Anne Hathaway has been having an incredibly quiet pregnancy. I suspect that she’s being so undercover for several reasons. One, she understands that she grates on people’s nerves these days, so she’s been making an effort to “go away” while she’s in-between projects. Two, I suspect that she wants to be done with this pregnancy quickly so she can get back to work without her career being affected too much. In any case, it’s really rare thing for me to write about Annie these days, and I do kind of miss her.
So that’s why it makes me happy that Our Annie has taken it upon herself to defend Jennifer Lawrence. Jennifer, who is arguably the most popular actress in the world right now. Jennifer, who has/had major roles in two franchises (X-Men and Hunger Games) and serves as the muse to one America’s most acclaimed directors (David O. Russell). That Jennifer Lawrence. The same Jennifer Lawrence who really doesn’t NEED Anne Hathaway to defend her, but sure. Since Annie is in the mood to defend her, sure, we’ll take it. You see, Anne was really pissed off about the “backlash” J-Law got after that weird incident backstage at the Golden Globes. So Anne took to her Facebook to say some words.
Dear the Internet,
It’s become pretty clear that the Jennifer Lawrence “scolding” was taken out of context and that she was dryly joking with a journalist who was indeed using his phone to take photos of her.
Let’s not continue the sad but common practice of building people – especially women- up just to viciously tear them down when we perceive them to have misstepped. Jennifer is a beautiful, talented, wildly successful, popular, FOUR TIME OSCAR NOMINATED young woman. Please let us not punish her for these things.
Sincerely,
A J-Law fan
#supportstrongwomen #imwithher #whycantwegiveloveonemorechance
[From Anne Hathaway’s Facebook]
As I said in the coverage of the controversy, I really didn’t “get” why the whole incident blew up the way it did. I could see how some people might read something into Jennifer’s delivery, but when I watched the video, it seemed pretty clear that Jennifer was just joking around and her delivery was just really dry. So, part of me agrees with Anne: this might be, and likely IS a case where people are manufacturing outrage against an enormously successful woman just because… something. Tall Poppy Syndrome? Misogyny? Or just miscommunication and/or a big misunderstanding?
As for Anne in particular defending J-Law… I suspect that in Anne’s mind, the exact same thing happened to her. Like, she faced backlash for “being perceived to have misstepped.”
PS… These 2013 Oscar photos are just a reminder of how much I disliked both of their dresses that year.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.
Uh-oh, I can see another “squad” forming. Once Anne is done having her baby she and JLaw are going to be “Besties”
I know that there is a huge issue in our society regarding women. That there are some people who love to tear a woman down if she’s even remotely successful. But just because there’s an issue, doesn’t mean we can’t point out when a woman makes a mistake. I think a lot of people easily jumped on this because it wasn’t the first time JLaw said something that could be offensive.
And Anne, cry about it. JLaw just got nominated AGAIN for a role that wasn’t even that great. She is constantly in demand. She is fine. It feels like Anne just wanted some attention.
Agreed. Knowing there is an issue does not grant anyone carte blanch to misbehave and have their actions dismissed.
Jen was rude.
Agreed that Anne’s “defense” seemed remarkably self-serving.
it does. it was more about her being noticed in a backhanded uriah heep kind of way. so ‘umble
@Lisa, love the Uriah Heep reference:). I needed that smile today, thanks!
The movie was entertaining but I think JLaw was way too young for her part and her performance certainly not Oscar worthy
I refused to see it on those grounds. I love Jlaw, it is absolutely offensive for a 22 year old girl to be cast as a 40 year old woman. Age discrimination and the marginalization of older women in Hollywood affects us all. The media is powerful and influences cultural norms so it is not just a bubble in Los Angeles where this problem exists.
I disagree. While I understand that people were mad about her – I thought she was joking too, but it’s a press conference, watch what you’re saying – I don’t get the backlash. It’s not like she was especially rude or humiliating someone. And I think part is because she’s successful. I didn’t see Joy yet, can’t say anything about the quality or worth. but it’s definitely not Jennifer’s fault that she got nominated. Everyone’s free to not like her or her humor, but come on, we can’t blame her to be nominated again.
Love Anne’s boots!
I don’t dislike. My point was more that I don’t believe she should win an Oscar for this performance
Georgia
Most Oscar winners don’t win for the performance listed. They win for another performance. Maybe they were amazing 1 year, but another won. Then when there turn comes up many voters want to give them what tey thought they deserved before.
