Lena Dunham speaks onstage at Reebok And Gigi Hadid Present #PerfectNever Revolution, celebrating the next stage of the brands #PerfectNever message which inspires women to challenge the notion of perfection as part of its Be More Human campaign on December 7, 2016 at Skylight at Clarkson Square in New York City.
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Lena Dunham says that her weight loss doesnt mean she cant advocate for body positivity anymore.
The controversial Girls creator appeared on Ellen and said fans have called her a hypocrite.
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I had this experience of my body changing and suddenly I got all of these people being like, Youre a hypocrite. I thought you were body-positive. I thought you were a person who embraces bodies of all sizes, she said. I do, I just understand that bodies change, we live a long time. Things happen.
Dunham said the criticism is sexist.
It really was evidenced that as a woman in Hollywood, you just cant win, she said.
The writer and actress said that she started working out because of her endometriosis, and emphasized that she did not lose weight to please other people.
I also just never felt self-conscious about [my weight], she said. I was like: Anyone who was going to take the time to say something negative about my weight on the Internet wasnt someone I was particularly keen to impress anyway.
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