'You get the sense there are 58-year-olds who wish you dead': Lena Dunham admits cruel comments get to her as she opens up about internet trolls

While her hit TV show Girls has been hailed by many, not everyone has jumped on the Lena Dunham bandwagon.
And while the writer and actress has been unjustly criticised for everything from her appearance to her talent, she has managed to adopt a positive attitude about it all.
The 26-year-old virtuoso spoke about her haters both on the internet and in real life when she appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Thursday.
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Brave face: Lena Dunham revealed what it's like to have haters on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Thursday

‘You get the sense there are some 58-year-olds who wish you dead,’ she said with a laugh.
It’s possible that this comment was referencing radio host Howard Stern, who controversially called Lena a ‘talentless little fat chick’ on his show last week, and coincidentally turned 59 just last Saturday.
‘That’s my sort of token line is “I don’t read anything,”’ Lena revealed. ‘But if I’m being honest I read a quarter of things. So I read what I can find. I read like the top three items in Google news.’

Petal power: The Girls creator and star wore a printed floral shift dress for her TV interview

Positive attitude: Lena managed to laugh off her haters but admitted she can't help but read some of it

She also admitted that the cruel comments to have an effect on her work, as much as she tries to stop it.
‘I’d like to say I don’t read anything, you know you just can’t let it into your artistic process,’ she said. 'But … what you actually do is read half of it and then sit there trying to force it out of the artistic process.’
Thankfully, Lena’s fans both in the industry and in front of the television outnumber her haters, and the star was delighted when she scooped the Best Actress in a Comedy Golden Globe and Girls took home the Best Comedy TV Series gong.

Honest: Lena confessed that she sometimes has to 'force' the cruel comments out of her 'artistic process'

Getting used to the spotlight: Lena said she and her co-stars were chastised by a photographer at the Golden Globes for not knowing how to pose properly

But according to the rising star, the photographers at the event weren’t so happy about the newcomers taking home the trophies.
‘We were there, we were posing they were screaming. The line of photographers would be like, “Turn to us, to the left, all of you touch the Globe,”’ Lena said. ‘And then we heard one of the photographers be like, “Ugh. Newbies.”
The second season of girls premiered on HBO on Sunday.

Big win: Lena, pictured with co-stars Zosia Mamet (L) and Allison Williams, won Best Actress in a Comedy while Girls took home Best Comedy TV Series

It's back: The second season of Girls premiered on HBO on Sunday