Lena Dunham Loves Celebrity Gossip: I Need to Know Who's Breaking Up and "Who Might Be Pregnant"

Girls star reveals her guiltiest pleasure in O, The Oprah Magazine's October issue

By Zach Johnson Sep 12, 2014 3:45 PMTags
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Yes, even celebrities love celebrity gossip.

In O, The Oprah Magazine's October 2014 issue, Girls creator and star Lena Dunham admits she loves going online to stay up to date with what's happening in Hollywood. In fact, it's her guiltiest pleasure!

"I know that by reading them I'm supporting an industry that hurts people who are making art and putting themselves on the line," says Dunham, who's been the subject of rumors and internet witch hunts herself. "Still, all I want to know is who is breaking up with whom and who might be pregnant."

That's not all Dunham reveals. Asked to name her best quirk, she replies, "I can fall asleep anytime, anyplace. I've taken satisfying naps in a chair on set and on a park bench. I'm notorious in my family for having slept through a fire at our house when I was 5. The fire department came, and I missed it all."

Dunham, a two-time Golden Globe winner, also reveals the best advice she's ever received. "Jane Rosenthal from Tribeca Films once told me, 'Let them say whatever they want about you, but don't let them say you didn't answer their phone call,'" says the 28-year-old actress, whose debut memoir, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned," is available Sept. 30.

Dunham continues, "She inspired me to decide that I'm never going to be the person who lets emails and voice mails sit for weeks—I'm going to be the person who responds, even if the answer is no."