Jennifer Lawrence is an accomplished actress at the age of 23, having already won an Academy Award, but the Hunger Games star is opening up about her beginnings in Hollywood.
Lawrence said she was told she needed to lose weight if she didn’t want to get fired and she basically gives a big middle finger to her critics.
In the November issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK, Lawrence explained, “I was young. It was just the kind of s--t that actresses have to go through. Somebody told me I was fat, that I was going to get fired if I didn't lose a certain amount of weight. They brought in pictures of me where I was basically naked and told me to use them as motivation for my diet. It was just that."
She also admitted it really stuck with her through the years, saying "I was a little girl. I was hurt. It doesn't matter what accolades you get."
Daily News notes she’s now established enough in her career that she knows it will “never happen to me again.” She said if anyone even hints at it, “You can go f--k yourself.”
image: Harper's Bazaar