(Image: YouTube screenshot)
The Academy Award winning best actress Jennifer Lawrence might have had every gown-wearing star’s greatest fear come true during one of the biggest moments of her career thus far Sunday night. But if anyone were going to fall and pull it off gracefully, it would be the Silver Linings Playbook leading lady.
Lawrence didn’t let the gaff phase her when she made it to the mic to give her Oscars acceptance speech, but she did elaborate about what happened on the steps during her press conference afterward.
A reporter asked what happened to cause Lawrence to trip. Lawrence responded in her characteristically candid style.
“What do you mean what happened? Look at my dress,” Lawrence, who leads as Katinss in The Hunger Games trilogy as well. “I tried to walk up stairs in this dress. That’s what happened.”
Moving on, another reporter asked what her first thoughts were in that moment.
“A bad word that I can’t say that starts with ‘F’,” Lawrence laughed.
This was not all of Lawrence’s hilarity responding to seemingly obvious questions from the press, like what it took to get ready. Lawrence said she tried her dress on, cleaned up, got her hair and make up done and “came to the Oscars” (this said in a sing-songy voice) — all before admitting she did a shot backstage before coming out for the press conference.
And someone asking if the 22-year-0ld worried about “peaking too soon,” given that she received an Oscar nomination last year and won for her role this year. Lawrence responded with these faces:
(Image: YouTube screenshot)
(Image: YouTube screenshot)
“Well now I am,” she said.
Watch Lawrence’s entertaining press conference for yourself:
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UnwantedFoe
Feb. 25, 2013 at 4:55pmLol got to love Jennifer Lawrence… great actress… but I hope to God she doesn’t turn liberal
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zzbear
Feb. 25, 2013 at 8:42pmDoubt it. I saw some of her comments about living off of the land, etc. She seems as grounded as you can get and be in the business that she’s in. She also seemed proud of the fact that she hasn’t done any full frontal nudity also. Like you, I hope she stays true to her current beliefs and doesn’t let the left coast change her compass.
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RonPaulOrNoOne
Feb. 25, 2013 at 9:27pmwow you people are pathetic. Did you actually watch this garbage? LOL Losers.
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woodenputter
Feb. 25, 2013 at 3:51pmShe’s amazin’, stay humble and please be yourself, we love ya just the way you are….
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Jinglebob
Feb. 25, 2013 at 4:52pmA very super breath of feash air. May you not ever change young lady.
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3monkeysmomma
Feb. 25, 2013 at 4:58pmI <3 Jennifer Lawrence.
I really hope Hollyweird doesn't turn her into a …(fill in the blank with the word of your choice)
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alinskythis
Feb. 25, 2013 at 3:42pmSorry to be nit-picky, but “gaff” should be “gaffe,” and “phase” should be “faze.”
Definition of GAFF
1: a : a spear or spearhead for taking fish or turtles
b : a handled hook for holding or lifting heavy fish
c : a metal spur for a gamecock
d : a butcher’s hook
e : a climbing iron or its steel point used by a telephone lineman
2: the spar on which the head of a fore-and-aft sail is extended
Definition of GAFFE
1: a social or diplomatic blunder
2: a noticeable mistake
Definition of FAZE
1: to disturb the composure of : disconcert, daunt
Also, punctuation (commas, periods, question marks, etc.) go before the second quotes character, not after it, i.e., “Her ‘comments,’ however crude, were nonetheless accurate.”
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Worldsapart
Feb. 25, 2013 at 7:09pmSorry to be an ass, but “nit-picky” should be “nitpicky.”
Main Entry: nitpicky
Part of Speech: adj
Definition: overly critical, esp. on trivial matters; focused on only trivial aspects
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nitpicky?s=t
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Quiata
Feb. 25, 2013 at 8:36pmThanks to both of you. Looks like the readers have to be the editors nowadays. I actually appreciate that I’m not the only one a little dismayed by the breakdown in language and communication, especially by those who are supposed to represent the standard.
