Lena Dunham is rushing to her friend Taylor Swift's defence in calling Kanye West's 'Famous' music video "sickening".
The highly-controversial clip includes ultra-realistic naked dolls modelled on Swift, Rihanna, Anna Wintour, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, Bill Cosby, Ray J, Amber Rose and Chris Brown - all posed in sexual positions.
In a lengthy blog on her Facebook page, Girls creator Dunham accused Kanye of evoking imagery designed to "make women feel unsafe even in their own beds, in their own bodies".
"I can't watch it," she wrote.
She continued: "I know that there's a hipper or cooler reaction to have than the one I'm currently having. But guess what?
"I don't have a hip cool reaction, because seeing a woman I love like Taylor Swift (f**k that one hurt to look at, I couldn't look), a woman I admire like Rihanna or Anna, reduced to a pair of waxy breasts made by some special effects guy in the Valley, it makes me feel sad and unsafe and worried for the teenage girls who watch this and may not understand that grainy roving camera as the stuff of snuff films."
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Kanye initially played up the 'Famous' video's controversial imagery by begging someone to sue him on Twitter - although Yeezy has since deleted that tweet.
The hip-hop superstar has also insisted that the 'Famous' promo clip is not "in support or anti" any of the celebrities depicted.
"It's a comment on fame," he insisted.
Chris Brown, who was among the celebrities portrayed in the 'Famous' video, has responded in a light-hearted way, tweeting: "Why I gotta have the plumbers butt/ crack showing WAX figure? This n***a KANYE CRAZY, talented, but crazy."
'Famous' is available to stream on TIDAL now.
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