Cashing in on the publicity of the show's new series, Stern decided to make Dunham the target of his ire on his radio show this week.
He said the writer and star of the series was 'a little fat girl' who looks 'kinda like Jonah Hill' before he promptly dismissed the acclaim awarded to the hit show.
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Outspoken: Shock jock Howard Stern, left, used
his radio show to air his views on the hit-show Girls and to ridicule
the looks of the main star Lena Dunham, right. Fans have hit back at the
59-year-old, calling him a 'bully'
The 59-year-old also criticized the show for focusing too much on the exploits of Dunham's character Hannah Horvath. He says he was introduced to the show by his wife Beth Ostrosky but has obviously watched enough to become acquainted with the format.
'I learned that this little fat chick writes the show and directs the show and that makes sense to me because she's such a camera hog that the other characters barely are on.'
'My opinion, if I was a producer on that, I'd say, 'Honey, you're a little too close to the project. You need to allow the other characters to breathe a little and let us get invested in them,' he continued.
'Good for her. It's hard for little fat chicks to get anything going.'
Non-plussed: Girls star Lena Dunham was unmoved by Howard Stern's comments ridiculing her looks and criticizing the hit show
'I did find out that Howard Stern really hates [Girls]. I'm a Howard Stern fan, and really think he has earned the right to free speech and he should just go for it," she told David Letterman on the Late Show Thursday.
'But he did say something that is so funny that I wanna get it on my gravestone: 'Congrats to her (Dunham). It's so hard for little fat chicks to get anything going these days',' she said 'I want my gravestone to say, 'she was a little fat chick and she got it going'.
Letterman then joked: 'I think that's the essence of life's struggle, isn't it? Before you go to bed tonight, before your head hits the pillow, please consider little fat chicks and how hard it is to get things going.'
Hit: The award-winning series Girls returns to
HBO tonight. Howard Stern has criticized it but his comments were
laughed off by director and star Lena Dunham
Runaway success: Girls was a major hit in its
first series. Fans turned on radio-host Howard Stern who criticized it
this week while others joined in ridiculing the popular program
Several also pointed out he isn't male model material himself.
One woman wrote on Twitter: 'Howard Stern talking about not liking 'little fat chicks' on t.v. is bizarre, since he has a face only radio could love.'
Celebrity trainer, Tracy Anderson told USWeekly: 'He’s, like, literally desensitized himself so much over the years. That guy doesn’t know what’s sexy. What is sexy is the way that Lena exposes herself, exposes her soul, wears her heart on her sleeves and is so freaking confident — that’s sexy.'
Others said his comments were 'hilarious' and that he was a 'legend' for turning on the popular program.
The second season of Girls starts on HBO tonight.
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