Jennifer Lawrence recently added another title to the long list of parts she has played over the years and that is of being a mother. Besides being a successful actress, philanthropist, and vocal activist, she has now yet another responsibility to shoulder, which she is quite excited about. But it wasn’t an easy journey from the beginning. Despite keeping her private life under tight wraps, the actress opened up to Vogue while discussing the turning of Roe v. Wade.
The actress welcomed a baby boy named Cy in the spring of 2022, with her husband Cooke Maroney and she is very grateful but also was very aware during her pregnancy and the things it did to her body. She shared her candid take with Vogue on its 2022 October cover.
Jennifer Lawrence on Her Pregnancy
Although the Oscar-winning actress, Jennifer Lawrence, tries to keep her private life out of the public light, her journey with pregnancy and miscarriages is something she chose to share with her fans. The actress was recently compelled to share her side of the story especially due to the disappointing verdict of overturning Roe v. Wade back in 2022. She confessed that she experienced her first miscarriage while she was in her 20s. Although she intended to opt for an abortion, it did not come to that. She said, “I had a miscarriage alone in Montreal.”
She also experienced a miscarriage some years prior while filming Don’t Look Up, which marked her return to the acting industry after four long years. That especially sent her into a dark place, given that this time around she was married and was ready to have kids. Lawrence having to experience such a huge amount of pain so early in her life made her realize things, and thus, is scared for the people in the ‘post-Roe v. Wade overturned’ world. While speaking on the chaotic situation of her surroundings, she said,
“I remember a million times thinking about it while I was pregnant. Thinking about the things that were happening to my body. And I had a great pregnancy. I had a very fortunate pregnancy. But every single second of my life was different. And it would occur to me sometimes: What if I was forced to do this?”
She then briefly went on to talk about gun safety and stated her worries about raising a young boy in today’s day and age. Although she was in a dark place then, she is now quite content and is extremely happy in her motherhood.
Why Did Jennifer Lawrence Take a Break From Acting?
A number of reasons compelled her to take the break, from wanting to spend more time with her husband to receiving negative reviews on her movies, the new baby was also part of the reason. Following all this, she thought she was an alliwed a well-deserved break. And she indeed was. Taking about her pregnancy to Vanity Fair she said,
“If I was at a dinner party, and somebody was like, ‘Oh, my God, you’re expecting a baby,’ I wouldn’t be like, ‘God, I can’t talk about that. Get away from me, you psycho!’–But every instinct in my body wants to protect their privacy for the rest of their lives, as much as I can. I don’t want anyone to feel welcome into their existence.”
Jennifer Lawrence also stated that she felt like she reached the saturation point in her career where everybody body hated her every move, the actress stated,
“I wasn’t getting the quality I should have—I just think everyone got sick of me. I got sick of myself. I had just reached the point where I couldn’t do anything right. If I walked down the red carpet, it was like, ‘Why didn’t she run?'”
And thus to escape the criticism and enjoy new beginnings she decided to take a breather for a while after the 2017 movie Mother!, she then returned to the cinemas with the 2021 film Don’t Look Up, and also has a movie currently running in the theatres called No Hard Feelings. Thus, all in all, it can be said, that the actress is finally enjoying her life again after a few rough years.
No Hard Feelings is currently in the theaters for people to enjoy.
Source: Vogue