This happens too often imo.
My thoughts exactly. People were acting like she called the reporter some slur and told him to get out of America. It might have been an awkward, maybe even uncalled for joke, but people blew this WAY out of proportion. Why? Because it’s Jennifer Lawrence, the It girl of the moment, and just like she has fervent fans, she has rabid haters.
And on the undeserved Oscar noms… I get it if you think she’s overrated, but just keep in mind it’s other people who give her these noms and call her the winner. She’s not overrating herself.
Seriously, that’s going to get annoying fast if we can’t even criticize her for fear of being accused of various forms of misogeny. The woman has a career that has been hugely and amazingly ridiculous, I’m sure she and Annie will weather the storm.
Absolutely. Call her out if she does something hateful, or angry, or truly wretched. But this just wasn’t it. I watched the video. I didn’t think it was a big deal. I think people are ready to jump on things way too quickly these days. She made a joke. I think no one would have cared if she had stopped after the first time but she carried the joke a bit too long. It was bad comedic timing and really nothing more. Which does make me wonder if she had been an old man, would any one have given it a second look? Or is the hoopla really about putting a young female actress up on a pedestal and waiting for her to fall?
To me it didn’t seem like she was being rude. It seemed like she was a little drunk and trying to be witty. Based on the way people were reacting I had expected her to be nasty and bratty. If Simon Cowell or Tim Gunn had said it, people probably wouldn’t have been mad and may have even thought it was funny.
Everytime she does something lame, her being drunk is offered as an excuse. Maybe she needs to stop drinking.
I agree that JLaw’s comments were tongue-in-cheek and her dry delivery confused matters, HOWEVER, in my opinion the balance of responsibility lies with the speaker, not the listener. I interpreted her comments in a humorous light bc that is what most closely reflects my sensibility. It doesn’t everyone. When you have a dry, dead pan delivery, you better be aware that it can easily be taken out of context. Her comments were hot on the heals of many disparaging comments JLaw has made about social media and screen time. That she may have been serious wasn’t a huge leap. It was a misunderstanding but JLaw isn’t the martyr here. Neither is Anne. Women are not above criticism.
+100
Jen was rude, sorry to disagree. And Anne is really talking about herself. Anne, just MYOB!
Don’t worry Ann JLAW may be grating on some people’s nerves but she will never be more grating than you. And joking or not Jen was still rude. I still like her but she’s not that funny.
Oh please. I was over my AnnE angst, but this brought it all back. She’s not defending Jennifer, she talking about what happened to her and cloaking it with the mantle of sisterhood. “Stop building up women just to tear them down LIKE YOU DID ME.” So transparent.
Exactly… Such a lack of self-awareness with this one…
Yup.
I don’t mind Anne, but can’t understand what she’s thinking inserting herself into this.
Yeah, it’s kinda amazing to me she probably wreaked the goodwill her going dark was granting her to come whine about this again. Ironically since I have seen the media pose it as a her vs. JL (the desperate to please and be liked one vs the cool funny one).
But so what if she’s talking about herself? In my view, the vitriol flung at Anne Hathaway during her Oscar campaign was vicious and unwarranted. And unfortunately, if she said directly that the vitriol directed at her was vicious or unwarranted, she’d get even more irrational hate flung at her. So I have no problem with her being “self-serving” in this way because at the very least, she was being supportive of another woman in her effort to be “self-serving.”
Sadly enough, women are often damned if they do, damned if they don’t. But still, if Anne Hathaway was attacking Jennifer Lawrence, I suspect a lot more people would have applauded her because as a society, we are far more comfortable in watching women attacking each other than supporting each other.
Yeah, some of it was vicious, but a lot of it was just honest, exasperated irritation – Anne can grate on people’s nerves. She often grates on mine and I don’t think it’s “irrational hate” on my part.
@EOA Good point. Especially your last sentence.
I agree the hate she got was way over the top, but it had all calmed down and now I feel like she’s kind of stirring it up again. And stirring up the JLaw stuff too, as that was calming down too.
For the record I like both women and think they are both talented actresses.
She can talk about herself all she wants. Just don’t pretend your concern is for someone else when it’s really about you.
+100
Pretty much. Anne no one was even talking about you. Gah go away.
