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'Celebrity Hurts Everyone, Not Just Celebrities'

An interview with "Famesick" author and "Girls" creator Lena Dunham

Heather Havrilesky
Jun 24, 2026
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Lena Dunham is very smart and painfully honest.

I know that’s obvious, but these two traits are vanishingly rare among big-time celebrities with careers to protect. So when I saw that Dunham was writing a book called FAMESICK, I thought, Finally, our spy will share the truth about how wretched and harrowing life can be as America’s twisted sweetheart!

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