Lena Dunham made celibacy pact at nine years old
Actress Lena Dunham has revealed she made a celibacy vow when she was just nine years old and pledged to remain a virgin until she graduated high school.
The Girls creator/star, 26, penned a chapter in her new autobiography, Not That Kind of Girl, about losing her virginity, and during a visit to comedienne Ellen DeGeneres' talk show on Monday (20Oct14), Dunham discussed the odd way she made sure she would never break the promise she made to herself.
She explained, "I was nine years old and decided to be celibate
until after high school. I wrote out a contract and ate the piece
of paper, because I thought that's how you officially sealed
contracts.
"I wanted my mom to sign it to make it official, but she was like,
'You just never know what's going to happen. I don't want you to
sign a contract you cant keep and then feel guilty about it, so no,
I'm not going to sign the contract', which I thought was very
enlightened of her."
Dunham continued, "And it turns out I didn't need a contract... I
think I thought that it was going to be pretty easy to find a guy
who would be interested in divesting in this, but it turned out to
be a real wild goose chase.
"And when it finally happened, I was comparing it to (Beverly
Hills, 90210 characters) Donna and David, with flower petals and
candles. I did not have a Donna and David moment."