Look at poor pregnant Anne trying to hang on the coattails of Jennifer’s popularity. Jennifer can be annoying, she’s still young and doesn’t quite get it yet, but she doesn’t have the incessant snob factor that Anne has down to an art form. Run Forest run……keep it real JLaw. You don’t need her.
I am sure JLaw can defend herself and she will be fine. Anne needs to stay out of it…
Anne, please do not interfere with JLaw’s mess. I didn’t get the hate on and now I can see why people do.. If you go on with this again you abd Alicia Vikandwr will be very good friends in the snob department. And people will hate you more.
Was there really that big of a “backlash”? Anne is probably more upset about it than JLaw is.
I love how she capitalizes FOUR TIME OSCAR NOMINEE as if that should have anything to do with how she behaves or how people behave towards her.
Apparently any criticism at all is unacceptable.
It didn’t blow up because of misogyny, it blew up because Jennifer Lawrence is an obnoxious brat who makes a habit of being rude and offensive, but we’re supposed to swallow it because she’s so “unfiltered” and apparently we all just can’t take the fact that she keeps it so real. It was a very short trip from charming ingenue to entitled jerk for her.
And Anne Hathaway…I’m guessing her time away from the spotlight hasn’t been easy for her or else she wouldn’t have felt the need to chime in and get some attention for herself. Talk about backup that no one was asking for.
+100000
Couldn’t have said it better
Ditto.
This
Hilarious. I mean I as well think that she didn’t look good at the press conference, but calling her a brat is a bit over the top in my opinion.
Anne jumping into it is pretty awkward, like others have said this thing was basically on its way to ending if not already over.
In an effort to ‘help’ she shined a greater, cringier spotlight on it.
But the same could be said for all the 20+ something actresses. I mean name one who’s not been offensive, rude or done horribly stupid things. So reading what actually happened in the room vs photo assumption turns into the reporter actually taking pics. I didn’t like the sarcasm from Jlaw but the love people have for piling on to Jlaw, Kstew, Anne is too far and quite low. Pick a new fight.
This!!!!! Jennifer is usually rude and attention seeker, but she has that “I’m so real and funny” act that fools some people.
I couldn’t have said it better. jennifer is rude and without class and that makes her a genuine person? okay, that may be her genuine self, but I’m not gonna admire that. also, she’s four times nominee…so what?that doesn’t make her any better than others. it only proves she’s overrated as nobody in this business. I don’t like her personality, I don’t find it endearing and the fact that she’s famous means nothing to me since she’s not some great actress, but an overrated phenomenon. she’s lucky beyond measure, that’s great for her. but she’s so arrogant because she thinks she’s special for being an actress. I can’t have respect for that.
THANK YOU!!
me thritto … ooh that was bad
The pink Prada breast darts of whatthef**kery.
Right. Prada loves a dart.
A bad dart is the only kind Prada loves. May as well use lawn darts, FFS, They would at least add interest to the fu#kery.
Blimey. It’s all getting a bit let’s squeeze the last drop of all the outrage we can muster, ain’t it?
I thought JLaw was rude. I was not outraged that she was rude.
I think Our Annie’s Facebook post is utterly hilarious.
#supportstrongwomen #imwithher #whycantwegiveloveonemorechance
Or, more accurately:
#supportrudeactors #imustbeinvolvedineverything #sappyhashtaghallmarkroolzok
God bless Hollywood. It removes all self-awareness from the lot of ’em. Much to my amusement.
Amen
Sixer I’m with you. Let’s get self-righteous about.. Prada’s boob destroying darts!! They are the ALL TIME BIGGEST DESTROYER OF BODICES!!! #respectmyboobs #darts are for lawns #fauxoutrageissoAnne
Her last tag, WTF?Please tell me there’s at least some backstory to that and she didn’t come up with it for the occasion. Jesus.
I’m 6mos pregnant with my third and Anne’s pregnancy style vibe is what I’m going for, but somehow I don’t think I’m pulling it off quite as well… Ah well.
Insuffreable. Hope she has that kid and goes away for a long time and comes back with her pretty head out of the clouds in Hathaway constellation.
