To whom it may concern: I am begging you to STOP with pink eye makeup. Forever. Do glitter eyes. Do a smokey eye. Do a silver eye. DO NOT DO A PINK EYE. It will always make you look like a zombie, or like you just got over a horrible virus.
Anyway, these are photos from the premiere of Girls’ Season 5 (the final season) last week. Beyond the bad makeup and the bangs trauma, Lena Dunham is looking a bit more svelte these days. She was on a weight-loss kick last year, and she was going to Tracy Anderson’s classes, so maybe that stuff is working. Or maybe Lena has just been on the Trump Diet for the past three months. That’s what she told Howard Stern yesterday – Lena says she’s lost weight recently because she’s too devastated (politically) to eat.
Most people turn to diets and exercise to lose extra pounds, but Girls star Lena Dunham is sharing a new weight-loss trick you may not want to try at home. Dunham stopped by Howard Stern’s SiriusXM radio show Monday morning and revealed that she has none other than Donald Trump to thank for her slim figure.
“Donald Trump became president and I stopped being able to eat food,” she told Stern, 63, after he complimented her look. “Everyone’s been asking like, ‘What have you been doing?’ And I’m like, ‘Try soul-crushing pain and devastation and hopelessness and you, too, will lose weight.’”
The 30-year-old actress, who was on hand to promote the upcoming sixth and final season of Girls, has not been shy about her dislike for the President, and apparently, the feeling is mutual.
“He said I was a B-list actor with no mojo,” Dunham told Stern, who followed up by asking if it was a mistake for someone with responsibilities as great as Trump’s to pay such close attention to celebrities. “Here’s the funny thing. Of course, it’s a mistake, but we’re talking about him like he’s a person who is operating in a sane way, we’re talking about him like a person who doesn’t have a personality disorder.”
Dunham, who famously pledged a move to Canada if Trump won the election, also clarified those comments to Stern, saying that, at the time, a win for the 70-year-old tycoon “seemed like an impossible joke” that “would never happen. I was like, ‘The most qualified candidate we’ve ever had is running against a steak salesman. We’re going to be fine.’”
I find myself concerned with how much I’ve been relating to Lena recently, and by how much I’ve been explaining her statements. You know what? I’m also on a Trump Diet and it wasn’t even my intention. Ever since Election Day, I’ve been sick to my stomach and I grow nauseous whenever I see him on TV. That’s one of the big reasons why I have been avoiding cable news – I want to be able to keep a few meals down. Of course, I’ve also been working off my excess rage and anger at the gym too. Trump Diet, peeps. I’ll be two dress sizes smaller by the time we are all conscripted into fighting Trump’s war with Australia.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
Anyone else is allowed to feel this way. I’m with you. Muah.
But when I read that Lena Dunham is talking about “soul-crushing pain and devastation” I just… can’t. She’s just too annoying. I know that’s bad, that we should all be sticking together. But I will not let the Trump presidency alter what I know to be real and true, and I really and truly know that Lena Dunham is annoying as f*ck.
I could get “soul-crushing” if she was, you know, a person at risk. But Lena, honey? You are rich. You will always be able to buy healthcare, regardless of the ACA’s fate. You will always have options because you can leave the country (and btw – I find jokes about moving to Canada dumb in general). Your family is not at risk of deportation.
I get being upset, but I also feel like her reaction is way out of course, given that she stands to lose very little under President Trump, compared to some others.
I listened to the entire interview. Before she stated that she was crushed she said that she was a rich white woman that wasn’t one of the people at risk in Trump’s America, but that she was still troubled like the rest of us were. She wasn’t trying to make herself a victim. It was a good interview and for once she didn’t insert foot in mouth! Lol
@Sam, I mean, we all stand to possible die.
Everybody is a person at risk under el Trumpito in different degrees. Next up we’ll be saying actors are not allowed to have opinions and celebrities are emotionless.
Money can only insulate you so much against systemic issues like misogyny or racism (ask Chris Rock) and an issue like female bodily autonomy for instance, affects all of us. It is bad for every single one of us who has vagina, regardless if our economic status.
Kitten: wealthy women always got what they wanted when it came to reproduction. It was just an issue of leaving the country. Lena will still have her options, even if she needs to put on more money for them. That is not the case for everybody.
