Lena Dunham: Good sport or BEST sport? (HBO)

Calling Lena Dunham a "little fat chick" might have been the smartest move Howard Stern's made in the last several years. Not only did his remarks get repeated by Ms. Dunham while she was on Letterman on Friday, but his very public apology on Monday gave him some extra leverage to pull the Girls creator and star (and recent two-time Golden Globe winner) onto his program today.

Here's what went down.

Stern lavished her with praise: "I realize: not only am I addicted, but I totally get you. I’m in love with you and your character."

... but refused to "apologize" for his weight comments: "It’s not about apologizing, although I want to say I’m a fan of yours ... I love you and I think you’re terrific."

Lena insisted she supported Howard, despite the negative comments: “I’m a big fan of your particular brand of free speech.”

There was a little scuffle over word choice when describing her body:

Dunham: “I’m not super thin, but I’m thin for, like, Detroit.”

Stern replied that she wasn't "obese or anything," then realized his terrible choice of words.

Dunham: (laughing) "Howard Stern says I’m ‘not obese or anything' ... I appreciate it and I appreciate your effort to rectify [this], but whether you’d done that or not, I’d have remained a [Howard Stern] enthusiast."

Now it's time to talk about Donald Glover and race!

Dunham: “Donald was an actor we always wanted to work with. On HBO, you have 10 episodes. You start with 10 episodes. And it takes you a while to set up your world, to set up your main characters ... While I understand the criticism, I felt like we had had only 10 episodes to dig in.”

As for the idea that her show was "too white"? “[Diversity on television is] a conversation that needs to happen. I’m glad to take one for the team.”

Mr. Stern admitted that he hadn't watched enough episodes of Girls when he made that initial comment. But even last week he had begun changing his mind...specifically once he started a man-crushing on Adam Driver's character in this scene from Season One:

He also said a lot of other, nasty things about he could tell Dunham had written the show "because she's such a camera hog that the other characters barely are on." He really didn't sound like the world's biggest fan.

But that was then, and now is now, and in between Mr. Stern had time to rewatch all the show's weird sex scenes. In a complete 180 yesterday he left Linda Stassi territory, publicly apologized for his comments, and asked Ms. Dunham for an interview.

Because it turns out that he didn't meant to call her talentless or fat. He meant super-talented and funny.

Original rant:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q37X5GxwTXY

Yesterday Stern explained his comments: "I felt bad because I really do love the show Girls, and enjoy it, and I admire the girl who writes it. It makes me feel bad, and I think she is getting the impression that I somehow think she's just a talentless little fat chick." Wait, where ever would she get that impression, Howard?

Stern "clarifies" comments:

Taking all of this in as good form as ever, Ms. Dunham told Letterman Friday that she is a Howard Stern fan, and even found part of his riff amusing. Referencing the shock-jock's comments, "Congrats to her (Dunham). It's so hard for little fat chicks to get anything going these days," she told audiences, "I want my gravestone to say, 'She was a little fat chick and she got it going."

Lena Dunham talkin' about GIRLS and Stern on Letterman:

So...chances of Lena Dunham showing up for an interview about weird sex on Howard Stern? We're thinking like 100/1. Or 1/100, if NPR has called dibs on her radio presence for 2013.

In other news, Girls Season 2 is back after Ms. Dunhum won two Golden Globes for Best Actress in a TV Comedy or Musical and Best TV Show--Comedy or Musical. We're still not sure whether all the letters in the title need to be capped or what.