said about the movie. I wish there was more to it, because I really like the cast but... Oh, well.

hate that i have the same genetic condition as her…

No, we don't need her

great article! my copy was at my doorstep and i couldn't wait to read it. i'm a fan.

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i literally can’t explain how much i hate this woman

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She openly admits to sexually assaulting a sibling, struggling with addiction and now is rushing into adopting a child who was separated from their family for likely those exact same reasons?!! But she had the resources to “heal” and they don’t, so she deserves to take their baby

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Why is she on your cover? She is not newsworthy and her whataboutism posing as an apology doesn’t deserve a platform. Do better

Didn't this bitch write in a memoir about molesting her sister? Probably don't give her a child.

No, thank you.

how is this bitch gonna reboot a show about her and her rich friends? just make another show about a rich new yorker and her friends I'll introduce you to like 10 who are also writers

Lena Dunham should never be allowed on the cover of anything

Ughh, I thought we were done with Dunham. 🙄

the poetic justice behind her wanting kids is too much.

We ain’t forget

And on the same day I had run out of trash bags

Do artists have to be good people in order for others to enjoy their art? Throughout the show Girls, she mocked herself and peers for being self-indulgent, narcissistic and entitled.

'her own “blind spots” led to artistic rebirth', silly me, I thought it was because of her racist tweets and because she bragged about molesting her little sister when she was an infant...

Idk who she is… but she sounds toxic AF and it is NO surprise Hollywood is like “yes! Let’s give that one another chance instead of hiring someone who isn’t a full blown narcissist… who doesn’t know how to apologize!”

No thank you.

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Why they giving attention to this desperate attention seeker

Finally, a cover as disgusting as the publication.

Fat and a sexual predator. Ratio.

Wow your stylist really hates her huh

Who is Lena Dunhman and why is she showing off her cankles

No one asked to hear about this child molestor.

There's nobody on Earth, that makes me want to pour hydrofluoric acid straight down my dick hole, than this broad.

NOBODY CARES!

Ew I'm throwing coconuts 🥥🥥🥥 and tomatoes🍅🍅🍅

keep it

How can we renew the 'exile'?

Remember when Lena Dunham opened her mouth and truth came out? Nope, me neither. 🚮

I would love to see your movie. - Liz from NYC

I've always thought I was in the minority thinking she was obnoxious. Apparently I wasn't.

Every word of this was worse than the word before it.

I hope the reboot is Women.

Everyone hating , bother to read the article? She’s made mistakes (some way overblown ) but even the worst of it was never from a hateful place , unlike the meaness here in comments.

Why are we still allowing Lena Dunham to speak on anything?

Didn’t she brag about sexually assaulting her little sister? Cool choice of cover “model”.

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Hey, remember when Lena Dunham made false rape allegations that pointed to a very specific person, and only withdrew them after he threatened litigation? Remember when she casually admitted to molesting her sister through infancy and toddlerhood as if that's normal? I remember.

Rich girl from rich connected parents getting to say and do whatever she wants and people eat it up.... yeah. Heard this one before. 'Auteur'?! No.

We don’t want this repackaged woke PR stunt to help push more of her work into media for mindless consumption. Thank you.

I have no opinion on Dunham but didn’t Girls come out last decade? We really rebooting shit that’s only a decade old?

Girls reboot: Adam and Jessa lasted 2 toxic years before splitting, she's now with a woman. Adam dates a famous actor but feels insecure he's not famous. Hannah convinced her kid to be non-binary and uses it as a way to feel special, Marnie and Zosia girl-bosses in law/business

Looking like a fine swine

🤢

No one cares. Sounds like she uses drugs to cope with her mental illness.

irrelevant woman

'Polarizing auteur'? She sexually abused her sister.

Lol she looks like Jabba the Hutt

ThePerezHilton

isn’t this the girl who wished she’d had an abortion?

how much did she pay for this piece lmao

Who is she?

Oh good, sex pest lena Dunham trying to make herself relevant again.

'self-imposed exile' as if we had no problem with her to begin with

TimJDillon

I don’t think this woman should be allowed to adopt a child.

Seems like few people like her all for different reasons. Interesting lol

Nah, cancel her. She’s toxic

It's been so nice not seeing ANYTHING about this oaf. Until now...

Remember when this thing boasted she sexually assaulted her little sister, or how she thought a black person owed her sex, or how she shamed a woman who was raped because her friend was the rapist.

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Who would listen to her. No thanks.

Didn’t she rape her sister (as written in her very OWN book) 🙄 I’m tired of y’all giving her a platform when she is a GOD AWFUL person.