So just because she can afford to fly out of the country to get an abortion, that means that the issue of female bodily autonomy doesn’t affect her? I very much disagree with you on that. In fact, I would argue that the very idea that the government is hell-bent on controlling our reproductive rights is an issue that affects all of us, regardless or gender OR economic status.
I think your argument is a pretty slippery slope.
Look at it this way: I could technically afford an abortion and currently, I have access to abortions in the state I live in, yet I wouldn’t have an abortion at this stage in my life. Does that mean that I shouldn’t be upset about the plan to defund PP and make abortions illegal?
Because I will still vigorously oppose legislation that seeks to deny that right to other women. I mean, isn’t that what liberalism IS? Liberals pride themselves on advocating for the rights of others, regardless of whether we are directly impacted by conservative legislation or not. That’s what makes us different than conservative.
I’m not gay, I’m not black, I’m not an immigrant or a Muslim, I’m not poor but that doesn’t mean I won’t advocate for everyone who is under the gun in Trump’s America.
I think this is just a case of Dunham not being able to say anything right according to the people who hate her. I’m no fan myself, but I refuse to nitpick about who publicly decries Trump at this point. Don’t lose sight of the bigger picture here.
@Sam, I’ll acknolwedge I’m a person in a position of privelage (because I’m white and middle class), but I don’t think that means we’re any less affected by this administration. 1) I have friends/family who aren’t in as privelaged of a position and I have empathy (unlike some Trump voters) 2) I’m scared to death that we are going to have a fascist government very soon with the way things have been going and if that’s the case then we’re all fucked way more than just losing ACA.
I’m not saying she can’t have an opinion. She feels how a lot of us feel.
I’m saying I, personally, find her insufferable. And the fact that she’s also upset about a Trump presidency just does not alter how insufferable she is to me.
For me, agreeing with Lena Dunham would be an #alternativefact
@Shambles 😆 ok, gotcha! I was never a big fan either.
But I am starting to like her efforts to better herself and I find she gets too much grief compared to others for just trying out opinions and starting debates.
Also she has a very specific physique and I sometimes wonder if people are not exerting a sort of… primitive angst thrown at the “ugly” girl (another poster’s words, not mine).
SlowSnow, I hear you.
I comepltely see how some people might be throwing some unwarranted criticism at her because of some unconscious biases due her looks. But I also think she spent a lot of time playing to that idea, as if she was purposefully trying to make herself dowdy so that people would make fun of her, and then she could be the victim. I don’t know, it’s just complicated with her.
Speaking for myself, my bias agains Ms. Dunham is rooted in her insufferable rich girl angst, her belief that everything is about her, her tin ear for racism (and other issues) and her inability to pull her head out of her own ass.
If Trump gets a second term maybe Dunham lose so much weight she will disappear completely.
*snicker*
Dunham with her slack-jawed mouth talking about “soul crushing pain” makes me cringe. She’s not a person at risk what-so-ever.
But you are being cruel not to acknowledge the drama, drama, drama of her pain and devastation! Lena feels it all to an extent we mere mortals can’t because she is an actress and capable of great depths of feeling! Of course it doesn’t matter to her that reading of her tragedy is making me feel almost as nauseous as thinking about Orange Foolius.
I just can’t either with Lena even though I didn’t mind her show Girls.
She is just the perpetual whiner. She says stupid shit sometimes and in addition, comes off as quite the moody chick via per public non-working persona.
She looks better with a little less around her mid-section and you can see it in her face but she should have hired a much better tattoo artist than who ever did the current collection she has now.
Lena, please, stop with the slack jawed open mouth picture pose.
The last few months have brought out the best of her, she, like many of us had a very rude awakening i think. Donald Trump really is bringing women together. I’m sure it wasn’t his intention, but its kind of amazing to see so many people put aside their differences to oppose a tyrant.
Agree completely. I’m not a fan of Lena but now isn’t the time to criticize.
I like Lena, but good lord, when is she going to learn how to dress herself? It’s like she goes out of her way to make herself look frumpy and old. She’s a cute girl, she’s barely 30. Can’t someone help her?
I was shocked to hear she is that young. I assumed 37 or something. But the haircolor in her ponytail looks nice, she should have her entire hair that shade.
This is her MO – she dresses and makes up a certain way and then when people criticize she gets to go on an emo diatribe about “things.”
She does look slimmer but not healthy (the makeup is ridic) and I wish she’d pick up something heavier than a plate of sarcasm, she has no muscle tone whatsoever.
