Lena Dunham defends Taylor Swift’s silence on Donald Trump: ‘Everyone has to do it their own way’

Lena Dunham has defended friend Taylor Swift for keeping quiet about Donald Trump's election.

The Girls star, who was outspoken in her support for candidate Hillary Clinton during the US elections, has said that Swift shouldn’t be criticised for not voicing her political opinions.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Dunham said that not everyone has to be a ‘slave to public opinion.’

“I just think everyone has to do it their way,” she said. “When I was lesser known, I was like, ‘Who could not share their opinion?’

“Then I found out that when you talk about politics, people straight up tweet you the floor plan of your house and say they’re coming.”

She continued: “She’s been in the public eye since she was 15. I felt young when my career started and I was 23, 24. When I met her, she was newly 22, and she was a f****** seasoned pro at this stuff.

“Watching the way that she understands the vicissitudes of the cycle, and she just keeps making her work— that’s just really impressive to me.

“That’s how I hope to live my life, which is not as a slave to public opinion, but just as somebody who continues to make things.”

Dunham went on to say that Swift was an ‘artist’ and had to concentrate on that rather than on anything else.

“She’s truly just an artist who has to make things to survive. I guess that’s what we have most in common,” she said.

Swift is one of the only high-profile stars not to speak out against Trump in the wake of the election and has not disclosed who she voted for.