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Quiata
Feb. 25, 2013 at 8:41pmAnd here’s a fun (and cringe-worthy) sentence to try and decipher. Maybe the author had also downed a shot before writing the following:
“What do you mean what happened? Look at my dress,” Lawrence, who leads as Katinss in The Hunger Games trilogy as well.
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toomuchgovt
Feb. 26, 2013 at 5:56amThere, Their, They’ve it will all be okay – now go take a prozac.
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Quiata
Feb. 26, 2013 at 7:54amLights too bright for you, TOOMUCHGOVT?
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Hoser
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:23pm“To write is human, to edit – divine.” – Stephen King, On Writing
@WORLDSAPART – Touché. (Thanks for the chuckle!)
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oldsoldier10
Feb. 25, 2013 at 3:37pmIs it just me, or is Jennifer Lawrence even beautiful when she trips and falls? Just Gorgeous!
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3monkeysmomma
Feb. 25, 2013 at 5:04pmWhen you are that young and cute you can get away with anything!
…take it from someone who used to be young and cute…..
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DIR
Feb. 25, 2013 at 6:36pm@3MONKEYSMOMMA
You may not be young and youthfully cute anymore, but there are trade offs with age. You are still alive, you are hopefully smarter (with age comes experience), probably well seasoned and still hot enough to melt a cheese sandwitch from across the room if you want too. There is a famous song called the ‘world is a circle’ from the movie ‘lost horizons.’ I’m sure it applies.
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wildwop
Feb. 25, 2013 at 3:35pmhow stupid are these people?!?! She’s 22 and enjoying the ride! Do you or we, for that matter, really care what her “process” was for getting to the big night? What was she thinking when she fell? What do you think she was thinking you jack@$$. Now I understand the big paychecks, its bribe money to deal with all those idiots in Hollywood. Where was the oh so intelligent Perez Hilton? I’m sure he’d have something really super smart to ask as well.
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John.Galt
Feb. 25, 2013 at 2:49pmKind of the reverse of Miss America – the press sounded like morons and she mocked them… GOTTA LOVE IT!
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mkw22
Feb. 25, 2013 at 2:32pmLove her! She is now one of my new favorite actresses, well probably one of my only…she was great! And so cute. Love the blunt honesty.
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JediKnight
Feb. 25, 2013 at 2:21pmLame questions, excellent responses.
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Grannie4news
Feb. 25, 2013 at 2:11pmThose reporters and their questions reminded me of that Western song “Here’s Your Sign!” They all should have been told that last night. What a bunch of idiotic questions and especially the last one. :)
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DontStopBelieving
Feb. 25, 2013 at 1:36pmWow. Just. Wow. Press should be ashamed of themselves.
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alexegz30
Feb. 25, 2013 at 1:29pmI love the open honesty of this young lady. I hope she retains this in her career. She doesn’t seem crude or deceptive in her answers, making her a great person in my book.
Hollywood needs more like her.
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SinginRN
Feb. 25, 2013 at 2:49pmShe was absolutely wonderful in “The Hunger Games”. Seems to be unassuming and natural in real life. She doesn’t care about conforming to the “Hollywood ideal” of being a “Size 2″ or smaller.
I like her too.
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old-sarge
Feb. 25, 2013 at 1:26pmI genuinely like her attitude and style!
Great job Jennifer, keep it real and be your self and don’t let the bozo’s run your life.
I hope she retains her view of the world and her ability to be a normal person!
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moosebeeusa
Feb. 25, 2013 at 2:48pmAgree 100%
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ezalbeht666
Feb. 25, 2013 at 1:10pmHer date to the Oscar was a High School classmate with Down’s syndrome so she is a very nice person to say the least.
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sillyfreshness
Feb. 25, 2013 at 1:23pmI avoid the Oscars. It’s when all the Hollywood “chosen people” elites get together to congratulate one another.
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Granny58
Feb. 25, 2013 at 1:46pmare you sure? i think that is her really great friend from school but he watched it at home.
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Granny58
Feb. 25, 2013 at 1:47pmstill…it is fabulous that she has a really great friend with Downs syndrome! Kudos Jennifer.