I agree though – whenever I hear “President T—p” it’s a punch in the stomach. Every time he’s on the news I turn to whomever is in the room and say “this is OUR President?” It’s fine at home, but the other day I did it in a doctor’s waiting room to a bunch of strangers. I have to get it together.
It’s as if we’re all living in some collective dystopian nightmare.
Good for her, but my alternate theory is that this has more to do with TSwift than Trump.
Dunham really started losing weight and working out once she became a member of that squad. Doesn’t seem like a coincidence.
I’m sure now that we are in the Trump era, that’s only helping things along. (It is for me. I’ve lost 15 pounds since the new year. I need to be in fighting shape to fight this madness).
Hmmmmm… I do love a good conspiracy involving Taylor Swift…. *strokes beard*
badly enough there is no fun complotist plot in this.lena dunham has been humiliated by her participation in one of the star stuffed concerts of miss snake.all the other members of the squad were hollywood actress and supermodel thin with complete make up and sexy clothes.she didn’ t fit in.
I always find her red carpet posing so cringe-worthy. As if she’s attempting this vapid, open-mouthed-sex-vogue-caught-off-guard combo that doesn’t work.
Dead fish mouth – why does she do it?! For someone who always goes on and on (and on and on) about how it hurts her when people post mean things about her online – she sure does her share of trolling with what can only be deliberately bad outfits/hair/makeup. Wear what you want with a complete disregard to what looks attractive (I do often) but then you can’t be all ‘poor me’ when people call you out on it.
I feel like every time she opens her mouth, she does a disservice to whatever it is she’s trying to support.
I get being upset over Trump and everything that’s happened since. But Lena, some of us don’t have the option to feel sick about him. Some of us (and by that, I mean the standard working class) still have to get up, eat and go about our lives, same as before. We don’t have the time to feel so sick over Trump that we can do this. Most of my friends are like me – deeply unhappy that Trump won, but with too much in our own lives to ruminate on it like she does.
While I get being upset (believe me, I do) it seems like she is incapable of speaking in a way that comes off as anything more than pensive navel-gazing. Maybe that’s just a function of how she comes across, but I really think she’d be better off if maybe she opted to take a step back and reflect on the gulf between people like her and people like those she tries to speak to.
ITA.
Precisely! What I was going to say was, “she has her head so far up her own arse, she manages to make perfectly valid points eye-rolly”, but your way is much nicer! 😉
Does she purposely make that face?
I feel her tho. I’ve been in a serious depression since he went into office. Some days it is so hard to get out of bed. I talked about it with my doctor and he said it’s happening with ALL of his patients.
Me, too.
Spoke with a counselor and described it as PTTSED Post-Trump-Traumatic-Stress-Election-Disorder 🙂
Fall asleep thinking about what changes will be brought, not only to America, but what havoc and trauma will be brought on vulnerable nations around the world. Last thought before I pray and fall asleep and the first worry upon waking up.
She’s right about the orange man, of course.
As an aside, it’s like she won’t let herself look good. Just when she’s almost there, she nopes out.
I’m on her same diet, but with more weed
You are my person
Same.
I’m coming to your house QQ
Lettuce all hug Each other and have Weed n’ Wine soires in our socks and PJs .. this past Month has been THEE most
Sock and PJ weed and wine soirée?! This is what the world needs
Is this where I RSVP? I’ll bring the wine!
This month has felt like *years*
I’ve been on a fresh mint, sugar cane, rum, lime, soda and ice diet for years now.
🙂
Speak for yourself! I love my pink eye shadows. Some skin tones may make for a more zombie look, but zombies can be chic.
Me too!
One of the worst mistakes Hillary Clinton made as a candidate was sending Lena Dunham to North Carolina days before the election. People in North Carolina do not relate to Lena Dunham. I could get sending her to some college in a very blue state, but to send her days before the election to a swing state, a very important swing state, a state that swings conservative in most cases. Well, all I can really say is that I accept trump as the legitimate president of the United States because Hillary Clinton made very costly mistakes, such as sending Lena Dunham to North Carolina days before the election. I just wish trump would accept that he is the legitimate president as well.
Clinton still had 3 millions votes than Trump
No.
One of the worst mistakes was the FBI not coming forward with the knowledge that Russia was interfering in the election.
Stop the “what Hillary did wrong” narrative. There was literally nothing she could have done to win because it was always going to be trump.
