Lena Dunham Says Being Sober Is ‘the Right Thing for Me’ | News Channel 3-12
LONDON AND NEW YORK, JUL 10 – Created by Lena Dunham, Too Much stars Megan Stalter in her first leading role and explores messy love and reinvention across 10 episodes on Netflix starting July 10.
- Lena Dunham, a 39-year-old writer-director-actor, is promoting her upcoming Netflix series Too Much in New York City in July 2025 while celebrating nearly eight years of sobriety.
- Her sobriety follows a 2018 rehab stay addressing an addiction to Klonopin, and she says staying sober is the right choice for her mental health and life.
- Dunham leads Good Thing Going, her production company in partnership with Netflix, developing projects including Too Much and directing the rom-com Good Sex.
- She worked with Planned Parenthood to portray abortion without shame, a topic she finds important especially after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
- Dunham’s current creative work emphasizes joy and body positivity, encouraging audiences to embrace diverse experiences and to lean in with empathy.
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On Netflix this week the new series by Lena Dunham appears. In a podcast she gives insights into her private life. US actress Lena Dunham ("Girls") has, according to her own words, not drunk a drop of alcohol for a long time. "To be sober means to me to be the same as a vegetarian: it's the right thing for me," said the 39-year-old in the podcast "Not Skinny But Not Fat". Therefore, she has not been drinking for about eight years. "If you want t…
Lena Dunham Reveals if She Would Create a ‘Girls’ Spinoff About Shoshanna
For years, Girls fans have been begging Lena Dunham to create — or even hint at — a potential spinoff based on the beloved character Shoshanna Shapiro. Years later, the writer, director and actress has finally revealed the likelihood of that wish actually coming to fruition. Dunham, 39, admitted that Shoshanna, played by Zosia Mamet, was the “best character” on Girls and “the most enlightened” during an appearance on the “Not Skinny But Not Fat”…
‘Too Much’s Meg Stalter Would “Literally Start Crying” While Shooting Fergie’s ‘London Bridge’ Remix Video
After nearly 20 years, Fergie acknowledged a glaring mistake from one of her most iconic songs. Too Much star Megan Stalter recently spoke to Deadline about her new London-set romantic comedy series, which premieres July 10 on Netflix, and the “very crazy” experience filming a promo video for the 2006 single ‘London Bridge’ with the […]
Lena Dunham Rises Again: The ‘Girls’ Creator on Netflix’s ‘Too Much,’ Hollywood’s ‘Merciless’ Body Shaming and Whether She’d Revive the HBO Classic
Lena Dunham discusses her highly-anticipated return to television with Netflix rom-com series 'Too Much,' plus weighs the odds of a 'Girls' revival.
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