“Girls” star Lena Dunham appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Friday and revealed why she and her boyfriend of four years, musician Jack Antonoff, have not yet married.
According to Dunham, it’s the legalization of gay marriage that has prevented her and Antonoff from entering whatever might pass as wedded bliss for these two.
The actress previously vowed not to get hitched until everyone was allowed to wed. With marriage equality now the law of the land, Ellen asked the reasonable question: So what’s the deal with your wedding?
Cue Excuse No. 2, which surprisingly also revolves around gay marriage.
“We were hiding behind fake liberal ideals,” Dunham cracked, before explaining, “I’m excited to marry him at some point, but it felt like a lot of pressure to just go for it that day [when gay marriage was legalized].”
“I feel intimidated, because I don’t want to espouse any stereotypes, but gay people are kind of killing it at weddings right now. They’re kind of winning at weddings,” Dunham said. “So I don’t want to go in and just pale in comparison to all these [gay weddings].”
At least Dunham has fully committed to coming up with reasons for why she can’t tie the knot.
Sundance Party Report in Pictures: Ryan Reynolds, Lena Dunham, Ezra Miller, Johnny Knoxville, 'Transparent' (Photos)
Ryan Reynolds and James Franco do the squat-and-huddle at the Dockers space.
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Days later, Franco remains in town longer than anyone. On Thursday, Slamdance President and Co-Founder Peter Baxter and critic Scott Foundas joined him as he led a "Coffee With..." event. It led in to the world premiere/closing night film "Yosemite," an adaptation of three of Franco's short stories.
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On Monday night, "Transparent's" winning streak that began at the Golden Globes continued at IMDB's dinner party: Amy Landecker, Jill Soloway, Jay Duplass, and Jeffrey Tambor picked up a STARMeter award from the site's founder Col Needham at Village at the Lift.
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Pat Mitchell, Keri Putnam, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and WIF President Cathy Schulman led the Women at Sundance Monday morning brunch.
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From 1,387 entrants worldwide, these are the winning filmmakers from the Sundance Institute Short Films Challenge, put on by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Their films tackling social issues will debut on digital platforms next week. Entries came via Tongal.com.
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Jimmy Marsden and Jack Black met the forces behind Chefdance, Mimi Kim and Kenny Griswold at the dinner series. The company that delivers high-end meat to swank L.A. eateries, Premier Meat Company, did the same for Chefdance this year.
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Cobie Smulders and friends took over the basement of 427 Main for Chefdance after TheWrap packed up our interview lounge during the day.
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Meanwhile up the hill, new arrivals in town Billy Crudup, Ezra Miller, and Olivia Thirlby were the latest high profile couch dwellers at the Grey Goose Blue Door for "The Stanford Prison Experiment".
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"Stanford Prison Experiment" producers Karen Lauder and Lizzie Friedman arrive at their party on Monday night.
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Near the Lauder and Friedman, Michael Angarano, fellow producer Brent Emery, and Billy Crudup hang close to the second floor bar by the patio.
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"Selma" director Ava DuVernay, who broke big by winning the Sundance Best Director award in 2012 with "Middle of Nowhere", traveled with TheWrap's party partner, in a Kia Sorento.
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A few blocks down at the blue behemoth Chase Sapphire building, Ron Livingston, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Jake Johnson caught a breather during the "Digging For Fire" Sundance tour on Monday.
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Before his team carved up a deal for "Knock Knock", Eli Roth carved up a 100th birthday cake for Miami at a dinner party aiming to bring productions to south Florida, sponsored by Deleon Tequila.
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Rodrigo Garcia spots Ewan McGregor getting techy on Sunday night.
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Lena Dunham got her break at SXSW. Now she's shot making arrivals and departures from the Village at the Lift.
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After Rolling Stone's party, L.A. publicist Henry Eshelman (left), RJ Mitte (center), and J.R. Martinez (right) posed at the Merrell Trailscape on Heber..
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John Leguizamo (in classic Sambas, a throwback fashion statement) arrives on Main St. in one of TheWrap's party partner vehicles - a Kia Sorento.
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No punches, pranks, or paintball pellets. Murilo Bueno gets the sweetest greeting from Johnny Knoxville at Merrell Trailscape.
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Random Sundance Sighting: Dr. Oz (center) and Lisa Oz (right). The two came for the Creative Coalition's event at Nikki Beach
Jonathan Bennett's body language says: "I will break your photo-opp chair lift, Vuarnet!". They still swagged him out with shades anyways.
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Steven R. McQueen and David Henrie got David Blaine'd by a roving magician at Nikki Beach. After the heavy presence at Cannes on the beach, in Park City, the party spot took over the Riverhorse On Main, visible as the huge white deck.
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Jason Sudekis gets viced by the Ashbys - Sarah and Ashlyn.
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Spike Lee autographs a Speck case to benefit Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
The man who said yes to every invitation and offer everywhere, and is actually also in a movie at Sundance ("Experimenter") spent part of that time going from the slopes, to dinners, to suites, to parties, to interviews in a Kia Sorento.
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Taught well: UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Dean Teri Schwartz congratulates alum Tishuan Scott, who won a SXSW jury prize last year for "The Retrieval".
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TheWrap Mikey Glazer’s view of the best people, parties and places in Park City, presented by the all-new Kia Sorento
Ryan Reynolds and James Franco do the squat-and-huddle at the Dockers space.