LOL look at how tightly they’re clenching their Oscars in the top photo
It may have blown up last week, but by now I think it’s been forgotten (especially after Jennifer got her 4th nomination). If I were Jennifer, I probably wouldn’t see the point of Anne reminding everybody about it.
so we’ve come to the point where we are going to excuse everything Jennifer Lawrence does because she’s Jennifer Lawrence ? This is so lame, pathetic and Hypocrite. If it was Blake lively doing this, i just can’t imagine the backlash. There is ways to call people out and she was rude period. Jennifer is feeling herself way to much lately im glad people are not falling into the “im like everyone” act anymore.
I think the second dig at the guy is what makes it rude. I can understand being snippy about a phone, but, even in jest, it should have been left at that. Lawrence has got away with a lot because of her success, her youth, her personality and her looks, but if the tide has turned the exact opposite will happen. On a premier video I saw Tom Cruise laughing and chatting with another actor and the mike caught a little of what they were saying. Cruise said “he can get away with that, if we said it we would be ….” I assume the last bit was something like crucified, but it didn’t pick that up. I only caught that because I know who and what they were talking about and he is completely correct, they could have said exactly the same thing in exactly the same way and they would have been pulled to pieces in the press. So for her sake, I think Ms Lawrence need to tone things down for a while.
Who and what where they talking about? 🙂
Ha! It was very silly, just onset antics involving a mobile phone, a broom and one testicle. The point is, it was silly and light hearted and was meant to be a joke between friends, but these things that get blown out of all proportion are normally just that, but when a person is out of favour it will be milked for all it is worth.
@vanessa – So true.
For me there’s countless things you could call JLaw on. Even as a fan I call her on her crap statements. This wasn’t one of them. The annoyance for me is the media will bypass all the actual problem statements and go after her for calling for a modicum of respect in an interview?! That makes zero sense. So yes it is an indication of our need to tear down whatever It girl is popular for dumb reasons.
I couldn’t agree more. I’m completely indifferent to J Law but people blew this WAY out of proportion. She was joking in a sardonic way that might not have been entirely appropriate. Oh noes!!!!
People are acting like she burns kittens.
Again, I can’t help but wonder about some of the people around here..guess nobody has ever had a bad moment in their lives? I’m constantly amazed and surprised at what outrages people…conversely, I’m always surprised at what kind of behavior people give a pass…meh
well female celebs aren’t allowed bad days…that’s a right for men only. Hell men can commit crimes and a year later is still a “fave” by some people
I was starting to feel very annoyed with Ms Smells-like-Cabernet Lawrence. But then I went and saw Joy and all the annoyed feelings washed away. She was amazing, so talented, captivating, and to me very relatable.
I know it doesn’t excuse bad behavior. But she has a huge talent and is insanely famous. I can’t imagine any one of us wouldn’t have missteps along the way. So I’m back in her corner, enjoying her amazing work as an actor and waiting for her to grow up a bit more.
And I don’t think Joy or her performance were overhyped. My husband and I were both completely inspired by the movie.
Anne is so fake. This is clearly about her not Jennifer. I believe that Jennifer was joking and wasn’t rude. Maybe her delivery was bad and people actually though she was serious.
Naah, I disagree. She was joking and being rude at the same time.
Yup. And Anne is SO phony.
I am one of the few people who actually LOVES Anne lol. But I have to say that I feel she’s only taking up for Jlaw because she feels Jlaw is receiving the same treatment and scrutiny that she’s received in the past. Sorry Anne but I disagree. Jlaw was rude in that instance. Point blank period. You were rude. Own up to it.
Sidenote: Just the other day someone on here was talking about Taraji, her Oscar speech and the way she behaves and they said that no one else could get away with behaving the way she does, and that any other actress would get dragged for it. I firmly believe that if Taraji or any one else who isn’t Hollywood’s “it girl” had spoken to that reporter the way Jlaw did, they would be dragged for filth. I believe that Jlaw is allowed to be rude and is excused for it because people love her.
I agree. Jennifer Lawrence is at the moment- the young blonde white it-girl and is afforded all kinds of forgiveness. If Gugu Mbatha-Raw had said something similar to what Jennifer Lawrence said, her career would be over.
Exactly! She would be DONE.
No one would have made any fuss if Gugu Mbatha-Raw had made that comment to a reporter – because it was a passing wisecrack that no one in the room had any issues with until the media made it a thing because Jennifer Lawrence was involved.
Lord if Taraji had said what Jennifer did…yeah the headlines would have been filled with every scowling face picture of her they could find.
Lol yup! Angry/rude black actresses behaves like a jerk toward reporter. I can see the headlines now.
