Lena Dunham: I'm not a hypocrite because I lost weight!
The actor is having none of that!
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Lena Dunham has finally responded to those who have been calling her a "hypocrite" for losing weight. The Girls star discussed the matter when she dropped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Wednesday, March 22, reported US Weekly.
Ellen, 59, told Lena, 30, that she looked great before addressing the critics. "I know you got a lot of flak for losing weight, which is ridiculous. What were they saying?" the former asked.
"Well, it's just so crazy because I spent six years of my career being called things like 'bag of milk' on the internet, you know? 'Baby cow,' 'aging cow.' I just never felt self-conscious about it," Lena replied. "Anyone who's going to take the time to say something negative about my weight on the internet wasn't someone I was particularly keen to impress anyway."
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The actor has been critiqued for her looks since the 2012 debut of her popular HBO hit, wherein her character, Hannah Horvath is a free-spirited woman. Since wrapping the sixth season, Dunham has stepped out with a slimmer frame.
"I had this experience of my body changing and suddenly I got all these people being like, 'You're a hypocrite, I thought you were body positive. I thought you were a person who embraced bodies of all sizes,' and I was like, 'I do! I just also understand that bodies change. We live a long time, things happen,'" she added. "I was frustrated by it because it really was evidence that as a woman in Hollywood, you just can't win."
Just last week, Lena slammed body-shamers over Instagram. "I feel I've made it pretty clear over the years that I don't care what anyone else feels about my body. I've gone on red carpets in couture as a size 14. I've done scenes days after surgery, mottled with scars. I've accepted that my body is an ever-changing organism, not a fixed entity, and what goes up must come down and vice versa," she wrote on March 16. "I smile just as wide no matter my current size because I'm proud of what this body has seen and done and represented."
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Ellen, 59, told Lena, 30, that she looked great before addressing the critics. "I know you got a lot of flak for losing weight, which is ridiculous. What were they saying?" the former asked.
"Well, it's just so crazy because I spent six years of my career being called things like 'bag of milk' on the internet, you know? 'Baby cow,' 'aging cow.' I just never felt self-conscious about it," Lena replied. "Anyone who's going to take the time to say something negative about my weight on the internet wasn't someone I was particularly keen to impress anyway."
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The actor has been critiqued for her looks since the 2012 debut of her popular HBO hit, wherein her character, Hannah Horvath is a free-spirited woman. Since wrapping the sixth season, Dunham has stepped out with a slimmer frame.
"I had this experience of my body changing and suddenly I got all these people being like, 'You're a hypocrite, I thought you were body positive. I thought you were a person who embraced bodies of all sizes,' and I was like, 'I do! I just also understand that bodies change. We live a long time, things happen,'" she added. "I was frustrated by it because it really was evidence that as a woman in Hollywood, you just can't win."
Just last week, Lena slammed body-shamers over Instagram. "I feel I've made it pretty clear over the years that I don't care what anyone else feels about my body. I've gone on red carpets in couture as a size 14. I've done scenes days after surgery, mottled with scars. I've accepted that my body is an ever-changing organism, not a fixed entity, and what goes up must come down and vice versa," she wrote on March 16. "I smile just as wide no matter my current size because I'm proud of what this body has seen and done and represented."
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