Lena Dunham and Jack Antonoff have ended their five-year relationship.
The Girls writer, director and star and the Bleachers frontman began dating in 2012.
The split was mutual, a source told Eonline, adding: ‘Jack and Lena were growing apart and it just made sense for them to end their relationship where it was.
‘They want the best for each other no matter what. They are both moving on.’
‘They are both moving on’: Lena Dunham and Jack Antonoff have split after five years; the two are seen in February of last year
In an interview earlier this year Lena, 31, insisted that while she and Jack were blissfully in love, they have no plans to wed.
She told The Times: ‘I am not against marriage in any way, but I do like the fact that Jack and I have placed zero pressure on ourselves about it. I have friends who have met someone, married them and got divorced during the period of time that Jack and I have been dating.
‘We are as close as you can get to a pair of 100-year-old people. Every night we go home, walk our dogs, put them into their crates, take melatonin, watch 20 minutes of TV, then we go to sleep. It is the schedule of ancient, ancient people.’
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However, Lena admitted that she still comes under pressure from other people to be the ‘perfect partner’.
She explained: ‘Even if you’re a woman without children, there’s so often an expectation that you’re going to go to work, and be the perfect partner to your boyfriend, and show up cheerfully at all of his work drinks, and remember everyone’s birthday, and get to every baby shower, and take care of the cat, and make sure you have toilet paper. It’s just too much.’
Still good friends: The former couple split on good terms; they are seen last year
The news of the split follows a challenging year for Lena.
The multi-talented writer was forced to cancel her Lenny tour, after suffering complications related to her endometriosis.
She underwent her fifth operation for the female reproductive disease last April but was readmitted to hospital after the Met Gala in May, after suffering further complications.