True but I would say 75-80% of the commenters here are dragging J Law though. So are we saying that it wouldn’t be ok if Taraji was dragged for it? Because if so, then I agree with you but we should extend that to J Law as well.
I also like AnnE.
You have to understand Kitten that there is a racial undertone to both situations but in different ways.
I think in Taraji’s case she was being called out for doing/saying things many white actresses get away with. And as far as JLaw is concerned, she was rude to that Latino reporter. I didn’t see outrage I just saw people calling out a rude moment.
Nah I definitely wouldn’t be ok if Taraji did it. I think she Jlaw spoke very condescendingly to the reporter. It’s rude regardless of who said it. But I do feel that actresses of color and those who aren’t it girls are dragged for doing way less than what Jlaw did here. There are tons of people taking up for what she did. Not necessarily on CB, she definitely has lots of people making excuses for her.
Yes for some reason I can’t help but like Anne. She’s cloying and very try hard, but I have a soft spot for her lol
I think what Almond is referring to is how a light hearted moment from Taraji directed at no one in particular got a lot of criticism (she’s rude, she’s ignorant, etc.) and how it wasn’t really warranted.
Now if Taraji had done the same thing as J-Law the whole thing would have become a trending headline with far less pity taken. Nicki Minaj, ironically she’s becoming the go-to for how black women are portrayed in the media, recently commented on this with how a spat between her and Farrah Abrams resulted in dozens of media posts with pictures of her scowling while Farrah smiled like an innocent angel. She basically joked, “So I guess there are no smiling photos of me anywhere.”
See also: Amandla criticizing Kylie Jenner and how the media took it from level 5 (Two women get into disagreement) to level 10 (angry black woman condemns innocent white child!)
At least that’s what I think Almond was saying, correct me if I’m wrong.
The Eternal Side Eye: that is EXACTLY what I meant lol… You’re just much better with words than I am. You explained my jumbled thoughts perfectly.
Yeah Eternal, you said it much better then I did! I’m working with a new keyboard and got lazy with my thoughts, haha.
I just wanted to chime in that I like Anne too! She wants to be liked, validated, and vindicated, like most of the human race. *shrugs*
Yup! She’s an eager beaver and serious about her craft. I like her. And I’ll keep liking her until I see her being rude or mean to people.
I do, too. And she is nothing like JLaw, she actually seems to be a kind, thoughtful person, so she should butt out of this. Especially that stupid “four times Oscar nominee” statement. So what? Does that make JLaw immune from criticism?
When Taraji went up to accept her award, she jokingly snapped at the handler for accidentally stepping on her train. I thought it was funny but admittedly, I did feel kind of bad for the guy. If Jennifer Lawrence on the other hand were to do the same, she would’ve been racked over the coals for being a mean to him.
All celebs have their stans and their detractors. Take Beyonce who calmly told her assistant to stop fussing over her dress and people acted like she’d read the woman for filth. Now I’m no Beyonce fan but my dislike is not so deeply rooted that I didn’t think she was being unfairly targeted.
I’m still on the fence with the whole Jennifer sitch and what’s amusing to me is just how invested some commenters are in either criticizing or defending her.
I like Anne. I’ll always have a soft spot for her. But she was never the IT girl. She campaigned hard for her Oscar, while JLaw gets noms just for rolling out of bed. And I don’t know what to make of JLaw any more. She’s too young for the Oscar-bait roles she lands but too mature looking for teen roles. Life just happened too fast for her, so many roles, so much money, and too much recognition all piled onto her at once. A lifetime of career accomplishments before age 25. Where does she go from here?
down.
Isn’t that an Evita song?
She’s rich and famous so we shouldn’t say anything?
who cares if she’s a “FOUR TIME OSCAR NOMINATED young woman”? seriously, i don’t think this is a big deal but being a four time oscar nominated young woman is not an excuse to be an asshole
I read that as Anne Hathaway giving an example of how talented and successful this young female actress is, further proving her point that we should celebrate the achievements of women in the industry instead of dragging them down at every opportunity.
There is just so much try-hard in both of these women…. Ugh.
Whatever annE. JLaw has been getting away with some things that should be criticized because of crap like your “defense”. You can bemoan the media all you want and to a certain degree be correct, but there are a few legit reasons to be annoyed with and critical of JLaw. It does NOT make me or anyone else anti-feminist or anti-woman for thinking and saying JLaw is annoying and out of line sometimes. It makes annE a Hollywood style feminist poser for saying *$&@ like that. How about less blind criticism and more critical thinking? From everyone.
