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Megan Stalter has spent the past few days not just riding the wave of Too Much but cementing herself as a defining comic-romantic lead and a bona fide style and culture figure. Elle reports that her turn as Jessica in Lena Dunham’s Netflix rom com Too Much, written specifically for her after a fateful DM from Dunham, is being talked about as a career‑pivot moment, the role that moves her from beloved TikTok oddball and Hacks scene‑stealer into full icon era territory. According to The CJN, Too Much is also drawing attention as a sharply written, very Jewish holiday binge, which keeps Stalter squarely in the prestige TV conversation rather than just cult‑favorite status.
Fashion writers are treating her as seriously as the TV critics. The Observer just named her one of the 30 most stylish celebrities of the year, spotlighting how she uses camp and comedy as armor and activism, from character‑driven looks to that now widely photographed 2025 Emmys appearance where she carried a bag reading Cease Fire, a small but unmistakable political gesture on a major red carpet. People magazine recently chronicled another viral style moment when she arrived at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in a self‑sewn, strapless top emblazoned with her own face and the words Meg Stalter is the prettiest girl in America, plus a knee‑length strawberry‑blonde wig; she told the show she literally finished sewing the corset in the car. That mix of DIY chaos and calculated self‑mythologizing is fast becoming her red‑carpet signature. Earlier, Today covered how she deliberately wore an unfinished‑looking outfit on the morning show, shocking Jenna Bush Hager and Ciara and turning the bit into talk‑show performance art rather than standard promo.
On the business and brand front, retail trade coverage notes that Target’s revamped SoHo flagship is launching its Curated By program with a seasonal edit led by Megan Stalter, positioning her as a New York tastemaker whose sensibility can move product, not just punchlines. Out Magazine and TVNewsCheck list her among this year’s Out100 honorees, underscoring her growing importance as a queer cultural figure, with an upcoming Out100 television special set to beam that image to a mainstream audience.
Beyond that, there are scattered social media clips of press‑tour interviews and fan chatter boosting Too Much, but no verified reports of new scandals, romances, or deals in the past few days; anything suggesting that would be speculation rather than confirmed news.
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