Stop giving this trash a platform

This has to be the equivalent of a troll posting online - they know it will generate hate clicks

NOBODY CARES, NOBODY CARES 😖

We hate to inform you that your 1 minute of fame is over. Absolutely nobody is interested in a morbidly obese, absolutely heinous woman who thinks that acknowledging how gross she is should make her cool. Also, she admitted to molesting her sister as a child...Enough.

Yeah, no thanks…she can go back to hiding…we’re good.

Please. One Girls was bad enough.

She confessed to molesting her sister. We're supposed to cancel JK Rowling but care about this clown. No thank you.

Imagine the smell

🤢🤮

so glad i know nothing of this person.

Now imagine the public reaction if those were confessions of a man.

It was a good run not hearing from her. I’ll remember the good times.

Auteur? You call this sexual abuser an auteur? Oh god

Seems like a ratio may be occuring lol

Why are we giving an admitted predator a platform?!

Self-imposed exile? I thought people saw “Camping” and were like, OK that’s enough, we’re done with her now.

After what she did to Aurora Perrineau, there is no coming back for her. She is not trustworthy, she will try to use her influence to diminish a young SA victim's experience again bc the perpetrator was her friend. Let's not let her. She is a r*pe apologist.

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No.

Every. Single. Response.

Happy to know everyone feels the same as me about this chick. She can disappear lmao

Do not let this person adopt

Absolutely, positively nobody alive on the planet earth right now is asking for or wants to see a reboot of Girls.

Pardon my lack of enthusiasm

Didn’t she molest her sister?

Why would girls need a reboot, write a new fucking show.

I thought she had lost weight?

Girls is the one of very few ensemble-cast shows that LITERALLY no one has ever requested a reboot of 🤮 But why should we be surprised that a woman with a history of s*xual assult is once again trying to force herself on us?

Go away, sexual predator.

The dislike for her crosses all political, racial and religious boundaries

NOOOOOO DONT LET HER ADOPT SHE WAS HISTORY OF BEING A CHILD PREDtor!!!!!!!

Is “polarizing auteur” another way of saying “talentless hack who was born on third and thinks she hit a triple?” Just checking. ⚾️

kirstynporter potential girls reboot

Didn't she admit to molesting her little sister? In writing, basically, bc it was during an interview for a popular magazine?Like...why are we still okay with her?

Can she go back into exile now?

Lol still desperately needs to be famous. Very cool imo

Gross, won't last.

Her again?

Why are you guys giving a platform to someone who admits to molesting their sibling?!? Like WTF

'Polarizing'. ... I think the word you're looking for is 'Problematic'.

Didn’t she molest her sibling and y’all celebrate her 🙄

Which one of her parents asked for a favor?

New Lena Variant? Is there a booster I can take?

Y'all know that you could have picked more flattering outfits for lenadunham. You all are just wrong for this and I think you're trolling us with these photos and this article.😳

Your blurb was wrong How about “polarizing publicity hound and self important annoying person”

Why are you giving this woman a platform? I still remember what she did to her sister.

I’d like to know , why all of the clothes she’s wearing are obviously wrinkled. They may be her clothes, but do you not have a steamer available? I’ve got issues w/her but you put a woman writer/director on your cover & you didn’t make sure her clothes were right. Not good.🤷🏼‍♀️

It feels also as though Lena doesn't have a maternal bone in her body.

cancelLena already

Haven't we suffered enough?

Excuse me, WTF Who prescribes a child Klonopin

No girls reboot please we have suffered enough

Why would you give this slob any outlet? She admitted to molesting her sister.

Polarizing is a weird way of saying child abuser

Please stop giving this creature attention. We're all hoping it will go away on its own.

Stop giving this shitty person a platform

TheCoomunist sound the watch! We have a sighting!

How can you be dolled up wearing couture and still look sticky af? Permanently pass

Wow 😮 lotta hate in this thread.

Quit interviewing Lena Dunham.

She outed her Trans sibling. She can GO

“Self-imposed”?

Does she at all address discrediting a Black rape victim? Or have we learnt nothing from Ghislaine Maxwell and are attempting to cover up for Women who provide cover for abusers?

I wonder what her sister thinks of her.

I’m happy she beat her addiction, but no to amplifying someone who shamed a rape victim and molested her sister.

how has this 'thing' not been cancelled. Seems its ok to admit to sexual abuse as long as your left wing

What a guy, that Jack Antonoff.

Sorry, I don't like her!

Ahh the old days when my cable package briefly had HBO on it and I got through maybe 3 eps of Girls, absolutely infuriated at the time I wasted trying to 'get it'.

Is this the woman who pushed pebbles in to her sister?