We just came off of a second round of POC not receiving Oscar nominations and this is what you complain about Anne? Girl……
LMAO, well come on. She’s just insufferable but as a white actress she knows she’ll eventually be nominated for something, no matter how weak in it she is.
Her perspective only extends as far as her potential problems.
Good point. Out of touch doesn’t even begin to say it.
#supportstrongWHITEwomen
THIS.
Yeah, you guys are really making me rethink my previously stated fondness for Anne. The thing is, I liked the Princess Diaries, I love her in Brokeback, she’s plenty watchable in Batman. But I guess I don’t really care if she ever transitions into a serious adult actress (or did that already happen with her Oscar?) But just because I have a sense of fairness and justice in this world, I do have some sympathy for all the 30+ actresses whose star-powering is fading watching young JLaw get *all* the roles. All of them.
Honestly, I wouldn’t even waste my time watching the Oscars this year, if there weren’t a possibility that Chris Rock is going to be epic.
while i agree if a woman acted like bradley cooper did backstage at some award show last year when they were talking to press about an award they’d won they’d be chastised by the press and he wasn’t. it was only brought up because jennifer made a fuss about it on the spot. and they discussed her behavior-not his. Bradley just walked away in the middle of the interview–amy adams was a pro and just kept answering questions while he just walked off deciding he didn’t feel like doing part of his job which is promoting the film. and now knowing he got paid more than the female cast members-it makes his behavior even more anger inducing. But yeah, Anne’s statement has nothing to do with jennifer at all, it has anne’s name written all over it. Anne wants to lump jennifer in with her to make herself seem more like anne. this is like when taylor swift thinks sexism is anyone criticizing her about anything-ever. it only shows taylor only thinks about taylor, this is how Anne comes across here too. this is why people don’t like anne. did jennifer release a statement after this? or after nude photos of her were stolen from her iCloud account? or after getting caught smoking a joint right after winning her oscar? nope-anne is just too high maintenance.
I do think Jennifer was attempting to joke with the reporter but it was still rude.
She wasn’t at home at a party or casually walking from the grocery store on a Sunday. She was at a film event that when we’re perfectly honest is a business function in fancy dress. The reporter’s only job was to ask her questions, as long as he doesn’t ask something rude or obscene it really doesn’t matter how he asks them.
Instead Jennifer Lawrence decided to pull a Matthew McConaughey and bro out on a reporter about his cell phone. Of course then we hear the reporter speak and he’s both nervous and speaking with a thick accent. He makes a mistake but he’s still ready to ask more questions with the limited time he has left and instead she focuses on it dragging the moment out more and more. When at a certain point you can’t figure out why she’s wasting both her and the reporter’s time and how she doesn’t realize it comes off as petty.
Whatever. Women are held to a higher standard of “niceness” than men.
Yeah, I know. Which basically means the solution is to never call a woman rude because #feminism? That doesn’t seem realistic or helpful.
Most of what I’ve seen of this issue on the net (and I admit I haven’t looked too hard) has been pretty tame. It’s mostly J-Law fans going, “Oh no! Our Queen isn’t perfect!”. People acting like this small bit of criticism is a witch hunt seems to be making the situation worse.
@ The Eternal Side-Eye
I think the point was that the backlash is never proportional if a man were to do the same thing.
If she was attempting to joke and people did not see it that way, then she needs to perfect her acting skills.
AnnE defending herself using JLaw is hilarious. However I’m still on JLaw’s side on this. When given an opportunity in the press room to ask a question, do it and leave the cell phone pic alone. There were plenty of professional cameras for professional journalists to use over a crappy cell phone pic.
I think if Robert Downy Jr had done the same thing most people would be on his side. People don’t like seeing an attractive young woman being a scold even if she is in the right because she is female, young and attractive. Change any one of the three variables and we would all be Team JLaw.
The journalist doesn’t need defending just because he has an accent. He speaks fluent English and doesn’t need to be patronized as a “poor foreign journalist”.
EXACTLY.
