Lena Dunham's memoir prompts Adam Driver to make savage dig over 'aggression' allegations
Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, US News
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Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, US News
Adam Driver has officially responded to accusations of 'verbal aggression' documented by Lena Dunham in her memoir.
In her best-selling book, Famesick, released last month, Dunham, 40, reflected on her complicated working relationship with Driver, which began when they appeared together in the sitcom, Girls.
She began by reflecting on her experience with battling a chronic illness, her rise to fame, and her coming of age, before turning to her celebrity pals.
Shifting her attention to Driver, the actress recalled that the 42-year-old once 'hurled a chair at the wall' next to her while they worked together, and had been 'verbally aggressive' towards her on several occasions while making the Emmy-winning show.
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"I remember doing a fight scene with Adam and how scary it was to meet someone so totally present with such absence," she wrote. "Late one night, as we practiced lines in my trailer, I found that mine were suddenly gone. I knew I’d written them.
"I’d known them only minutes before. But when I opened my mouth, all that came out was a stammer — until finally, Adam screamed, 'F***ING SAY SOMETHING' and hurled a chair at the wall next to me.
"'WAKE THE F*** UP,' he told me. 'I’M SICK OF WATCHING YOU JUST STARE'."
As a reminder, Driver played Adam Sackler in the HBO series between 2012 and 2017. His character was the love interest of Dunham's on-screen persona, aspiring writer Hannah Helene Horvath.
"The more I knew him, the less I understood," Dunham penned of her co-star, describing him as 'something feral', and a 'half-man, half-beast'.
She went on to claim she hadn't spoken to Driver since Girls wrapped in 2017, but was allegedly 'heartbroken' to learn that he'd gotten engaged.
The actress also detailed Driver becoming a movie star while still working on the comedy hit, describing the transition as a 'very specific ride'.
Driver has since addressed his controversial appearance in Dunham's memoir.
Promoting his latest flick Paper Tiger at a 2026 Cannes Film Festival press conference on Saturday (17 May), he was asked about the book.
Responding, Driver claimed he has 'no comment on any of that'.
The double Academy Award nominee went on to jibe: "I'm saving it all for my book."
In a video shared by Deadline, the remark sparked laughter from the audience.
Prior to the release of her book, Dunham told PEOPLE that Driver had been 'on these two tracks', and was a 'very, very serious work-focused private person'.
"I have a lot of empathy for that," she added. "And again, the goal was never to make Adam seem like he was in any way the outlier of the show, but just to talk about how complex and confusing those first experiences of trying to be a boss were."
Though she claims she and Driver had a 'really rich creative dynamic' and could 'understand each other completely', she added: "It was almost like we had two different relationships, one that kind of played out in our scenes together and one that played out in life."