Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence admitted she always thought it was “wise, career-speaking” for celebrities to stay out of politics, but said that changed after President Trump was sworn into office.
“Twenty-five percent of America identifies as liberal and I need more than 25 percent of America to go see my movies. It’s not wise, career-speaking, to talk about politics,” Lawrence said during an interview with Vanity Fair. “When Donald Trump got sworn into office, that fucking changed.”
Lawrence, 27, was a vocal supporter of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential election, said Democrats made a “huge mistake” in chastising Trump supporters.
“Of course they’re not going to vote for Hillary Clinton; they’re going to vote for Donald Trump,” Lawrence said.”You laughed at them when their plight is very real.”
Lawrence added that she has had to make it clear to her family that despite the backlash, she won’t remain silent.
“My family obviously hates every time I talk about politics because it’s hard to see your kid get criticized and they live in Kentucky, where nobody is really liking what I’m saying,” she said.
Lawrence, who is the highest paid actress in the world, told Entertainment Tonight last week that she plans to take a year off to focus on spreading awareness about corruption in politics.
“I’m going to be working with this organization as a part of Represent.Us … trying to get young people engaged politically on a local level,” the actress said. “It doesn’t have anything to do with partisan [politics]. It’s just anti-corruption and stuff trying to pass state-by-state laws that can help prevent corruption, fix our democracy.”