I think it’s pretty telling that the snippet is almost always edited so nobody realises she did actually answer his question once the phone went away – and she did so politely, thoughtfully and at length. I mean, I think she was snippy, but people invented an entirely imaginary scenario (that he was just using Google translate) because they didn’t want him to be filming her, in a way that was inappropriate and justified her calling him out. And I think that’s fairly telling, too.
She was snippy because the guy was discourteous. He stopped with that, and she answered him without problem. She has said some things that made me eyeroll in the past, but who hasn’t, in their early 20s? She’s also said some brave and important things.
And when male actors call people out for bad manners, they get lauded. Women who do so get accused of bad manners themselves. That’s not okay. She was hardly being a diva.
is it just me or is “strong woman” becoming the new “nice guy”?
Haha..that’s pretty spot-on.
Why people need to blame Jennifer for the nominations she gets? I am sure she does not want a backflash but she does not need to stop taking good roles and promoting them just because some are tired of her.
Meh…. Much out of nothing honestly. I can think of all of our over-inflated egos on young actresses and they’ve all said and done really idiotic things. I don’t excuse any of them of it but by the same token, I don’t see the need to drag over the coals. For what benefit. Go see their films or don’t. I like Anne standing up for another woman, shows her spunk. She was ridiculed for being high minded in the past, too perfect. Funny, you’re tearing her down again for standing up for a woman (maybe one you don’t like) but who said taking a stand was about an EASY road to niceville. Its taking a stand against the fray.
“Hi, it’s ANNiE. Please don’t forget about me. I’m an Oscar winner too. Us special snowflakes must stick together in solidarity from the bullies who will try to tear us down, AKA paparazzi. Don’t worry, I will inject myself into something that is none of my business, and was almost over, because I was really talking about what I perceived happened to me and cloaking it in fake concern. I’m currently pregnant so Jennifer is holding the fort down with all the roles that should have been mine. Remember me, OSCAR WINNING ACTRESS. I’ll be back in a couple of months once I pop this baby out, ageism be damned. Don’t forget about meeeeeee.” This is why she grates on my nerves!
You’ve pretty much proved her point for her. If someone like Anne grates on your nerves I wonder how many people ‘grate on your nerves’ on a day to day basis.
Kaiser dislikes both of their dresses. I dislike both of THEM.
I actually prefer Anne over Jennifer.
So do I.
THANK YOU. I knew I wasn’t the only one.
it wasn’t the first time Jennifer has been obnoxious, under the guise of a “joke ” imo. Nor the second, nor third. It’s not even the first time she has been rude to a reporter at an awards event. So any conversation about her behaviour is warranted, not not simply a tearing Down of a woman
Anne, on the other hand, did not deserve the tear apart she received. She was over the top, yes, but polite. Friendly. Professional. Unless I missed times when she was rude like Jennifer?
I like both Anne and JLaw, I’m a big fan of both…nevertheless, I thought Jennifer was too aggressive the way she spoke and she made that face that shows a tremendous amount of hostility. I didn’t like how she said, ‘braw’ you know for ‘bro’ too if I recall correctly. I think her joke about not knowing the difference between the golden globes/oscars was funny but the delivery again was too harsh for my taste. I think it’s ok for her to tell the journalist to not use the phone but in a way that’s not so judgey of him for using his phone non-stop, like she’s on a soapbox. It came across a bit hostile and self righteous.
Yeah, that seems reasonable. I mean, I have issues with the fact that male actors who call journalists out tend to get respect for it, but at the same time, she was very sharp with him.
The problem I have is the way it was framed as this poor guy, needing Google Translate, being unfairly traduced. When actually she was reasonably irritated, even if she did go over the top about it. And I do also think the full clip, showing her answering his question properly and at length, makes her look a damn sight more likeable… which is why it was cut out, I suspect.
If you’re joking and media outlets around the world have to EXPLAIN you were joking, you weren’t doing it very well. Remember, there’s a power imbalance between stars and journalists; this poor guy won’t get sent to cover Jennifer Lawrence ever again, and possibly booted down the latter to interviewing the Lesser Hadids and the like. This will have hurt his career, whether she was kidding or not. And it’s his JOB to take pictures of her with his phone.
As I said before, I love it when the material tells me how to do my job.
I am a journalist, and I have to say the recent trend of celebrity journalists complaining about their jobs is such b.s. to me. I’ve never covered entertainment, but it doesn’t strike me as requiring Edward R Murrow levels of skill to complete the job. All this guy had to do was ask a coherent question and take a picture. He couldn’t effectively do that so if he has to cover the lesser Hadids from now on ( a fate worse than death) he’s not getting any sympathy from me. If I were his editor I would assign him to lower profile stories so he could learn and get better.
