Jennifer Lawrence is no stranger to having her already svelte figure photoshopped for magazines, and recently the outspoken Oscar-winning actress discussed the practice of fat-shaming in the media with Barbara Walters, Us Weekly reports.
At the age of 23, Lawrence has been named one of the 10 Most Fascinating People of 2013 in Walter's annual special, a role model to millions of young girls around the world as the star of "The Hunger Games" franchise. Back in 2012, Lawrence infamously told ELLE magazine, "In Hollywood, I'm obese. I'm considered a fat actress," and while speaking with Walters, posed the question, "Why is humiliating people funny?"
"I get it, I do it too. We all do it," she admitted. "I think the media needs to take responsibility for the effect it has on our younger generation on these girls that are watching these television shows and picking up how to talk and how to be cool. So all of the sudden being funny is making fun of the girl that's wearing an ugly dress. And the word fat! I just think it should be illegal to call somebody fat on TV. If we're regulating cigarettes and sex and cuss words because of the effect it has on our younger generation, why aren't we regulating things like calling somebody fat?"
As for her series, "The Hunger Games," Lawrence told the BBC on the subject of keeping her curvy figure for the role: "When we were doing the first 'The Hunger Games', it was a big discussion, 'cause it's called 'The Hunger Games' - [my character Katniss is] from District 12, she's obviously underfed, so she would be incredibly thin. But, I just kept saying, 'We have the ability to control this image that young girls are going to be seeing.'"
