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Taylor Swift Celebrates Lena Dunhams 40th Birthday Bash
Taylor Swift was one of the many stars who celebrated Lena Dunham's milestone 40th birthday with her.The 36-year-old megastar - who stunned in a bridal white lo...
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The 36-year-old megastar - - joined her close friend of more than a decade at the birthday bash in on Tuesday night.
Swift was not the only big name celebrity in attendance as and Andrew Rannells were also there to celebrate Dunham's big day.
Rannells, 47, who played Dunham's ex-boyfriend in her series Girls, posted a photo of himself with Swift, Dunham, and Ratajkowski with her director boyfriend Romain Gavras. Dunham's husband Luis Felber was also in attendance.
In the funny caption, he thanked Dunham for snapping the photo 'so I can seem cool for the kids.'
Swift appeared to be drinking a negroni as she looked back to pose for the snap with a slight smile on her face.
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Taylor Swift was one of the many stars who celebrated Lena Dunham's milestone 40th birthday with her (seen left to right: Romain Gavras, Emily Ratajkowski, Taylor Swift, Andrew Rannells, and Lena Dunham)
It was an interesting group celebrating Dunham as back in March 2023, Ratajkowski was Harry Styles on the streets of Tokyo. Swift and Styles, now 32, had a brief romance from late 2012 to 2013.
Ratajkowski also of Swift until 2023 as she told Elle at the time: 'I recently became a Swiftie.
The duo's friendship began online back in 2012 when Dunham first tweeted about how important the songstress' music was to her (pictured at The Golden Globes in 2014)
Later that year in October, after the release of Swift's album Red, Dunham took to Twitter once again as she penned: 'Update: @taylorswif3's album is triumphant. If she'd been here when I was in college I would have written papers on her, not Sylvia Plath
However this time Swift saw the tweet and replied and the friendship officially began
Scrolling back to the pair's first ever messages during an interview with Rolling Stone, Swift revealed Dunham's first message to her read: 'I am so excited about the prospect of being friends with you that I added the adjective best in front of it.’
The pair were seen cuddling up together at the Grammy's in 2013, at the time when Dunham was dating Swift's now producer Jack Antonoff.
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In 2015, the star appeared in Swift's Bad Blood video which saw the star recruit her famous pack of girlfriend's for her hit single with Kendrick Lamar.
Dunham joined Hailee Steinfield, Gigi Hadid, Selena Gomez and Hayley Williams, to name a few, as they embraced their inner fighters for the catchy hit.
She later joined Swift on stage for a.
While Swift is known for her string of exes that often provide inspiration for her music,
Scrolling back to the pair's first ever messages during an interview with Rolling Stone , Swift revealed Dunham's first message to her read: 'I am so excited about the prospect of being friends with you that I added the adjective best in front of it’
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Coming to Swift's defense on the Howard Stern show back in 2017 she explained: 'I think that young woman…it's so hard.
'I think about the relationships that I had in my early twenties and if they had been public, it would've been a disaster,' she continued.
'And also, I mean, not to repeat age-old feminist points, but it's like you know, any male actor her age who's going out and dating is applauded and to just have a perfectly normal amount of romantic partners but to be held to impossibly high standards by the press, like it's just an unfair and unwinnable game.'
The pair have also been very vocal with their love for each other online, after Dunham penned a gushing message to the star back in 2018.
Sharing a selfie of them both after Swift's show at the Rose Bowl in , she wrote: 'This is a love note to @taylorswift. I was a fan before I was a friend and her music formed the soundtrack to so much love & loss & discovery - late nights writing and early mornings weepy on the way to work.'
She added: 'She had perfectly distilled the feeling of growing into yourself. When we became friends 6 years ago I didn't know she'd also prove to be the loyal and hilarious cat lady who loved me through every rough moment and the triumphant ones too.'
Dunham joined Swift on stage for a performance at New Jersey’s iconic MetLife Stadium in July 2015 alongside Hailee Steinfield, Gigi Hadid and Lily Aldridge as they brought the Bad Blood video to life
Dunham defended her friend's dating history as she came to Swift's defense on the Howard Stern show back in 2017 and explained: 'I think that young woman…it's so hard'
Dunham penned a gushing message to the star back in 2018 as she wrote: 'When we became friends 6 years ago I didn't know she'd also prove to be the loyal and hilarious cat lady who loved me through every rough moment and the triumphant ones too'
'Tonight I was just a fan again, one of 60k who got our souls rocked by her artistry, her open heart and her killer gams. Love you forever, Tay,' she added.
In 2021, Swift had the honour of serving as one of Dunham's bridesmaids at her wedding to husband Luis Felber at Soho's Union Club in London.
Getting married after the COVID lockdown, Swift was one of nine bridesmaids as Dunham confessed she hadn't seen some of her friends in over a year due to the pandemic.
She explained: 'I spent so much time during the pandemic talking to my girlfriends about our feelings over FaceTime, but a few of my best friends I haven't seen in over a year.
'And, you know, my girlfriends have had to deal with a lot of not-so-happy things with me in our adulthood, so to be able to celebrate something joyful and use it as an excuse to be together was very special.'
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