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ezalbeht666
Feb. 25, 2013 at 2:43pm@granny58 yes, they showed him on the Red Carpet with her & there’s a bunch of stories about it today.
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The_Cabrito_Goat
Feb. 26, 2013 at 4:19pmShe’s BEAUTIFUL oh my GOSH
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ksmike
Feb. 25, 2013 at 12:13pmShe should have said, “Good thing I’m not a Republican, otherwise all the Demagoguerats and newscasters (I know, that’s redundant) would have made fun of it for a month and called it a “career ender”.
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RaydocX
Feb. 25, 2013 at 11:43amrefreshing responses and overall attitude here.
i worry she will be swept up in the jane fonda susan sarandon darryl hannah syndrome, but hope instead she follows marisa tomei.
do i know the latter’s politics? No.
And I don’t want to know… I want solid perfomances in movies that feel real while i’m watching them, however fantastical they are, and that have a happy ending. Life has enough darkness and uncertainty to waste two hours watching Monster’s Ball again.
it’s a shame Zero Dark Thirty’s truth so limited its acceptance by the Academy. Saw a bit over the weekend where a professor says students BELIEVE what they see in historical fiction movies and so he spends much of his classtime UNteaching wrong facts whether it’s about William Wallace or Game Change.
Almost without exception movies that ‘improve on’ the books are a disappointment… movies that ‘improve’ on actual history leave me similarly unsettled.
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iglooanne
Feb. 25, 2013 at 1:07pmI can’t confirm her politics but I do remember that she had a press conference after the Hunger Games that was very pro gun/weapons/archery. I think the Blaze even covered it. So lets hope that she does have a conservative slant and can survive in Commiewood.
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Barbieboop
Feb. 25, 2013 at 11:14amI thought the Bond boys were going to be there. Anyone know why they weren’t?
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ezalbeht666
Feb. 25, 2013 at 1:00pmYes, Long story short Connery and Bronson are both in a legal fight with the people who own the Bond franchise and refused to show. They’re owed millions.
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EmpressJessica
Feb. 25, 2013 at 3:25pmI missed the bond boys, too
I LOVED DAME BASSEY REALLY SINGING GOLDFINGER
I want her to sing the next bond theme song
She kicks arse
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sbenard
Feb. 25, 2013 at 11:11amLOL! That was the most funny comedy routine I’ve seen in months!
What was most funny was the stupidity of the questions! She handled them with skill!
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Gonzo
Feb. 25, 2013 at 11:00amAfter seeing a clip of Moochelle presenting for best picture on the news this morning, I am once again disappointed by how low the office of POTUS has fallen with this reality TV first family of ours.
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AvengerK
Feb. 25, 2013 at 11:35amGONZO, it was an expression of vassalage from leftist Hollywood. In particular to the Obamas who respresent many of the sacred cows of the left (pun intended). The royals in this white house no longer tap a shoulder with a sword to bestow recognition of service to the monarchy, they merely appear from the presidential palace (complete with military used as props..no seriously..why was Moochelle/Zira surrounded by members of the military for this?) and announce their chosen knighthood honour for the year. All that was missing was Moochelle on a balcony singing “don’t cry for me Argentina” with a courtyard full of the faithful beneath her holding a candlelight vigil (although I think I spotted a bandana-ed washerwoman DESERTROSE on her knees, scrubbing the floor behind her royal highness as Moochelle walked the room).
And what a perfect juxtaposition? The vacuous, hollow, gussied up, “let’s pat each other on the back”, looks-of-phony-surprise-and-humility, foppish, all style-no substance, night-of-nights for Hollywood capped off with an appearance from their queen in her much praised wig -the most empty, do-nothing, self-appreciating, image-manufactured, obsessively carefully scripted and packaged first couple in living memory. I think it was perfect..Ben Afleck I understand had an org@sm when Moochelle/Zira presented the award for his film (which not surprisingly itself praises Hollywood).
