Earlier this month, a rumor spread on the anonymous Instagram gossip account DeuxMoi claiming that the Girls creator was longtime “frenemies” with Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina the Teenage Witch star Melissa Joan Hart. According to unverified submissions, the women’s feud somehow involved a TV writer, daddy Dunham, Anjelica Huston, and child drag queens.
“I’m not in a feud with anyone. I literally live in London and barely leave my home,” Dunham said in a call played on Tuesday’s episode of the Who? Weekly podcast. “I’ve never met Melissa Joan Hart, never been in a room with her, never seen her.”
In a Nov. 11 Instagram post that included screenshots from DeuxMoi, Hart swore she had “no beef” with Dunham and said she was “truly confused” about where the rumor started.
The current rumor seems to have spread after DeuxMoi posted blind items claiming Hart “has it out for Lena Dunham,” stating that they know each other because “Lena’s dad was friends with the creator of Clarissa Explains It All” and that the actresses allegedly got into a dinner party fight over “child drag queens.” Another anonymous tipster claimed that “Anjelica Huston said some very nasty things about Lena Dunham the other night at a party.”
Dunham said she found the whole thing so ridiculous that it was actually amusing.
Dunham ended her call with a few of the pod’s inside-joke sign-offs to signify she’s a fan, as well as a new one of her own.
