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Lena Dunham issues 2nd apology to New York Giants’ Odell Beckham Jr.

Jennifer Konner, Jenna Lyons, and Lena Dunham attend the "Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2016 in New York City. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

Actress Lena Dunham issued an apology on Saturday to Odell Beckham Jr. for presenting her “totally narcissistic assumptions about what” the New York Giants wide receiver was thinking at the Met Gala recently.

Dunham recently posted a Q-and-A with comedian Amy Schumer on her blog in which she discussed their night at the famous New York Ball.

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Dunham said, “You and I were literally sitting across from each other at the Met Ball, and it was so surreal to get to do that.”

“I was sitting next to Odell Beckham Jr., and it was so amazing because it was like he looked at me and he determined I was not the shape of a woman by his standards. He was like, ‘That’s a marshmallow. That’s a child. That’s a dog.’ It wasn’t mean — he just seemed confused.”

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“The vibe was very much like, ‘Do I want to (expletive) it? Is it wearing a … yep, it’s wearing a tuxedo. I’m going to go back to my cell phone.’ It was like we were forced to be together, and he literally was scrolling Instagram rather than have to look at a woman in a bow tie. I was like, ‘This should be called the Metropolitan Museum of Getting Rejected by Athletes.’

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The Twitter-verse blew up at Dunham as many were upset by her accusations Beckham was ignoring her because of what she looked like.

The Girls creator issued a mea culpa Friday on Twitter.

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She then issued a third tweet attempting to drag Schumer into the conversation.

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Clearly, the apology was not enough as she issued another apology Saturday on Instagram.

So far, Beckham has not responded publicly on social media. (ignored the story much like he supposedly ignored Dunham at the meal.)

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