“After outrage erupted over Lena Dunham’s recent remark that “I still haven’t had an abortion, but I wish I had”, the Girls star posted a lengthy apology to her Instagram account late Tuesday.
“”My words were spoken from a sort of ‘delusional girl’ persona I often inhabit, a girl who careens between wisdom and ignorance (that’s what my TV show is too) and it didn’t translate,” she said in her Instagram post. “That’s my fault.”
“It was the type of apology many have come to expect from Dunham – complete with self-flagellation, an odd attempt at explanation and a lingering hint of self-absorption.
“The outspoken writer and actress has sparked plenty of controversy recently, surrounding a couple of her tweets that deal with race, her sexual interactions with her little sister and her suggestion that a star football player was a misogynist.”
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