Actress Jennifer Lawrence posed shirtless for fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier, covering Vanity Fair's November Issue!
"I was just so afraid," she says. "I didn't know how this would affect my career."
The 24-year-old actress breaking her silence as dozens of her nude pictures stolen and distributed online.
The hunger games main star, who has always been private about her life, was upset when the photo leaked. "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," she expresses.
Lawrence was drawn to write a statement in August, but reconsidered. "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 [withNicholas Hoult] for four years," she recalls. "It was long distance, and either your boyfriend is going to look at porn or he's going to look at you."
The actress, who is currently dating Coldplay's Chris Martin, clarified something about the invasion of privacy: "It is not a scandal. It is a sex crime. It is a sexual violation. It's disgusting," she says.
"The law needs to be changed, and we need to change. That's why these websites are responsible," she continues. "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."
The American Hustle actress also stated, "Anybody who looked at those pictures, you're perpetuating a sexual offense. You should cower with shame," telling the magazine. "Even people who I know and love say, 'Oh, yeah, I looked at the pictures.' I don't want to get mad, but at the same time I'm thinking, 'I didn't tell you that you could look at my naked body.'"
After calling her dad, Lawrence, who is keeping herself said, "Time does heal, you know. I'm not crying about it anymore. I can't be angry anymore," she tells Vanity Fair. "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."
