Lena Dunham was chewed up and spit out like old beef jerky on social media over her Lenny Letter about an encounter with Odell Beckham Jr. at the Met Gala.
According to Lena, the NFL star is a superficial, sex obsessed jock, who ignored her and opted to scroll through his Instagram feed because she’s shaped like a marshmallow.
Peep the excerpt below:
I was sitting next to Odell Beckham Jr., and it was so amazing because it was like he looked at me and he determined I was not the shape of a woman by his standards. He was like, “That’s a marshmallow. That’s a child. That’s a dog.” It wasn’t mean — he just seemed confused.
The vibe was very much like, “Do I want to f**k it? Is it wearing a … yep, it’s wearing a tuxedo. I’m going to go back to my cell phone.” It was like we were forced to be together, and he literally was scrolling Instagram rather than have to look at a woman in a bow tie. I was like, “This should be called the Metropolitan Museum of Getting Rejected by Athletes.”
Here’s a taste of social media’s reaction to Lena’s story…
lena dunham's Professor X like ability to read minds is just another example of white privilege
— Desus Nice (@desusnice) September 2, 2016
Lena Dunham clarified her story by saying it wasn’t a dig at Beckham. It was a reflection of her own insecurities.
.@OBJ_3 is talented, stylish, seems super awesome and wasn't into chatting with me at a fancy party.
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) September 2, 2016
My story about him was clearly (to me) about my own insecurities as an average-bodied woman at a table of supermodels & athletes.
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) September 2, 2016
It's not an assumption about who he is or an expectation of sexual attention. It's my sense of humor, which has kept me alive for 30 years.
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) September 2, 2016
Lena, I’mma let you finish.
Meanwhile back in the streets of Twitter….
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