I don't agree with The Hufffington Post, but that doesn't take away from the fact that everything about
Jennifer Lawrence is overrated. The fact that a mediocre actress like her has an Oscar and
Leonardo DiCaprio doesn't is a travesty. She couldn't even keep her terrible Jersey
accent throughout the entirety of "American Hustle." Truly, truly overrated.
One of my sister's friends is working on editing Mockingjay Pt. 1 and he hangs out with Jennifer. One day, one of the girl's (who is a bigger girl) also editing hadn't shown up to work for a while claiming she was sick (apparently she's not that reliable and not a great worker) and Jennifer told her that she was telling everyone that she was on maternity leave, even though she knew she wasn't pregnant.
The amount of work put into this article is laughable. I never say this, but the writer seemed very pressed by Jennifer for some reason. Jennifer is such a sweet and down-to-earth girl and nothing about that comes across as a put on to me, nor do any of her comments seem like they carry malicious intent to me. Just seems like an unnecessary article.
One of my sister's friends is working on editing Mockingjay Pt. 1 and he hangs out with Jennifer. One day, one of the girl's (who is a bigger girl) also editing hadn't shown up to work for a while claiming she was sick (apparently she's not that reliable and not a great worker) and Jennifer told her that she was telling everyone that she was on maternity leave, even though she knew she wasn't pregnant.
I agree a little bit. When she gets up there and says that she eats all the time, that she doesn't diet, that she is seen as overweight, but does this while looking like she does which is an in shape, thin, attractive female, what does that do for other girls who don't look like her? When an overweight girl sees her saying these things and Jennifer is a good 40 pounds lighter then her? What does that do for that girls self esteem? It's acceptable for thin/attractive people to talk about being seen as fat or ugly, but it's not okay for a person that actually may be 'fat' or 'ugly' to talk about it.
She doesn't have to be anything for anyone. She's being herself. When she's asked questions like, "How did you feel about being asked to lose weight for the role?" and she answers with "I didn't do it, I love eating." its simply a genuine answer coming from a sarcastic, quirky person like herself. She doesn't have to be pretentious like most stars while answering this questions.
IMO, when someone sees Jennifer Lawrence talking about her weight with such a light manner, this by itself is overwhelming considering Hollywood's status towards body image.
I'm too lazy to find an interview where she talks about her weight but you can see her quirkiness and how not seriously she takes herself in this Ellen interview, and that's why millions of people admire her personality. As for her talent, her Oscar doesn't need any further validation.
The amount of work put into this article is laughable. I never say this, but the writer seemed very pressed by Jennifer for some reason. Jennifer is such a sweet and down-to-earth girl and nothing about that comes across as a put on to me, nor do any of her comments seem like they carry malicious intent to me. Just seems like an unnecessary article.
This!!!
Jennifer isn't meaning any harm out of this. She talks about personal experiences from people who told her she needed to lose weight. Shows like ET or whatever might not call her fat but people who work on movies behind the scenes told her she needs to diet. In fact she had to lose weight for The Hunger Games but didn't because she knew little girls look up to Katniss. Katniss may be starving skinny in the book but Jennifer wanted a good body image for her so she refused. I don't think people are understanding what Jennifer is meaning out of this. They're taking it the wrong way.
Jennifer is not insecure about her body; she is not afraid to flaunt it in roles, she is not ashamed of it. Melissa McCarthy clearly is insecure. I think she's beautiful, but her comments about "I don't know why I'm not skinnier" make it obvious that she wishes she was. That's why there's a difference in the type of weight-related comments they make. Jennifer is happy the way she is.
I don't think she has an agenda with those comments, that's just who she is.
Why do people get so PC and offended when the "fat" topic comes up? I mean, if someone is overweight, that's because of their choices and actions.
I used to be obese, and tbh, I never got offended when someone called me fat or told me I needed to lose weight. Why would I? I knew they were right. Of course it hurts to hear words like that and people shouldn't be so disrespectful, but you can't deny something that's fact. I always hate it when people play the victim role.
And if you don't wanna lose weight, that's fine. You should realize though that by doing so, your gonna have to deal with criticism and rude words from time to time. Just grow a backbone and deal tho, don't whine about how society makes you feel bad.
This author is just using Jennifer as a scapegoat and seems very jealous almost. It wreaks of unprofessionalism.
Talk about over analyzing, this person obviously has a personal problem with J Law The young Meryl Streep remains unbothered It seems like a lot of the hate for Jennifer simply stems from the fact that she's so damn popular and liked. Now ofc I'll admit she has said problemtic things, but I don't think there's anything wrong with her comments about weight
Jennifer is not insecure about her body; she is not afraid to flaunt it in roles, she is not ashamed of it. Melissa McCarthy clearly is insecure. I think she's beautiful, but her comments about "I don't know why I'm not skinnier" make it obvious that she wishes she was. That's why there's a difference in the type of weight-related comments they make. Jennifer is happy the way she is.
I don't think she has an agenda with those comments, that's just who she is.
I will never understand why she is considered fat or even chubby. she looks normal. not fat, not skinny, just like a normal person. that being said I guess with this article the Jen backslash will start. I knew it would happen some day. they build them up only to tear them down.
JLaw is the Britney of the film world to be honest:
-She has tons of fans
-She has a tons of haters who think she is overrated
-The media kissed her ass
-And now the media tries hard to twist her words and make her look bad
Britney was called chubby during the In The Zone era for f**ks sake
Jennifer is flawless. So what, she doesn't want to be another generic skinny Hollywood stick starlet. And the fact that people call her fat. Disgusting. She is a beautiful woman, who is so down to earth. Love ha.
The thing is she talk as if being skinny is a bad thing. When sometimes people are simply skinny because they are not because they starve or anything.