Jennifer Lawrence Opens Up About Fame Fatigue, Public Backlash, and That Ariana Grande Impression

Jennifer Lawrence is finally reflecting on one of the most intense cultural backlashes of the 2010s – and she’s doing it with the same mix of honesty and irony that once made her America’s sweetheart, and later, its favorite target. In a new interview with The New Yorker, the Oscar-winning star revisited the years when her spontaneous humor and unfiltered personality went from being her charm to her curse.

“It really was my genuine personality,” Lawrence said.

“But it was also a defense mechanism – being loud and ridiculous was my way of saying, ‘Don’t take me too seriously!’ I watch those interviews now and cringe. That girl was hyper, exhausting, and kind of annoying. I get it.” She laughed, adding, “Ariana Grande’s impression of me on SNL was spot-on.”

The skit she’s referring to aired in 2016, when Grande’s exaggerated take on Lawrence – babbling about Pringles and being “just, like, so real” – became viral fodder. It wasn’t mean-spirited, but it reflected something deeper: audiences were beginning to turn on the actress they once adored. “People didn’t reject my work or my politics,” Lawrence said. “They rejected me – my personality. That was hard to swallow.”

At the time, Lawrence was everywhere. Between The Hunger Games franchise, Silver Linings Playbook, and a string of blockbusters like X-Men and American Hustle, she became Hollywood’s most in-demand performer. But by 2015, her ubiquity and offbeat interviews – including oversharing about bodily mishaps and casual self-deprecation – made her seem, to some, overexposed. “I think everyone just got sick of me,” she once admitted. “Even I got sick of me.”

Her remarks echo a broader pattern that plagues celebrities who are celebrated for being ‘real’ – until that very authenticity gets weaponized against them. In the same breath that the media praised her relatability, it turned her every slip-up into a meme. “If I walked the red carpet, it was, ‘Why didn’t she run?’” she joked in an earlier interview. “I realized I couldn’t please people by working harder or being nicer. That’s when I learned peace has to come from something other than success.”

Some critics saw her fall from grace as inevitable – Hollywood has always had a fickle relationship with fame, especially when it comes to women who rise too fast. Others note that her ‘overexposure’ was more a product of how aggressively the industry marketed her image. And while she may have been an easy punchline for a while, Lawrence’s self-awareness today gives that old narrative a different tone. She doesn’t blame anyone – she simply acknowledges the absurdity of being turned into a caricature of herself.

Now, years later, she’s found steadier ground. Starring alongside Robert Pattinson in Lynne Ramsay’s Die My Love – due in theaters on November 7 – Lawrence looks set to reintroduce herself to audiences on her own terms. This time, without the pressure to be the “cool girl” or the “relatable star,” she’s embracing a quieter, more grounded version of herself.

As one commenter summed it up online: “She might’ve been annoying back then, but at least she was real.” And in an era when authenticity feels rarer than ever, maybe that’s exactly why Jennifer Lawrence remains one of the most fascinating figures in modern Hollywood – imperfect, unfiltered, and still unapologetically herself.