Lena Dunham promises to "compensate" book tour performers

Lena Dunham is paying up after all.

After Gawker ran a critical post about the "Girls" star failing to pay her opening acts during her upcoming 11-city book tour, Dunham quickly took to Twitter to announce that the performers will now be "compensated."

"As an artist raised by artists, no one believes more than I do that creators should be fairly compensated for their work," Dunham wrote on Twitter Monday."

"Some good points were raised and I've ensured that all opening acts will be compensated for their time, their labor and their talents," she added in another message.

The New York Times reported that Dunham screened nearly 600 videos submitted by hopefuls who wanted to land an opening act spot on her "ambitious" book tour -- designed to promote her upcoming memoir, "Not That Kind of Girl."

Dunham eventually choose seven performers to come on the road with her, with none of them being paid until social media caught wind of the Gawker piece, which estimates that Dunham received $3.7 million for the book advance and roughly $304,000 for the multi-city tour. Dunham's annual earnings come in at a reported$6 million, per Forbes.

In December 2012, Dunham threatened to sue Gawker after the website posted her book proposal for "Not That Kind of Girl" in its entirety -- the post was quickly removed.

Perhaps it's no surprise then, that the 28-year-old HBO star couldn't help taking a shot at the website while crediting them for calling attention to her opening acts' pay.

"The fact that Gawker pointed this out really proves Judd Apatow's saying that 'a good note can come from anywhere,'" Dunham wrote.