Jennifer Lawrence has some good advice for celebrities wanting to weigh in on politics and the second Trump presidency.
In a long-form interview with The New York Times, Lawrence was asked about her latest thoughts on America’s current political climate.
While most would have expected the old chestnuts about Trump promoting every “ism” and “phobia” known to man, her response was actually worth hearing.
Lawrence responded:
I don’t really know if I should. The first Trump administration was so wild and just how can we let this stand? I felt like I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off,” she said speaking to her previous political proclamations.
But as we’ve learned, election after election, celebrities do not make a difference whatsoever on who people vote for. So, then what am I doing? I’m just sharing my opinion on something that’s going to add fuel to a fire that’s ripping the country apart. We are so divided.
I think I’m in a complicated recalibration because I’m also an artist. With this temperature and the way things can turn out, I don’t want to start turning people off to films and to art that could change consciousness or change the world because they don’t like my political opinions.
I want to protect my craft so that you can still get lost in what I’m doing. And if I can’t say something that’s going to speak to some kind of peace or lowering the temperature or some sort of solution, I don’t want to be a part of the problem. I don’t want to make the problem worse.
She went on to point out that many celebrities who were once universally popular are now despised by over half the country:
You watch these actors’ faces who have had incredible careers and made incredible contributions and then one half of the internet doesn’t want to see their face anymore. I get so upset for those people and it feels so wrong.
I try to express my politics through my work. A lot of movies coming out from my production company are expressions of the political landscape and that’s how I feel like I can be helpful. I regret everything I’ve ever done or said. The second term feels different. Because he said what he was going to do. We knew what he did for four years. He was very clear. And that’s what we chose.
I’ve also grown up. And yeah, I’m a lot more nervous about whatever I say publicly. I don’t want to give an interview that’s a bunch of sound bites and a word salad. I don’t think that’s interesting and it would feel so inauthentic and not like what I’m here to do. So I’m trying to strike that balance.
Watch the interview below:
Lawrence has come a long way in the past 18 months. Last May, she called former vice president Mike Pence gay and suggested he had a weird penis.
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Nevertheless, her latest intervention is most welcome. Hopefully, some of her colleagues sit up and take note.
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