Lena Dunham shared a delightful anecdote about her husband, Luis Felber, revealing that he had no preconceived notions about her celebrity status and believed she was famous for the "loveliest" reason. During the final stop of her book tour for "Famesick," Dunham, 40, spoke candidly with former "Girls" castmate Rita Wilson about her new memoir and the early stages of her relationship with Felber. At the Wednesday, May 20 Q&A in Los Angeles, she reflected on their connection and revealed that Felber had never seen her work.
"The thing that was so amazing about meeting him was that he'd never seen 'Girls'," she said, recalling how he received a message on Instagram asking, "Do you think you could bear to eat dinner with this person?" Dunham explained that his initial reaction upon receiving this message was to assume she was a plus-size model. "He said, 'I thought you might be a curve model,'" she recalled. "I went, 'That is the loveliest thing I've ever heard.'"
Wilson, 69, added that it could be true and suggested calling famed plus-size model Ashley Graham. Dunham jokingly replied, "Well, I'm going to call her after this and see what she thinks I've got to do." She noted that Felber "didn't seem to come with a lot of preconceived ideas about who I was," adding, "He was present and interested but not too interested."
The creator of "Too Much" shares that Felber is "really amazing." The couple met in 2021 after they were set up on a blind date. A few months later, Dunham and Felber moved in together, and by September of that year, they married in an intimate ceremony. "I love to talk about him because he fills me with joy," she shared.
The creator of "Girls" told PEOPLE in April that her husband is "an effervescently kind person." "And so all that other stuff, like him being funny and cute and cool and creative, is like the cherry on top," she continued. "Lou is able to really hold people's complexity and still do everything in a way that's very anchored in love."
Dunham also shared during the April interview that she finally feels at home in her own skin. "Occasionally, I'll run into something where somebody makes a comment about my weight or my appearance, and it does not affect me the same way that it used to," she said, explaining, "Because I am so aware of what my body is doing for me."
In the years before "Famesick" was published, while "Girls" aired, Dunham had candidly discussed criticism of her appearance, no matter her size. "I have been a sample size, I have had my body change because of life, illness, aging, menopause," she told Variety in July 2025. "And it is merciless wherever you are." The year prior, she told The New Yorker that she would not opt for onscreen roles. "I also think that I was not willing to have another experience like what I'd experienced around 'Girls' at this point in my life," she said. "Physically, I was just not up for having my body dissected again."
"Famesick" is available for purchase wherever books are sold.
