Lena Dunham has denied using a racist slur while working on the Girls set in 2012 – after Donald Glover joked she used the ‘N-word extremely liberally’.
Glover, 39, made the shock remark about Dunham, 36, as he presented writer-producer Paul Simms with an award at the Writers Guild Awards on Sunday – with the star also referencing his Community co-star Chevy Chase’s past racism scandal.
Glover, who played Sandy, the boyfriend of Dunham’s character Hannah Horvath on the hit HBO show, recalled how he was filming a sex scene and said: ‘Afterwards, I asked Lena, “Yo, what made you decide to work with Paul?”
‘And she goes “Honestly, this n- lets me do whatever I want.” I remember thinking two things: One, Lena is using the N-word extremely liberally. Who does she think she is, Chevy Chase? And two, that’s the kind of producer I want.’
A representative for Dunham told DailyMail.com: ‘Donald Glover told a joke referencing Lena Dunham for last night’s WGA Awards. It included, for effect, language Lena never used, nor would use. Full stop.’
Lena Dunham has denied using a racist slur while working on the Girls set in 2012 – after Donald Glover joked she used the ‘N-word extremely liberally’ (pictured as Sandy and Hannah Horvath on the show’s second season)
Speech: Glover, 39, made the shock remark about Dunham, 36, as he presented writer-producer Paul Simms with an award at the Writers Guild Awards on Sunday – with the star also referencing his Community co-star Chevy Chase’s past racism scandal
Elsewhere in his speech, Glover took aim at Chase, who was alleged to have frequently made racist remarks to him during their time on Community from 2009-2015, according to the show’s creator Dan Harmon in a 2018 interview.
Glover said: ‘This award was named after Herb Sargent, a writer who worked on Saturday Night Live and came up with Weekend Update with Chevy Chase.
‘Chevy Chase once called Herb one of the funniest writers working in television. And Chevy Chase once called me… you know, this is about Paul.’
DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Chevy Chase for comment.
In 2018 Harmon, who was also a writer on Community, claimed that Chase was intimidated by Glover’s talent and would make the snide racially charged comments between takes.
‘People think you’re funnier because you’re black’, Chase allegedly once told Glover Harmon told the New Yorker.
‘Chevy was the first to realize how immensely gifted Donald was, and the way he expressed his jealousy was to try to throw Donald off,’ he explained.
Show: A representative for Dunham told DailyMail.com: ‘Donald Glover told a joke referencing Lena Dunham for last night’s WGA Awards. It included, for effect, language Lena never used, nor would use. Full stop’
Elsewhere in his speech, Glover took aim at Chevy Chase, who was alleged to have frequently made racist remarks to him during their time on Community from 2009-2015 (pictured on the show as Pierce Hawthorne and Troy Barnes)
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