--- title: Lena Dunham Won't Do Girls Press Due to Health Concerns description: Lena Dunham announced that she won't be doing press for the upcoming season of Girls due to complications related to her endometriosis. canonical: https://time.com/4212882/lena-dunham-girls-endometriosis/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-08T22:36:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:49.374Z og:title: Lena Dunham Won't Attend Girls Press tour Due to Health Concerns og:description: "It's time to rest" og:url: https://time.com/4212882/lena-dunham-girls-endometriosis/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lena Dunham Won't Attend Girls Press tour Due to Health Concerns twitter:description: "It's time to rest" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Lena Dunham Won't Attend _Girls_ Press Tour Due to Health Concerns > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=af729815-f224-4d7c-8fe2-ca82cdbd5292&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1)  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 8, 2016 10:36 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 8, 2016 10:36 PM UTC Lena Dunham announced on Monday that she won’t be doing press for the upcoming season of _Girls_ due to complications related to her [endometriosis](http://time.com/3065882/diseases-doctors-get-wrong/). The 29-year-old actress shared a post on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/lenadunham/) and [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/lenadunham/?fref=nf) detailing the reasons behind her decision and expressing her disappointment. “As many of you know I have endometriosis, a chronic condition that affects approximately 1 in 10 women’s reproductive health,” she wrote. “I am currently going through a rough patch with the illness and my body (along with my amazing doctors) let me know, in no uncertain terms, that it’s time to rest. That’s a hard thing to do, but I’m trying, because all I want is to make [season 6 of _Girls_ ](http://time.com/4168864/girls-will-end-after-6-seasons-report-says/)the best one yet.” **Read More:** [Watch the New Trailer for _Girls_ Season 5](http://time.com/4133176/trailer-girls-season-5/) [Dunham](http://time.com/4053261/lena-dunham-hillary-clinton/) first opened up about her illness in her [Lenny Letter newsletter](http://www.lennyletter.com/health/a160/the-sickest-girl/) this past November, where she explained that the condition causes “pain, fatigue, nausea, gastrointestinal problems, and a host of other physical symptoms.” She wrote on Monday that she was thankful to be able to put her health first. “I’m lucky enough to have support and backup from Jenni \[Konner\], Judd \[Apatow\] and the whole _Girls_ gang,” she said. “So many women with this disease literally don’t have the option of time off and I won’t take it for granted.” Season five of _Girls_ will premiere on Sunday, Feb. 21 on HBO. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4212882/lena-dunham-girls-endometriosis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4212882/lena-dunham-girls-endometriosis/"},"headline":"Lena Dunham Won't Attend Girls Press Tour Due to Health Concerns","datePublished":"2016-02-08T22:36:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:49.374Z","description":"\"It's time to rest\"","url":"https://time.com/4212882/lena-dunham-girls-endometriosis/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","girls","lena dunham","celebrities","Reproductive Health","TV","illness","actresses"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/4212882/lena-dunham-girls-endometriosis/","name":"Lena Dunham Won't Attend Girls Press Tour Due to Health Concerns"}}]}] ```