Jennifer Lawrence says her flip-flop ensemble on Cannes red carpet wasn't a political statement
Jennifer Lawrence was unaware there was a "controversy" surrounding footwear on the red carpet.
The 32-year-old actress said she wasn't making any sort of "political statement" when she wore flip-flops to the premiere of the French thriller Anatomie D'une Chute (Anatomy Of A Fall) at last month's 76th Cannes Film Festival.
She told Entertainment Tonight: "Okay, thank you for bringing this up. I would really like to straighten this out. I was not making a political statement, not that I wouldn’t. I had no idea until it like, came out that there was a whole controversy with people wearing flats, or like, walking down the red carpet barefoot. I had no clue. My shoes were a size too big."
Keeping it casual: Jennifer Lawrence wearing a pair of black flip-flops at the premiere screening of Anatomy of a Fall at the 76th Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 21, 2023.
The Oscar-winning actress added that she had worn high heels as she made her way up to the red carpet but switched to flip flops for the cameras and reiterated that she was not making a statement with the move, noting that if she was trying to get a message across, it would have been "on purpose."
She explained: "And I wore heels going up, but then I forgot to take a picture with my production team, Excellent Cadaver. So, we had to take an Excellent Cadaver picture, and I knew I would eat s*** if I went down in the shoes that were a size too big.
"I put on the flip-flops, and then everybody's like, 'What a statement!' Wow. I'm all for making a statement. I just would want it to be on purpose!"
Lawrence's new movie, the raunch com, No Hard Feelings, opens in Singapore cinemas on July 27, 2023.— BANG SHOWBIZ
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