Adam Driver Breaks His Silence on Lena Dunham’s Famesick With an Unexpected Take
At Cannes, Adam Driver sidestepped his first public questions about former Girls costar Lena Dunham’s memoir, saying he has no comment and is saving it all for his own book.
Adam Driver was asked about Lena Dunham's new memoir at Cannes and gave the most Adam Driver answer possible. Short. Dry. A little bit of a mic drop. And yes, there's a whole lot of context behind it.
What Driver said at Cannes
During a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, May 17, Driver, 42, was asked for the first time about Dunham's recent memoir and the way it talks about their working relationship on 'Girls.'
'I have no comment on any of that. I’m saving it all for my book.'
Classic.
What Dunham put in the book
Dunham, 40, released 'Famesick' in April, and it digs into the messy, complicated dynamic she says she had with Driver while they were making 'Girls' (they played Hannah and Adam; the show ran six seasons from 2012 to 2017). She writes that they fought a lot, but there was a charged intensity to their connection.
The story that jumped out: after one of his stage performances, Driver called her late at night. He asked if she was home alone, said he was on his way, and warned that if he came upstairs, he wasn’t leaving. Dunham says she didn’t answer when he arrived. Her read, in hindsight: crossing that line would have torpedoed boundaries at work, undermined whatever authority she still had as the showrunner, and likely left her emotionally wrecked.
According to Dunham, they never talked about that night again. About a month later, Driver got engaged; he married Joanne Tucker in 2013. Dunham writes about feeling silly for being heartbroken, realizing that while his focus on set could feel all-consuming, off camera she wasn’t the person who was going to keep him grounded — and, honestly, even at work she couldn’t control him in the way a boss might hope to.
How she handled it on TV
While promoting the book in April on 'Today With Jenna & Sheinelle,' Jenna Bush Hager brought up the Driver section head-on: Dunham was his boss and a director on the show; the book references moments of anger (and worse) and hints at possible romantic undertones. How does that sit with her now?
Dunham mostly side-stepped the specifics. She said she chose stories she thought would actually help readers, called the dynamic something a lot of young women will recognize from the workplace, and reminded everyone she spent eight and a half years writing the book, choosing every word intentionally — which is a polite way of saying she didn’t want to rehash it off the cuff on live TV. She also framed the chapter as being as much about her learning to understand her own power as a boss as it is about him.
When Sheinelle Jones followed up and asked where she and Driver stand today, Dunham zoomed out to the bigger picture: the 'Girls' cast had magical moments together and shares a bond she doesn’t think can be broken.
The quick timeline
- 2012–2017: 'Girls' runs for six seasons; Dunham plays Hannah, Driver plays Adam.
- April (this year): Dunham releases 'Famesick,' detailing her dynamic with Driver, including the late-night call.
- Roughly one month after that night: Driver gets engaged; he marries Joanne Tucker in 2013.
- Sunday, May 17: At Cannes, Driver addresses the memoir for the first time with a no-comment and a book tease.