Lena Dunham Responds To Critics: ‘I Do Not Condone Any Kind Of Abuse’

Author and actress Lena Dunham spoke out for a second time Tuesday against accusations that she sexually abused her younger sister, stating emphatically that she does “not condone any kind of abuse.”

In a statement to Time, Dunham said she was “dismayed” by interpretations of certain anecdotes in her personal essay collection, “Not The Kind of Girl,” as admissions that she sexually abused her younger sister Grace.

“First and foremost, I want to be very clear that I do not condone any kind of abuse under any circumstances,” she said in the statement.

“If the situations described in my book have been painful or triggering for people to read, I am sorry, as that was never my intention. I am also aware that the comic use of the term ‘sexual predator’ was insensitive, and I’m sorry for that as well,” Dunham added.

While the accusations originated with articles in the right-wing news websites National Review and Truth Revolt, criticism of those passages of Dunham’s book that described her early experimentation with her sexuality also came from activists of color.

Dunham’s statement appeared directed at that whole spectrum of critics.

The actress also asserted that anything she wrote about Grace in the book was published with her approval.