Jennifer Lawrence blasts 'sexual violation' of hacking scandal
Jennifer Lawrence has broken her silence on the Hollywood hacking scandal, branding it a "disgusting sex crime".
The Hunger Games star has posed topless on the cover of next month's (Nov14) Vanity Fair, and in an interview with the magazine, she discusses in-depth for the first time how she was affected by the nude picture leak.
Lawrence was among dozens of famous women targeted by hackers who
accessed cloud storage accounts and stole hundreds of private,
intimate pictures, which were later published online.
She tells the magazine, "Just because I'm a public figure, just
because I'm an actress, does not mean that I asked for this. It
does not mean that it comes with the territory. It's my body, and
it should be my choice, and the fact that it is not my choice is
absolutely disgusting. I can't believe that we even live in that
kind of world. It is not a scandal. It is a sex crime. It is a
sexual violation. It's disgusting. The law needs to be changed, and
we need to change. That's why these websites are responsible. Just
the fact that somebody can be sexually exploited and violated, and
the first thought that crosses somebody's mind is to make a profit
from it. It's so beyond me. I just can't imagine being that
detached from humanity. I can't imagine being that thoughtless and
careless and so empty inside."
Lawrence insists she decided against writing a public apology
because the pictures were intended for a boyfriend, believed to be
British actor Nicholas Hoult, explaining, "Every single thing that
I tried to write made me cry or get angry. I started to write an
apology, but I don't have anything to say I'm sorry for. I was in a
loving, healthy, great relationship for four years. It was long
distance, and either your boyfriend is going to look at porn or
he's going to look at you."
The 24 year old goes on to admit the lowest point in the whole
ordeal was having to tell her father: "When I have to make that
phone call to my dad and tell him what's happened... I don't care
how much money I get for The Hunger Games, I promise you, anybody
given the choice of that kind of money or having to make a phone
call to tell your dad that something like that has happened, it's
not worth it. Fortunately, he was playing golf, so he was in a good
mood."
Lawrence is now attempting to move on from the scandal, concluding,
"Time does heal, you know. I'm not crying about it anymore. I can't
be angry anymore. I can't have my happiness rest on these people
being caught, because they might not be. I need to just find my own
peace."
FBI agents are investigating the leak, while a lawyer representing
a number of the female victims has urged bosses of Internet search
engine Google to help remove the snaps from the web.
Other victims include Kim Kardashian, Kirsten Dunst, Scarlett
Johansson and Rihanna.