Ughhh go away .. I still can’t believe we have to listen to her after she came after women going through infertility .. tell me more rice white lady who has never had to worry about money

Didnt she molest her little sister and defend it...?

can we stop giving abusers a platform?

Miss Lena “I molested my sister” Dunham? No thanks 🍅🍅🍅🍅

awful pose!

who cares what she has to say…? I mean, nope… 🤦🏼‍♀️

Gross.

My reaction when I hear the name Lena Dunham.

Who?

Lena Dunham is the Joss Whedon of Mel Gibsons. The fuck outta here with this shit.

Literally no one asked for this. Lol

She is the worst. Pls stop

Auteur?

Ew

Why do exiles last until the next award season on average? 🤢

Stop trying to make this heifer famous. We don't like her and we don't care.

A sexual predator should not be allowed to adopt a child

Girls does not need a reboot

How do you make even your drug addiction boring?

Addicted to food i guess? Anyhow, she promised us to move to Canada og Trump won. Thats years and years ago, keep your promise miss hindenburg

I cannot stand extreme conservatives, but they're right. Liberal Hollywood is a disgusting place. Why give this privileged white woman another chance when there's so many minority men and women begging for a shot. LenaDunham HollywoodDisgusting WhitePrivilege

Yuck. Hoping against a 'redemption arc' for this woman.

I love this woman holy fuck

Can we just not? We were going well for so long without, why stop now?

Please stop pointing cameras and microphones at her.

Please GAWD NO.

How did she get out?! Satan got some explaining to do...

didn’t she sexually assault her little sister

Don't listen to the naysayers, you look absolutely BEAUTIFUL! YOU BE YOU SIS! FAT POWER!

Rework this thread, and have it read: 'Predators can be from any demographic. Predators can be anyone. Predators can come in all shapes and sizes.'

'Avatar of entitled nepotism Lena Dunham' would be a more fitting introductory description.

Still as fat as ever.

This is so gross. Don’t know why someone who molested her own damn sister is still be featured on magazines and allowed to still work in Hollywood.

No. Next

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Wasn’t that the lady that abused her little sister growing up

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'And for my next act, I will squeeze a turd out of my chest.' -Lena Dunham

Oh hell! She should not be adopting any child of any kind

She's so pancake batter-y

Why

‘Oh great, Lena Dunham’s back’ -said by nobody, ever

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Is she polarizing, though? I actually think dislike of her is something a lot of Americans have in common.

Hollywood Reporter loves these feminist weirdos - someone in charge must be a fan

Stop giving a child molestor and a rape apologist a platform if ya wanted a plus size woman on the cover y’all know that Melissa McCarthy and Lizzo are right there..

I wonder what jackantonoff does every time Lena trends. Does he start drinking? Take an ice bath? Pull out his toenails?

Not sure if there is anyone in 'Hollywood' I dislike more than this person.

Please don't.

isn't she on-record as having described the ways she sexually abused her sibling

No one gives a shit about her. Seriously.

No thank you.

Addiction to food?

She is cute

Sorry the only person cool enough to be addicted to Klonopin is Stevie Nicks. Also we definitively do NOT STAN. We have not forgot about sister touching + Odell Beckham jr

No thanks :)

this is what white privilege looks like

I see she looks worse than ever

that's a no. just 'NO.' end of tweet.

I'm very concerned about the fact that someone who sexually abused their sibling wants to adopt...

Please stop promoting giving people like this innocent children to fulfil their parenting fantasies?!?!? As an adoptee, I feel pretty strongly about us NOT being placed with self-confessed abusers and sexual predators? wtaf

How are you still in business? Hopefully not for much longer.

Same week as Jack Antonoff was on SNL.

She molested her sister and took joy in seeing her emotional pain

if you make me look at or think of this freak of nature ever again i’m committing wär crimęs

Shame on you for this.

Fat. lmao

'a potential Girls reboot'

Didn't this woman openly admit to sexually assaulting her underage sister? Why is she on the cover of your magazine?

Lena Dunham?! In this economy?!? 😉

Isn’t it bad enough that we’re living through a global pandemic? We have to live through more Lena Dunham?

lenadunham the haters r jealous that you came up in a financially stable household, writing comes easy to u, that you were comfortable being nude and didn’t hate your body. You have no filter when you speak, like an old person, which made you successful at 24. Never stop. Love U

No thanks. Plenty of folks who could use, and are more deserving of, the spotlight.

she just won’t stop gaining weight

Joss Whedon: 'I'm going to give the most self aggrandizing interview this week.' Lena Dunham: 'Hold my beer...'

Yeah, she's still a sex predator.