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The_Pointy_End
Feb. 25, 2013 at 11:52amI too share your disappointment on how the Obamas have cheapen the office. No setting president should ever go on a talk show, nor his wife. After they leave office – fine. The Obama’s think they are cool and hip and we the people are the enablers by watching. I wish the people would stop tuning in when the Obamas act-up. But we the people keep watching and they keep performing for us.
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Strange_Paradox
Feb. 25, 2013 at 2:33pmi didnt watch the Oscars….nor do I intend to watch them ever again. This is the whole pretext of the “hunger games” in which Jennifer Lawrence starred – her co-companion in the movie made the statement, “we should all just not watch – thats what they are wanting us to do.” It is a method of control – no one should give these liberal freakshows one ounce of credibility by watching them. You should research the actors/directors and choose your entertainment that way – or better yet, skip the TV – movies for spending time with your kids…or going to a gun safety class to learn the proper way to handle a firearm….or going to church….or growing your own food in a garden….or reading a book….
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catty
Feb. 25, 2013 at 3:29pmYou must have hated seeing Laura Bush on the Oscars, or watching her on Leno all the time. Or seeing old Ronnie introduce the Oscars.
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AvengerK
Feb. 25, 2013 at 4:05pmCATTY…perhaps you can tell us what all those military personnel were doing around Moochelle? I’m not sure that a security detail is an essential part of opening an envelope and announcing a winner. Perhaps you can clear that up. I don’t want to call them props just yet before your sage knowledge of political entities on Academy Awards presentations is offered.
Thanks.
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Gonzo
Feb. 25, 2013 at 5:48pmLaura Bush never presented an Oscar D-bag. Schools out, get a clue.
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woodyee
Feb. 25, 2013 at 10:49amThose questions coming from the press…they’re so…so…enlightening, right? The one I found most compelling was the one referring to her misstep climbing upon the stage. Riveting!
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Iamtheoracle
Feb. 25, 2013 at 10:22amShe was just one of a few actors who were genuine and classy but watch Hollywood will ruin her soon enough.
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GhostOfJefferson
Feb. 25, 2013 at 11:15amDoubtful. She has told PETA to go pound sand, she is obsessively devoted to her man, and she’s keen on buying a shotgun. There’s a very high chance that she’s one of us. :)
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Ster2
Feb. 25, 2013 at 11:45amI hope Hollyweird doesn’t ruin her,she is one of the few who actually doesn’t care what these morons say or ask ;) She is adorable and seems grounded with a good family behind her,I wish her many more years of success,And I hope I never have to eat my words Jennifer ! ;) your a breath of fresh air,in a slimy business,just go to work go home to your REAL friends and Family and leave the PC talk to the Hollyweird Dronez and we will keep watching you and sticking up for you :)
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catty
Feb. 25, 2013 at 3:31pmFYI she is single.
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BostonHarold
Feb. 25, 2013 at 4:50pmI doubt it. Read her bio. She was raised right and is well grounded in reality. She’s got a big brain and uses it well. From her looks…her almond eyes and high cheekbones…I think I see Native American genes. Wouldn’t surprise me. Indian gals are formidable beings. She handled those entertainment media buffoons like a pro.
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SquidVetOhio
Feb. 25, 2013 at 10:17amShe seems like a nice girl. Hope she doesn’t let Hollywood corrupt her.
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Stoic one
Feb. 25, 2013 at 9:56amThe “interview” was much to do about nothing……she politely made that point i think.
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ellietoo
Feb. 25, 2013 at 9:38amDo they pay reporters to think up really stupid questions? What do they need to know? What kind of underwear she has on? Honestly! She won the Oscar! She got dressed and had hair and makeup done just like everyone there did. I don’t understand this garbage. It seems lights and cameras make the presses brain cells die.
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Pencil_trick
Feb. 25, 2013 at 9:30amShe seems to be a very down to earth person. I think is funny that she calls out the reporters for their obviously inane questions.
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NOTAMUSHROOM
Feb. 25, 2013 at 9:06amShe is so cute!
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