Jennifer Lawrence wore a very divisive look to the Golden Globes on Sunday, which I guess was a nod to the divisive movie she was nominated for, Die My Love. I wasn’t a fan of the super see-through look. More than anything, though, I was deeply troubled by the wrap. Did that piece have sleeves? Is it actually a jacket that she just never pulled up to her shoulders all night? And is there a strong possibility that the dress and wrap/jacket fabrics were acquired at a fire sale of Bed Bath & Beyond curtains and pillow slipcovers? These are the kinds of critical matters I’d get to the bottom of had I been reporting from the red carpet!

In any event, this is likely Jennifer’s last outing for Die My Love on the awards circuit. She was still showing up for screenings as recently as last week, though, when she attended a Q&A in NYC, and the simple question “are you a dog or cat person” led to some big revelations: she rehomed her longtime Chihuahua companion Pippi with her parents, and is very afraid of dogs getting close to her young kids after her older son got bit by one.

“I am really uncomfortable answering this question,” Lawrence said at a Q&A for her new film, “Die My Love,” at the 92nd Street Y in New York City.

“She’s alive, she’s with my parents,” the actor added. “She did not like New York. I lived on 1st and 67th just to be near the park for her.”

Aside from that, Lawrence admitted that “after I had a kid, dogs became so scary.”

“It’s almost like I don’t recognize dogs right now,” she said. “I just see them as a threat.”

“One of them bit my son and that just made me want to obliterate every dog ever. It’s like, ‘I’m gonna take out you, and your whole f–king family and your f–king friends,’” the Oscar winner said as the audience laughed.

In a Reddit post focused on Lawrence’s decision, the comments were overwhelmingly positive.

“Responsible rehoming is a good thing,” one user wrote. “As someone who worked in the pet industry for years, it should happen more often … There should be less stigma around it.”

“Completely agree. I worked in child safety for a long time and I wish more people were open to this,” another commenter said. “Plenty of dogs have unexpected reactions to kids in the home, even if they were previously okay with them. The stigma and shame around rehoming isn’t helpful and doesn’t keep kids safe.”

One parent weighed in, saying that “having a child totally changes your perception of risk.”

“I love dogs but am so cautious of them with my baby,” they added.

Lawrence and her husband, Cooke Maroney, have two children together. The two welcomed their first son, named Cy, in 2022, followed by another son in April 2025.

[From HuffPost]

First of all, I insist on clearing Pippi’s good name by confirming that she was NOT the dog who bit Jennifer’s son Cy! In fact, by Jennifer’s own account to Vanity Fair in 2021 when she was still pregnant with Cy, Pippi had already moved to “chase squirrels unbothered on her parents’ farm in Kentucky.” At that time, Jennifer made no mention of Pippi not liking New York, and instead said the move was a privacy issue because paparazzi were hounding (dog pun!) their daily walks in Central Park. Again, I just wanted to get the facts straight and speak up for Pippi, who as yet has not gone on the record herself.

Now, I’m not a mother of a human child. I can only speak as a fur parent who frequently encounters little kids when out walking with my own Chihuahua, My Guy. One thing I’ve noticed a big change in over the last few years is how more often than not, kids ask first if it’s ok to pet My Guy. That’s learned behavior that a parent has taught them and it’s so smart! Cause while My Guy loves people and is happy to chill and be pet by strangers, not all dogs are the same. My point being, there are good ways to introduce kids to dogs! That being said, Jennifer’s older son is only just turning four, so he would have been a toddler when the biting incident happened, probably too young to put the ask first policy into practice. Ultimately, my biggest issue with Jennifer’s comments is the huge escalation she takes to wanting to “obliterate every dog.” And that was only the start; Jennifer continued on in vehement detail. So again, I have not experienced the life-altering transformation of welcoming a human child. But still — isn’t Jennifer being awfully hard on dogs writ large?? How about saying, “My kids are too young right now, so I’ll pick back up with you floofs in a few years.” Or, you know, simply saying “Cat!” when asked if you’re a dog or cat person, and not opening this whole can of alpo to begin with.

Jennifer Lawrence and Pippi in 2016 (Header image is from 2015):

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