Lisa Lampanelli started some controversy when she tweeted a photo of her with Lena Dunham with the caption, “Me with my nigga @LenaDunham of @HBOGirls – I love this beyotch!!” Understandably, it pissed off a lot of people. Lampanelli isn’t apologizing either.
Ms. Dunham has remained silent on the entire thing up until now. Which also pissed people off. Writer Shayla Pierce had a lot to say on the subject. She wrote about it on a few blogs and tweeted,
@LenaDunham has showed her true colors on this whole n-word debacle. Her silence speaks volumes. I don’t think I’ll be watching @girlsHBO anymore. And I say that with honest sadness … Lena advertises herself as a progressive but she’s chosen not to address the situation. She seems phony to me now.
(I’d guess the above statement was more than one Tweet.)
According to The Hollywood Reporter,
Dunham responded on Twitter, writing that she would never use the n-word and that Lampanelli’s tweet made her “supremely uncomfortable” but said she stayed silent because “twitter debates breed more twitter debates.”
Perhaps then realizing that’s not a very good response,
She added that “140 characters will never be enough for the kind of dialogue that will actually help us address issues of race and class,” and then commended Pierce for a “beautifully written piece,” apologizing for any discomfort she might have felt.
This seemed to be enough for Pierce who suddenly turned into a 14 year-old girl and responded with,
Thank you so much. And I do <3 you and your work. Thanks for addressing this *hugsies* @lenadunham.
Okay.
What do you think of Lena’s tweets addressing the subject?
Shayla should shut it… Lena is not the offender here, Lisa is. I personally hate that word and never let anyone get away with saying it in front of me…. But no one should have to apologize for not using it. Silence is only deadly on twitter. Twitter causes more goddamn trouble than it’s worth.
Shayla should shut it… Lena is not the offender here, Lisa is. I personally hate that word and never let anyone get away with saying it in front of me…. But no one should have to apologize for not using it. Silence is only deadly on twitter. Twitter causes more goddamn trouble than it’s worth. Shayla let her big assed mouth run to far in front of her. Grow up.
Yeah. The most annoying person of the debacle here is this Shayla Pierce beyotch.
I have no idea who Lena Dunham is, I have never seen The Girls (or whatever her gig is) and whether or not I do has no bearing on my life. Anyone who has seen Lisa Lampinelli’s stand-up knows she is nothing if not inflammatory and a loudmouth. I still think this ranks among the least offensive comments she’s made.
Seeeeeeeeeeeeee what I mean when I say she is dislikeable?? Would it have been so hard to say “heeeeyyy I’m sorry this word was used referring to me, but I can’t control what others say!!”. Her show has come under so much fire for the lack of racial representation, and she lets this slip off and shuts up. Staying quiet when a friend uses a racist term is being complicit in it. You could just say, “hey please can you not?”.