Lena Waithe Allegedly Stole New Series ‘Girls Room’ From Filmmaker Nina Lee

Lena Waithe teamed up with ATTN: on a new original scripted series called Girls Room. It’s for Dove’s Self-Esteem Project for young women.

The anthology-style series will explore the pain and power of female adolescence as told through the eyes of an inter-connected group of girls. The series will debut on Wednesday, February 26th.

Get to know Melba, Minnie, Thelma, Gloria, and Carlotta in Girls Room, a new show created by @LenaWaithe about a group of high school friends dealing with bullies, social media, body insecurities, and so much more. pic.twitter.com/sbzjHVeIKi

— attn (@attn) February 21, 2020

Filmmaker Nina Lee, tweeted about the similarities between her version of Girls Room that was released in 2017 and Lena version that is going to release on Wednesday.

https://twitter.com/ninaserafina/status/1231378728271392771?s=21

This show was definitely a learning experience, thanks to everyone involved and to those who still believes in me! pic.twitter.com/zMyGLEFcep

— nina lee (@NinaSerafina) February 23, 2020

I made a lot of mistakes when it came to this show. Mistakes I can still feel. And I wish I knew then what I know now. We were young and didn’t know what we had on our hands. But thanks everyone involved! I’ve written 4 shows since then so if you’re an investor holla at me. pic.twitter.com/u3edwCbOm4

— nina lee (@NinaSerafina) February 23, 2020

And I have 2 short films and three 125 page feature films. I have content for days — I’m upset but I’m not worried (I’m a little worried haha) but my day is going to come.

— nina lee (@NinaSerafina) February 23, 2020

https://twitter.com/ninaserafina/status/1231628209562800130?s=21

😢 this is the last thing I post on this, I just always loved this photo. pic.twitter.com/BCMThxK2ax

— nina lee (@NinaSerafina) February 23, 2020

Twitter erupted about the accusations and the receipts:

LENA STOLE THE WHOLE CONCEPT FROM ANOTHER WOC CREATOR?!?! (I’m too busy reacting to see if Nina is black; hold pls) https://t.co/mMmxAJgnZb

— sister minnie fan club secretary (she/ her) (@dopegirlfresh) February 23, 2020

I can't stand how a Black creative will do a cool thing, for Lena it was the Master of None Thanksgiving episode, and suddenly they're given the keys to the black Hollywood kingdom and they're just stealing everybody else's shit or working with mediocre white folks.

— Acey Deecey 🚀🚀 (@mcgarrygirl78) February 23, 2020

https://twitter.com/jesspacestl/status/1231691258722226176?s=21

Nina Lee praised Lena Waithe for winning an Emmy as well.

This creator gave Lena props too. So to have her things blatantly stolen is… trifling ain’t the word. pic.twitter.com/zGQxZWZpUo

— Brittanie (@Burrrittanie) February 23, 2020