<p id=”par-1_42″>Lena Dunham recently opened up about her on-set relationship with Adam Driver <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/inspirational-reason-lena-dunham-naked-show-despite-many-not-wanting-see-bodies-like-hers.html/”>while filming <em>Girls</em></a>. Driver played Adam, the on-and-off again boyfriend <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/taylor-swift-revealed-girls-character-saw.html/”>of Dunham’s character</a>, Hannah. In her new book <em>Famesick</em>, Dunham alleged that Driver was combative and occasionally violent on set.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-lena-dunham-wrote-about-adam-driver-s-behavior-on-the-set-of-girls”>Lena Dunham wrote about Adam Driver’s behavior on the set of ‘Girls’</h2>
<p id=”par-2_39″>Dunham and Driver <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/girls-1-thing-adam-driver-learned-lena-dunham.html/”>starred opposite each other</a> in all six seasons of <em>Girls</em>. She admitted that their relationship behind the scenes was fraught. Per The <a href=”https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/tv/news/lena-dunham-memoir-adam-driver-girls-b2956750.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Independent</a>, she described him as “something feral” and “half-man, half-beast” in her new book. </p>
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<p id=”par-3_26″>Dunham alleged that Driver became violent with her on more than one occasion. She claimed he threw a chair at her while they were running lines.</p>
<p id=”par-4_46″>“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,” she wrote. “‘WAKE THE F*** UP,’ he told me. ‘I’M SICK OF WATCHING YOU JUST STARE.’”</p>
<p id=”par-5_28″>She also claimed that he punched a hole in the wall of his trailer because he didn’t like his haircut and screamed in her face more than once.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-lena-dunham-said-she-didn-t-know-how-to-address-adam-driver-s-behavior”>Lena Dunham said she didn’t know how to address Adam Driver’s behavior</h2>
<p id=”par-6_26″>Dunham was both the star and creator of <em>Girls</em>. While it was her show, she said she didn’t know how to respond to Driver’s alleged behavior.</p>
<p id=”par-7_66″>“At the time, I didn’t have the skill to … it never entered my mind to say, ‘I am your boss, you can’t speak to me this way,’” she told <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/apr/11/lena-dunham-interview-memoir-famesick-rehab-fame-broken-friendships” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>The Guardian</a>. “And, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/lena-dunham-says-girls-was-her-first-grownup-job.html/”>at that point in my 20s</a>, I still thought that’s what great male geniuses do: eviscerate you. Which is weird, because I was raised by a male genius who would never do that.”</p>
<p id=”par-8_28″>She said that she has worked with many good men over the years. Still, her experiences with Driver made her wish she could work on a women-only set.</p>
<p id=”par-9_75″>“I have lots of amazing men in my life,” she said. “<a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/the-studio-seth-rogens-new-show-inspired-something-judd-apatow-told-freaks-and-geeks.html/”>Judd [Apatow] is a great hero</a> of mine; Tim Bevan at Working Title is a huge part of my life and so is cinematographer Sam Levy. I just worked with Mark Ruffalo, the most thoughtful, sensitive, politically engaged, beautiful person. There’s plenty of them walking around. But there were years when I thought: Can’t I just make things that only have women in them?”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-she-admitted-she-didn-t-expect-viewers-to-like-his-character”>She admitted she didn’t expect viewers to like his character</h2>
<p id=”par-10_14″>Driver’s character became a fan favorite. Dunham said that this hadn’t been her intent.</p>
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<p id=”par-11_73″>“What was interesting was that those dynamics, which in life were scary and lonely, would be recreated on television and people thought they were funny and sexy!” she told <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/magazine/lena-dunham-interview.html” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>The New York Times</a>. “I didn’t write Adam’s character to be a romantic hero. By the end, everyone was like: I want a boyfriend like that! I want a boyfriend who throws two-by-fours and spanks me. That is not what I was going for.”</p>
<p id=”par-12_6″><em>Famesick</em> is out on April 14.</p>