“Girls ”star Allison Williams reacts to question about Lena Dunham memoir allegations against Adam Driver

Raechal ShewfeltWed, April 15, 2026 at 4:30 AM UTC

0

Lena Dunham and Allison Williams in 'Girls' season 1Credit: HBOKey Points -

Actress Allison Williams was asked about what Girls costar Lena Dunham had written about cast member Adam Driver in her new memoir.

Dunham wrote that Driver had been violent on set, but she hadn't had the skills to deal with it.

Williams said she is currently reading the book.

Allison Williams appeared calm when confronted on the red carpet with an uncomfortable question she had to know was coming.

Asked at an event about her experiences with Girls costar Adam Driver on the set, amid allegations series star and creator Lena Dunham made about him in her new memoir, Famesick, Williams was clear.

"I don't. I also just got to the table read of the pilot in the book," Williams told Variety in an interview published Tuesday. "I was just saying that the most surprising thing was, almost, I thought that she was gonna write that I was 40 minutes late, and then I saw the word 'early,' and I was like, 'That's more on brand.' But, no, I need to read it before I say anything about it."

About Dunham, however, Williams said, "We love each other. It's a lifelong bond."

The Get Out star added that she and Dunham are in touch all the time.

Their HBO series aired for six seasons, from 2012 to 2017, depicting Dunham's Hannah and Williams' Marnie, along with Zosia Mamet's Shoshanna and Jemima Kirke's Jessa as four friends in their 20s making their way in New York City. Driver portrayed Adam, a love interest for Hannah.

In her book, Dunham alleged that, while working on the show she executive-produced, Driver had thrown a chair at the wall near her, punched the wall of a trailer, and screamed in her face.

Advertisement

Dunham was just 25 when the show premiered.

"At the time, I didn’t have the skill to … it never entered my mind to say, 'I am your boss, you can't speak to me this way,'" Dunham wrote. "And, at that point in my 20s, I still thought that's what great male geniuses do: eviscerate you. Which is weird, because I was raised by a male genius who would never do that."

Lena Dunham and Allison WilliamsCredit: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty; Dia Dipasupil/Getty

She also wrote that she hasn't spoken to Driver since the show wrapped production.

Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our EW Dispatch newsletter.

Entertainment Weekly has reached out to a rep for Driver.

Famesick: A Memoir is available in bookstores.

on Entertainment Weekly

Original Article on Source

Source: “AOL Entertainment”