How Did Lena Dunham Watch Lena Dunham Give a Speech?

By Madeleine Davies  |  December 10, 2015 | 9:25pm
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Speaking at the Hollywood Reporter’s 2015 Women in Entertainment breakfast, actor/writer/director Lena Dunham kicked things off with a joke, saying, “I am seated near Kris Jenner. It doesn’t have to be a big deal for you, but it is for me.” The camera then cut to the crowd—a crowd that mysteriously included Dunham herself—laughing uproariously.


Here she is telling her joke:

Here she is—seated next to Girls executive producer Jenni Konner—reacting to her joke:

“I am not advocating for a world where women erase men from the workplace, as pleasurable as that might be for me on certain days,” Dunham said in her plea of support for women in film. “I am advocating for all of us here to make it our mission to use our resources and turn this around as a team…It’s the right thing to do and it’s the only thing to do.”

It’s a powerful call to arms. Also powerful: The ability to exist in two places at once.

We’ve reached out to THR for comment and will update if they get back to us.

UPDATE: THR has responded with the following comment:

Thanks for catching the mistake. Our editor was working quickly at our event and pulled from the wrong B-roll. It has been updated.

Or Lena Dunham is actually two people! You decide!

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Video and Images via The Hollywood Reporter.

 
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