Lena Dunham spent days, if not weeks or months, thinking about Odell Beckham Jr. They were seated at the same table at this year’s Met Gala, and according to Lena, Odell barely spoke to her and spent most of the time on his phone. As we learned in Lena’s latest Lenny interview, which was released last Friday, Lena projected a lot of sleazy, misogynistic and racist bulls—t onto Odell’s general indifference. At first, Lena tried to double down and say that it was all a joke and she’s just so insecure, you guys! But then she finally apologized, while somehow still making the apology all about herself, the most special snowflake in the entire universe.
Throughout the controversy, Odell didn’t say anything. He didn’t tweet about Lena, he didn’t Instagram or Snapchat about her, he didn’t release any statements. It wasn’t clear that he was aware of her existence even after the kerfuffle. I took that as Odell being classy – when someone behaves so inappropriately, why not just let them dig themselves out without offering up anything? Well, Odell did speak this week. He chatted with Complex at a GQ party – he’s in New York, having fun, catching the US Open and launching a capsule collection of Odell-designed sweatpants. So what did Odell have to say?
Odell Beckham Jr. may be the only person in the country without an opinion about Lena Dunham’s opinion about Odell Beckham Jr. When asked last night at a private party at GQ’s penthouse in Manhattan about pop culture’s latest controversy du jour—in which the creator of HBO’s Girls described how she thought the Giants’ wide receiver perceived her as, among other things, “not the shape of a woman by his standards,” despite never actually exchanging words with him—Beckham remained decidedly neutral.
“I don’t have enough information to really speak on it,” he told Complex. “We’ll see what happens from there. I never want any problems with anybody in this world.”
The rest of the interview is just Odell talking about the sweatpants he co-designed with David Helwani. Helwani and Beckham are asked at the end of the piece if their sweatpants are suitable for all people, perhaps someone like Lena? Helwani says, “I’m sure she’ll look good in it.” And Odell agreed, saying: “Absolutely.” So, what do you think of Odell’s reaction? It just feels like… damn, as if we needed any more evidence that Lena Dunham is an a—hole, right? Odell is so non-controversial. He literally did nothing to Lena and hasn’t even cared enough to pay attention to the controversy. Meanwhile, Lena has constructed a five-act tragedy around their vague encounter.
Odell also spoke in the locker room about the controversy and he invokes the words “bad blood.” IT’S A SWIFTSPIRACY.
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