Lena Dunham and Taylor Swift go way back and she does not take their friendship for granted.
The Girls star, 38, has been a part of the singer’s, 34, ‘squad’ for over a decade and has had an inside look at the scrutiny Taylor’s faced – both personally and professionally – since she was a teenager.
‘I’m always very careful to be protective of her in every single way,’ she explained in a new profile in The New Yorker.
‘Probably the two things I get asked most in life are “What is Taylor like?” and “Can I have tickets to the Eras Tour?” And usually my answer to both things is no,’ Lena – who attended Wimbledon last week – said.
Lena is very ‘protective’ of her friend’s privacy but she did say that Swift is ‘everything that you would want her to be.’
Lena Dunham and Taylor Swift go way back and she does not take their friendship for granted, pictured in 2015
‘She’s kind, she’s devoted, she’s introspective, she’s emotional, she’s funny as f**k,’ she added. ‘I guess my feeling sometimes is, isn’t she giving us enough, guys?’
And even though the two stars are friends, the This is 40 star is also a big fan who sings her heart out every time she attends one of the Bejeweled singer’s concerts.
‘I like to sometimes go to the cities that are a little bit more off the beaten path,’ she said of the Eras Tour dates she’s been to.
‘I was telling [my husband Luis Felber] before we went, ‘Listen, you’ve never seen me like this,” she recalled.
‘It’s like something comes through me – it’s my church. I start speaking in tongues. Even since before Taylor and I were friends, I just always had felt such a deep connection to her music.’
And she’s seen every tour that Taylor has done.
‘I love seeing a woman who’s not yet forty being, like, ‘Yes, I have a body of work,’ What I find inspiring is her acknowledgment of her own prolific expression.’
In the same New Yorker interview, the Treasure star revealed that she’d dropped out of directing the Polly Pockets movie.
‘I’m not going to make the Polly Pocket movie. I wrote a script, and I was working on it for three years.’
Emily in Paris star Lily Collins, 35, had been signed to portray the title character, based on the popular 1980s toy, when the project was announced in 2021.
Dunham explained it was fellow writer and director Greta Gerwig‘s success with the blockbuster Barbie that fueled her decision to step away.
‘I’m always very careful to be protective of her in every single way,’ Lena explained in a new profile in The New Yorker; (L-R) Hailee Steinfeld, Gigi Hadid, Taylor Swift, Lily Aldridge and Lena Dunham seen in 2015
‘Probably the two things I get asked most in life are ‘What is Taylor like?’ and ‘Can I have tickets to the Eras Tour?’ And usually my answer to both things is no,’ Lena said
Lena is very protective of her friend’s privacy but she did say that Swift is ‘everything that you would want her to be’; seen in 2016
‘She’s kind, she’s devoted, she’s introspective, she’s emotional, she’s funny as f**k,’ she added. ‘I guess my feeling sometimes is, isn’t she giving us enough, guys?’; seen in 2013
‘I think Greta managed this incredible feat [with Barbie], which was to make this thing that was literally candy to so many different kinds of people and was perfectly and divinely Greta,’ she explained.
‘And I just — I felt like, unless I can do it that way, I’m not going to do it. I don’t think I have that in me,’ she said.
‘I feel like the next movie I make needs to feel like a movie that I absolutely have to make.
‘No one but me could make it. And I did think other people could make Polly Pocket,’ she said.
News
Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce Double Date With Patrick & Brittany Mahomes in New Photos
Patrick and Brittany Mahomes probably aren’t the first couple to make a double date out of one of Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour concerts — but they might be…
Taylor Swift Announces the Next Single Off ‘The Tortured Poets Department’
Taylor Nation’s official account made the announcement on Instagram Tuesday, adding that the single and new album art will be available on all streaming platforms Taylor Swift announced…
Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Beyoncé Lead Mid-Year Album Sales, Latin Music Continues Fast Growth
Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Billie Eilish had the most successful years thus far in terms of U.S. album sales, according to Luminate‘s midyear music report for 2024. The report, which examines trends…
Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, K-Pop Acts See a Huge Boost in 2024 Sales With ‘Variants’: The Same Album in Different Packages
Exclusive bonus tracks… Five different shades of vinyl… Tour booklet with exclusive photos… “Fans First” exclusive picture disc… Boxed set with candle, hoodie and CD… Target exclusive,…
Andy Reid tells Travis Kelce harsh truth about Taylor Swift in interview days before Chiefs training camp Their relationship is having an effect on the field
As the leader of the back-to-back Super Bowl champs, Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid has seen it all. On the rare occasions that he opens up about the off-field dynamics…
Travis Kelce shows he behaves differently when he’s with women other than Taylor Swift
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, center, attends Game 3 of the NBA basketball Western Conference finalsAP In the world of sports and entertainment, few couples garner…
End of content
No more pages to load