Last July, an awkward photo went viral that appeared to show former “Girls” star Lena Dunham going in for a kiss when meeting Brad Pitt at the premiere of his movie Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. Now, Dunham has finally broken her silence about the photo to reveal what was really going on there..

Dunham, 33, brought up the infamous photo while appearing on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” on Monday night.

“I don’t know if you remember there was a sort of awkward photo taken of the two of us,” Dunham said, according to Page Six. “Well, the way the internet read it was I had somehow physically accosted him causing him a great deal of stress … I would never force a kiss on Brad Pitt. I respect him far too much as an artist and a friend.”

Dunham went on to say that Pitt could tell she was “nervous” that night, so he “took me into a room and we secretly ate pizza and I told him I like his ring and he gave it to me. And I wear it and every time I wear it, something amazing happens.”

Dunham then explained that while most fans had thought she’d only just met Pitt, she’d really known him for awhile prior to appearing in the Quentin Tarantino movie.

“I actually had the pleasure of knowing him a little bit previously, so I wasn’t going in totally blind,” she said. “But when I showed up to set, I didn’t have some major megastar part, I was in a really great ensemble of girls so, I didn’t expect … I expected, you know, a friendly hello from Brad. And I think what happened was the best thing that’s maybe ever happened to me.”

“He was doing a scene where he was parking a car and he’s supposed to get out and look around and he looked around and saw me at the edge of frame and came over and picked me up and spun me around,” Dunham recalled. “And it was like … it was like in one of those movies where the nerd shows up at the prom and the hottest guy at school is like, ‘Would you care to dance?’”

In the end, Dunham had nothing but good things to say about Pitt, saying that he is “a truly kind person who can read the room,” and that “he made me feel pretty cool.”

This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com and is used by permission.

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