Lena Dunham took to Instagram this week to blast a magazine that photoshopped a picture of her, apparently making her body look different. The magazine went on the defensive though, insisting that the image wasn’t manipulated at all.
On Feb. 29, Dunham posted a picture of the cover of El Pais’ Tentaciones magazine. The photo was taken by Ruven Afanador, who, Dunham wrote, “always makes me feel gorgeous.” But Dunham said that the magazine used “more than average photoshop” to change her look. “So if you're into what I do, why not be honest with your readers?” she wrote.
Tentaciones then responded with an open letter and said that they did not do anything to the photo. They laid the cropped version on the cover over the full original (seen here) to show that all they did was crop it.
Dunham then responded on Instagram and was grateful for the magazine’s statement. “ I understand that a whole bunch of people approved this photo before it got to you- and why wouldn't they? I look great,” she wrote. “But it's a weird feeling to see a photo and not know if it's your own body anymore (and I'm pretty sure that will never be my thigh width but I honestly can't tell what's been slimmed and what hasn't.).”
The Girls creator then apologized for making the Spanish magazine a villain and even accepted their offer for a free subscription.
Dunham has had issues with photoshopping in the past, which might explain why she was so defensive about the cover. In 2014, a scandal erupted over her Vogue photo shoot, when the site Jezebel went after the magazine for photoshopping Dunham and posted the untouched photos.