--- ---  # Lena Dunham Chose Her Least Favorite Taylor Swift Boyfriend While Seated Next to Maggie Gyllenhaal  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 11, 2018 6:46 PM UTC  WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE WITH ANDY COHEN -- Pictured (l-r): Lena Dunham and Maggie Gyllenhaal -- (Photo by: Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE WITH ANDY COHEN -- Pictured (l-r): Lena Dunham and Maggie Gyllenhaal -- (Photo by: Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)Bravo—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 11, 2018 6:46 PM UTC In an amusing display of just how small the entertainment industry is, [Lena Dunham](http://time.com/5421569/lena-dunham-camping/) revealed her least favorite of pal [Taylor Swift’s ex-boyfriends](http://time.com/4744904/harry-styles-on-taylor-swift/), while seated next to [Maggie Gyllenhaal, the sister of Jake Gyllenhaal, one of Taylor’s ex-beaus.](http://time.com/4939482/maggie-gyllenhaal-taylor-swift-scarf/) Dunham and Gyllenhaal were guests on _Watch What Happens Live_ with Andy Cohen, where Dunham played a game of “Plead the Fifth.” After candidly answering questions about misogynists in Hollywood and a disagreement with actor Christopher Abbott, Dunham answered a query by her _Girls_ co-star Andrew Rannells about which of Swift’s boyfriends was her least favorite, which Cohen helpfully advised her to consider carefully since she was sitting next to Maggie, who may or may not have been immortalized in song by Swift thanks to Taylor and Jake’s brief, but [Maple latte-filled dalliance](http://time.com/4939482/maggie-gyllenhaal-taylor-swift-scarf/). Thankfully, however, Dunham said that Harris was her least favorite Swift ex because of what she called his “petty in the public” actions following their breakup. Watch the full clip below. Lena Dunham Reveals Least Favorite Taylor Swift Boyfriend ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5422244/lena-dunham-on-taylor-swift-boyfriend/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5422244/lena-dunham-on-taylor-swift-boyfriend/"},"headline":"Lena Dunham Chose Her Least Favorite Taylor Swift Boyfriend While Seated Next to Maggie Gyllenhaal","datePublished":"2018-10-11T18:46:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:25.921Z","description":"There are levels to this","url":"https://time.com/5422244/lena-dunham-on-taylor-swift-boyfriend/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt897bd498619fe453/69893c71bc6cfcd79b3e7298/lena-dunham-talks-taylor-swift-boyfriends-with-maggie-gyllenhaal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt897bd498619fe453/69893c71bc6cfcd79b3e7298/lena-dunham-talks-taylor-swift-boyfriends-with-maggie-gyllenhaal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen - Season 15","caption":"Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen - Season 15","creditText":"Bravo—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5422244/lena-dunham-on-taylor-swift-boyfriend/","name":"Lena Dunham Chose Her Least Favorite Taylor Swift Boyfriend While Seated Next to Maggie Gyllenhaal"}}]}] ```