Jennifer Lawrence is on a cheerful spill-your-mortifying-secrets tour
Jennifer Lawrence and her Hunger Games co-stars have been making the late-night TV rounds to publicize the final Hunger Games movie, but mostly they seem to be talking about Lawrence and her frequent, public tumbles on their global, endless promotional tour. "They pushed this show pony too far," she told Conan O'Brien on Thursday's Conan, before explaining how she dislocated her toe while she was sleeping on an airplane, during her best night of sleep all tour. (If you're wondering how you can sleep well on an airplane, check out her cabin at the end of the clip.)
On Wednesday's Tonight Show, Lawrence was even more forthcoming about her awkward moments on the Hunger Games tour and in life. After expressing annoyance at all the notoriety her clumsiness had earned, she appeared to have come to peace with her reputation — perhaps because Jimmy Fallon is a kindred spirit. ("Between both of us, we've gotten more press over tripping and falling than anyone in history," he said.) For whatever reasons, she was prepared to go all-in.
"There's these two humiliating stories that are my most embarrassing moments that I never talked about, because it's so genuinely embarrassing," Lawrence said, "but now I feel like the statute of limitations on humiliation is up, and I'm ready." The stories are pretty good, collectively combining alcohol, unzipped dresses, Francis Ford Coppola, and the ghost of Elizabeth Taylor, and Lawrence is an engaging raconteur of humiliation. (Remember, this is the woman who Miley Cyrus told she had to get herself together.) Watch Lawrence's good-natured self-mortification below, and be glad you're not her insurance provider. Peter Weber
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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.
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