{"id":110591,"date":"2024-07-10T02:50:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T02:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/10\/lena-dunham-explains-why-she-feels-protective-over-pal-taylor-swift\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T02:50:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T02:50:56","slug":"lena-dunham-explains-why-she-feels-protective-over-pal-taylor-swift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/10\/lena-dunham-explains-why-she-feels-protective-over-pal-taylor-swift\/","title":{"rendered":"Lena Dunham Explains Why She Feels &#8216;Protective&#8217; Over Pal Taylor Swift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/lena-dunham\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lena Dunham<\/a><span>\u00a0always has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/taylor-swift\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Swift<\/a><span>&#8216;s back. In an interview with\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/the-new-yorker-interview\/lena-dunhams-change-of-pace\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The New Yorker<\/em><\/a><span>, the former\u00a0<\/span><em><span>Girls\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span>actress, 38, speaks about her protective instincts over Swift, 34, with whom she&#8217;s been friends for more than a decade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I&#8217;m always very careful to be protective of her in every single way,&#8221; Dunham says. &#8220;Probably the two things I get asked most in life are &#8216;What is Taylor like?&#8217; and &#8216;Can I have tickets to the Eras Tour?&#8217; And usually my answer to both things is no.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Though she didn&#8217;t want to divulge details about her pal, Dunham does say, &#8220;She&#8217;s everything that you would want her to be. She&#8217;s kind, she&#8217;s devoted, she&#8217;s introspective, she&#8217;s emotional, she&#8217;s funny as f**k.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I guess my feeling sometimes is, &#8216;Isn&#8217;t she giving us enough, guys?'&#8221; Dunham shares.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Dunham has supported Swift professionally, too, attending her Eras Tour in both Boston and Pittsburgh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I like to sometimes go to the cities that are a little bit more off the beaten path. I was telling Lu before we went, &#8216;Listen, you&#8217;ve never seen me like this,'&#8221; Dunham says of her husband, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/lena-dunham-and-husband-luis-felber-make-rare-red-carpet-appearance-188047\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luis Felber<\/a><span>, whom <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/lena-dunham-marries-boyfriend-luis-felber-172849\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">she wed<\/a><span> in 2021. &#8220;It&#8217;s like something comes through me &#8212; it&#8217;s my church. I start speaking in tongues.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Even since before Taylor and I were friends, I just always had felt such a deep connection to her music,&#8221; she continues. &#8220;Something unique to only me, obviously. I&#8217;ve seen every tour she&#8217;s ever done. I love seeing a woman who&#8217;s not yet 40 being, like, &#8216;Yes, I have a body of work.&#8217; What I find inspiring is her acknowledgment of her own prolific expression.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Dunham and Swift first connected over social media in 2012. Since then, Dunham has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/lena-dunham-praises-taylor-swifts-political-stance-admits-she-wasnt-a-fan-of-one-of-her-pals-111409\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">publicly supported Swift<\/a><span> and the singer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/taylor-swift-was-a-bridesmaid-at-lena-dunhams-london-wedding-pics-172998\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">served as a bridesmaid<\/a><span> at the actress&#8217; wedding.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"shortcode shortcode-image content-in\"><figcaption class=\"content-in\"><span>Taylor Swift and Lena Dunham pose together in 2013.<\/span> &#8211; <span class=\"shortcode-image__credit\">Kevin Mazur\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>Elsewhere in the interview, Dunham revealed that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/lena-dunham-says-she-doesnt-want-her-body-dissected-again-like-on-girls-will-not-star-in-her-new\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">she won&#8217;t be starring<\/a><span> in her new Netflix series,\u00a0<\/span><em><span>Too Much,<\/span><\/em><span> instead opting to stay behind the camera. In contrast, Swift is very much in front of the camera as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/taylor-swift-celebrates-113th-eras-tour-show-with-acoustic-performance-of-favorite-songs-228817\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">she continues her Eras Tour<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Recently, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelces-love-story-started-1-year-ago-a-complete-relationship-timeline\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Swift&#8217;s boyfriend<\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/travis-kelce\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Travis Kelce<\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/travis-kelce-recalls-the-one-thing-he-told-himself-not-to-do-while-on-stage-with-taylor-swift\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">joined her onstage<\/a><span> during the show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;It was definitely a new, defining point in their relationship and they had a blast getting the chance to [share] a personal side of themselves with the world,&#8221; a source previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/how-taylor-swift-and-travis-kelces-eras-tour-performance-hints-at-what-their-future-might-hold\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told ET<\/a><span> of the surprise appearance. &#8220;They are so happy with how everything turned out and loved seeing all the fan reactions.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;They are a naturally bonded pair,&#8221; the source added. &#8220;It was a very special experience for them and also hints at what their future\u00a0might hold together.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>RELATED CONTENT:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/lena-dunham-explains-why-she-feels-protective-over-pal-taylor-swift-228831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lena Dunham\u00a0always has Taylor Swift&#8216;s back. In an interview with\u00a0The New Yorker, the former\u00a0Girls\u00a0actress, 38, speaks about her protective instincts over Swift, 34, with whom she&#8217;s been friends for more than a decade. &#8220;I&#8217;m always very careful to be protective of her in every single way,&#8221; Dunham says. &#8220;Probably the two things I get asked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":110592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[174,3304,20,53],"class_list":{"0":"post-110591","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-entertainment-tonight","9":"tag-lena-dunham","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-taylor-swift"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}