Clearly you’ve never covered entertainment. I have, I’m now a crime reporter, and she was still out of line.
Maybe they are friends in real life and she was defending her without any self-serving intent? I know that’s how I get when I see one of my friends attacked. I’m automatically team-friend, it’s my default setting. One of my friends would have to do something pretty horrible to make me change that setting. I think it’s a nice message. I’ve noticed us “normal people” deal with it to, especially women – if you achieve a modicum of success at anything, watch out. We’re supposed to be good at everything, just not show it.
Ooh I think she looks really pretty while pregnant. Not usually a big fan of her style/look but I think she is looking very lovely in the recent pics.
I watched both “The Intern” and “Interstellar” on a plane recently and it reminded me of how much I enjoy Anne Hathaway as an actress. I also like Jennifer Lawrence as an actress.
On top of that, I like both of them, judging from their interviews. They are human. Humans are annoying sometimes. Humans overdo it. I should know!
I like the fact that Anne Hathaway defended Jennifer Lawrence. I think she was spot on. And I also think that, given the experience she had, with being torn to pieces in the media for wanting an Academy Award and being happy about winning afterwards, what she wrote came from a place of deep empathy. Maybe I’m giving her too much credit here, who knows. But I don’t get the level of hatred for Anne Hathaway. Seriously, she talks too much sometimes, she’s thirsty. So what? She has never beaten up her partners, or done blow off hookers, or disassembled a hotel room, or …
The reporter went on his facebook page after the incident and wrote that she must have been on her period because she was in a bad mood. He even sneakily tried to edit the post afterwards and removed the period part. Hilarious how he’s received no backlash at all for his sexist comment yet everyone was mighty quick to jump down Jennifer’s throat. On top of that he’s been retweeting people that have called her a bitch/ saying that they would’ve thrown the phone at her head.
If Tom Hardy acted short with a reporter, he wouldn’t got the same amount of vitriol flung at him since he’s a male actor. Given all the reports of Tom Hardy being a dick to people/being generally very difficult to work, you don’t see it mentioned anytime there’s a story about him the news. The comment section isn’t flooded with nastiness calling him a cunt or dick.
I guess you weren’t around for the Tom hardy thread not too long ago. He certainly was taken to task for a lot of his past behaviour.
While I don’t agree with what the reporter wrote on his Facebook, the question does remain- which came first, the chicken or the egg?
The answer is that a circle has no beginning
(I love Harry Potter).
He was criticized on this site but honestly, I’ve never seen it brought up anywhere else in the media. If you search for a Tom Hardy story right now on Buzzfeed or reddit, no one ever brings up his diva behaviour in the comment sections at all.
With the recent backlash Jennifer got, I’ve seen so many gross comments about her on twitter, buzzfeed and reddit calling her all sorts of names. Just read through this one thread to see how sexist the backlash has been against her. https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/40fb9l/jennifer_lawrence_being_an_asshole_to_a_reporter/
ps. (I love Harry Potter too :D)
You have a point, some people use anything slightly controversial about a female celebrity to insult them, be offensive and misogynistic. I mean I think she is usually rude and attention seeker, which does not make her a bad person, I just think her public persona is annoying, apart from that I like her performances.
I like Anne but the Bowie/Queen quote at the end of the post irritated me.
“this might be, and likely IS a case where people are manufacturing outrage against an enormously successful woman just because… something. Tall Poppy Syndrome? Misogyny”… nope, I don’t think so. It’s not like people were outraged at her for THIS particular incident, it’s a lot of things but mostly ‘her attitude’. Her behaviour is tiring and always excused with the ‘she’s joking’ line (I really hate when people do that).
I’m a woman and I’m all for women being successful, but that’s not the point here. It’s the same as with Anne.. I liked her but she ended up grating on my nerves. It happens with everybody, male and female, when they do too much or their stunts gets repetitive. So why should she be different? Who cares if she’s been nominated 4 times for an Oscar and won one? Of course she’s talented (though I don’t think the nomination was right this time), but I also care about how they act with people, that’s why I also read gossip and interviews because if I really don’t like an actor I won’t see his/her movie. Period. Nothing to do with gender.