She sexually assaulted her little sister and admitted to it, wtf are you doing

Lol ‘auteur’

Why?

No one asked how she’s doing.

Aren't they careful about who can adopt? Seriously.

Didn’t she admit to inappropriately touching her younger sister?

Pretty cool how she gets a pass for molesting a child…

Why?

The only exile we care about:

Yeah I don’t want to hear what an abuser, racist, generally awful human has to say.

Please stop giving this monster a platform for fucks sake

Why does she get a front page and a Sundance premier? I mean, being a drug addict makes you some sort of hero? She should start from zero like any other showbiz artist. If she has talent it will show, but don’t bring her back like she’s the last Pepsi in the desert.

This is the most poorly fitted, horribly styled, badly posed photoshoot I've ever seen, and I hope to god it was on purpose, because she deserves it.

The Trap O that will never go away! Nobody wants to see this vile human nor her shows! Every time she opens her mouth rude stuff comes out! Can we say insecure!

JHFC why. Why? WHY?!

stop trying to rehabilitate abusers challenge

Auteur? You mean rich white chick who became and even richer white chick because of her rich white chick connections?

It would be great if y’all could help her with this whole exile thing and never report on her nasty ass ever again.

I wish they’d shown her curves cause her body looks BANGIN’ from what I can see through that cloak. Her and Lizzo should collaborate on a beauty spread

she bragged about sexually abusing her sister as a kid in her memoir. we don't care!!

Why would anyone give a damn about her anymore?

I have an idea. Maybe we can stop talking about her. FOREVER. Like until the end of time. The world is ACTUALLY ending and we still just don’t talk about her.

If only there were a vaccine to protect against any more Lena Dunham. 🤮

No. Always a no for this person.

Lena Dunkums

Kick rocks. All of them

She sexually abused her sister is that in the article too

She is a bully who used her clout to have an essay published an accusing a victim of sexual assault of lying. She claims that we should believe women but not “that specific woman especially if the accusations are against my friend.”

There was no self-imposed exile— we wanted her to go AWAY. That chooses to prop up an abusive, non-inclusive and uninspiring person like LD when you have gems like Zendaya, Quinta Brunson and Nicole Byer RIGHT HERE is the absolute pinnacle of a flop moment. Shameful.

ew why isn’t she ostracized yet… rich people are disgusting but she’s another level.

She exiled herself? Never noticed.

I sick.

She really could have waited just a few eons before 'emerges.' filthy

“Self imposed exile” my ass. Pretty much everyone stopped paying attention to her thankfully.

Tell dude to go back where he was please

Just in case anybody is under the delusion that anybody's ever really canceled, even when they should be, here's Exhibit A

She sexually abused her sister

good to see her out of exile, hope she keeps informing us of the pets that die mysteriously under her care

You can miss me with that

she needs to get a job imo

No fucking thank you.

🤮🤮🤮 There goes my erection!

Stop pushing Lena on us.

Exile? Her IMDB page says otherwise.

Looks like she took time away to get….facial reconstruction surgery? Is that even her?

going with 'auteur' eh

BOOOOO

Does anyone actually like her besides Hillary Clinton?

“polarizing” is an interesting way to describe a racist who bragged about grooming and abusing her own sister but Hollywood loves pedophiles

I would rather be dragged behind a car lol

“Polarizing” Literally every person I know dislikes Lena Dunham. It might be one of the last universally agreed upon things left lmfao.

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Nobody wants this.

No thank you

Does she still kill pets?

She’s so gross, after what she admitted to doing to her sis, and the n-word stuff, yeah, get lost Lena and stay gone pls privileged elitist fool

Does living in England mean ‘exile’ when she’s still very prominent on social media and was there directing a show for HBO 😂? If she considers that exile she’s still pretty self unaware.

ew

'Auteur' 🤮🤮🤮

How about we ignore her and let someone who didn't fingerblast their little sister be famous instead!?

Never watched girls never 👎🏻 liked her. Why are they digging this crap up again

Hollywood Trades, baby!: They’ll host Power of Women events non-stop. Then they’ll make damn sure they cover up every inch of a woman who looks - different.

Household name? Lol she wishes

no

LOVE this! Great!

Yes. Child molesters who lie about being raped tend to be polarizing

Disgusting

Using “Self-Imposed Exile” after she was called out for using the N-word is wild lol

Yeah a potential Girls reboot only because she doesn't have the career she wishes after the original series 🤫

Did you ask her about Lamby?

No

I liked her fine before. God I hope she hasn't become insufferable. I dig the cape tho.

“self-imposed exile”? buddy we just happily forgot that woman existed

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