After an in-depth – and hilarious! - analysis of the latest series of the reality dating show, Dunham went on to explain how watching it has helped her to get over her breakup with Jack Antonoff and the “explosive and uncomfortable” relationship she experienced afterwards.

“I came to Wales with all my art supplies and no lacy underwear,” she wrote. “I had zero fantasies about summer romance. I hadn’t had sex in seven months so I felt fine about eating all the Welsh cakes.”

She went on to explain how living a quieter pace of life in a house where she can see “fields and fields and fields” outside her window feels like a familiar home to take respite and rebuild in.

“I am asking myself the same questions they ask themselves on Love Island, really,” she continued. “Can you love again after hurt? What does partnership mean? And what does it mean to know someone if you don’t know yourself?”

You don’t need to be a Love Island fan to appreciate Lena Dunham’s essay on it