I disagree. Hillary was out of touch with just enough of the population to lose the election. Sending LD to NC days before the election is an example of how she was out of touch and her campaign staff had no real understanding of where she was losing votes.
I’m for trying new looks and this reminds me of Chloë Sevigny. When I was younger my friends and I wore red eyeliner, it didn’t look traditionally beautiful but that was the point.
I wore red eyeliner! I have the complexion for it so it didn’t look bananas, but also because it was at festivals or parties, like Lena here. Let her have some fun. Plus, it might even be a political statement: look me in the eyes. Or you know, the skin around Trump’s eyes is freakishly pale.
! Unpopular opinion alert! lol
I dunno. She’s growing on me.
After the last thread about her I bought the first episode of Girls and I found it refreshing to see girls of all shapes with stupid problems. It made me think of Seinfeld where all the characters are stupid beyond belief but end up saying and noting little discrepancies in society and making us laught at our own calousness.
And btw Seinfeld annoys me more than this chick who at least discusses stuff, recognises when she’s wrong (sometimes, she’s not a saint), and gives people a platform to talk in her Lenny letter.
Seinfeld has always been so unbearably smarmy! Agree!
She’s LYING
She’s so insecure she constantly tries to look bad because she knows she’s ugly and it’s almost like if she acknowledges it, you can’t hurt her. That’s why she wears bad makeup and ill-fitting clothes.
She probably has been on a huge diet but doesn’t want people to judge her for it.
THIS so much. Lena wants so badly to be attractive.
What’s ugly is what you wrote. Seriously. She’s a good, successful writer, she takes chances, she stands up for what she believes in and yet you ignore all of that and call her ugly. What a champion.
Agreed. No need for that shit.
This girl is So White.
Yes
The facial expressions kill me. Its like she went to the JLo school of posing…yet its always a miss.
yeah, i definitely have been exercising harder and eating less; and if we end up losing healthcare, hey, at least my body will be more able to take care of itself? sigh/growl/headdesk
I can’t stand Lena.
I have been in a major depression since this sociopath was elected, truly. As an abuse and rape survivor, I am ????? (there is no word to do justice) that this sexual predator is POTUS. It has brought up so much that I feel like I’m drowning. Yes, I am trying to fuel my rage constructively, but there are days that I am just raging, not just for me, but for all of the people he has hurt and will continue to hurt.
On those days, and don’t laugh, I go through BabyChanelNicole’s instagram page-Ice T and Coco’s daughter. Without fail, I feel better, if only for a second. She just makes me smile. I’m serious. A stranger’s baby is my sanity right now.
whatever helps, Jen. Treat yourself kindly. Sending love your way.
Thanks, Mimi-very kind of you. #LoveArmy
Urgh.
That’s all I can come up with for her.
Never realised until now, but in Britain we have our very own Lena – Lily Allen.
“It’s all about how Trump effects ME”
I can’t with her. So I’m talking makeup. Red/pink shadow can look great, you just have to know how to work with it. ALWAYS use a cool, dark between as liner. You need a buffer between the red and your eye. That’s really all it takes unless you want to look like a vampire. Then go this route.
I think she looks great.
We all dislike Trump, Americans or not. But some also dislike this woman, she’s too much self involved.
Can i just say, I have actually lost a ton of weight too. I didn’t think about it until reading this but it could very well be because of this trump bull sh!t. I’m American but I don’t live in the USA, I live in toronto, and for the first time in my life I’m actually ashamed to be American.
It’s like a bad break-up or the death of a loved one. That is how I feel since he’s been elected. I’ve lost 10 pounds that I didn’t have to lose.
I feel exactly the same way. My dad hasn’t spoken to me in a week, because I told him I was currently ashamed to be American. But he posted a “if you don’t support Donald trump you don,t love America” meme on Facebook, and I just. Could. Not. Let it slide. 8 years of birtherism,, death panels, fema camps, unprecedented partisan stonewalling, and govt. shutdown – but now I hate America because I despise the president? Nope. I’m a patriot that believes in her country and wants it run by someone more capable. End rant.
PUH-lease. She’s tired of being the overweight one and is conforming. It’s certainly an inventive lie. The Trump Depression Diet.
maybe she ‘s not talented or confident enough to pull it.it’s not like hollyweird supports this kind of body shape.
Dunham GO AWAY please.
I’m so edgy and fake that I’m ashamed to admit I’m trying to lose weight so I’ll turn it into a political issue because I’m such a voice for my generation!
Self-absorption, thy name is Lena.
She’s as edgy as a circle.
She’s annoying but these comments don’t bother me. Maybe she’s telling the truth about the weight loss, maybe not. She’s right about Trump’s awfulness, though. So cheers to her for getting it and giving a damn. Lots of people still don’t.
Looks very nice other than the funny styling . I don’t find her annoying but I’ve yet to watch girls . She’s curious and kind in all interviews I’ve seen
Mine is the reverse. I’ve been eating a lot of junk food and got addicted to soda, something I have sworn off for a decade now. I gained more that 20 lbs since December. But no, Lena, you lost weight because you signed up for that Tracy Anderson program and she made you eat pureed baby food and exercise for hours, six days a week. Give her credit, Trump was just a motivation.
Not sure about your tone / meaning here. But I’m a gourmande and can’t diet much except when I’m seriously upset (like now that I have a close family member with cancer) then I can’t cook or eat more than the minimum to feed my kids and not pass out. You may be the opposite but it’s not uncommon at all
I’m with you. Lost 14 lbs. since the election, and I have plenty more to lose – but my appetite has changed entirely. I called it the Trump Flu. I figure by the end of his first year in office, I will be a warrior princess and ready to lead the Revolution. 🙂
PLEASE STOP POSING WITH YOUR MOUTH OPEN.
Or better yet, just go away. Pretentious bitch.
I was actually just wondering yesterday why despite being glued to my screen and chewing up a bunch of excessive food I didn’t gain weight recently
I’ve got a confession to make – I love pink eyeshadow. Or red/orange for that matter. I just use it in moderation 🙂
Anything for attention. Lena’s mantra, “Me me me.”
Her totally inexplicable, grotesque attempts at making “sexy” faces on the red carpet (dead eyes, mouth agape, chin pointed downward) always mystify me…Like, WHY?
She lost weight????
yes she does! ironically she look more like her infamous photoshopped vogue shoot now bodywise.face and torso are significantly slimmer
She looks nice
Too bad she won’t talk while Trump is president!
This persona annoys me from ass to appetite. GO AWAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
She makes everything about her, doesn’t she?
She needs to brush her teeth and go tf away.
She’s skinny now but still ugly
I know you’re going to think this is Donald Trump when I tell you the following.
When I think of the likes of Lena Dunzo, I think to myself how I could have been successful in this industry a long long time ago. I mean look at all this shit in Hollywood and the rest of arts and entertainment and just DT. I seriously fked up my life. Well Lena, some folks talk about you as if you have intelligence, writing, and comedy skills even with youR personality disorder.
I sure hope it doesn’t come to war with Australia, we’re still smarting from losing the Emu Wars.
We’d be pretty relaxed if invaded… just sit back, watch some cricket and fire up the barbie.
Our native animals will take care of a chunk of the soldiers, the rest will be bamboozled by our chilled vibe and confusing sentences: yeah, nah.
I just can’t with this chick. No matter the situation, she makes it allllll about her.
She’s losing weight because she wants to. And if she ever gets to a point where she is totally happy with her size she will be Star Jones insufferable. Wait for it.
I won’t comment on the political side, because OMG THAT’S MY WHOLE LIFE NOW and yeah, I’m with Lena when it comes to baby-fists. Bleurgh.
So I’ll just comment on the pink eye-shadow instead. There are some colours, in some places, that mimic poor health. Light blue on the lips or fingernails makes you look like you’re lacking blood oxygen. Pink eye-shadow gives the impression of bloodshot eyes.
And because we get a subliminal jolt of aversion and distress when we see someone who looks really sick, those colour choices never look flattering on a person. They’re the opposite of attractive; they make some little creature in our hind-brain start shouting, “Run away! What if it’s contagious?!”
i wish this was my problem. i’ve gained tons of weight since that damn election. i’m a “stress/ sadness eater,” i guess i’ve been trying to fill this, like, empty horrible inner void that watching my country suddenly tumble into some sort of alternate universe/ twilight zone/ free fall has caused. also, all the alcohol. oh man alllllllll the cocktails with friends to just be able to forget for a while & remember good times with decent people when the world made sense and the leader of the free world was rational. now i’m starting to be concerned that there won’t *be* a “free world” much longer.
one would think i’d have lost a little weight with all the marching lately.
but then, the alcohol.
I don’t put on makeup to look pretty, so I totally love this look. Pink mascara! Yes!