Viewers watching the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday night were left with a bad taste in their mouth after actress Jennifer Lawrence seemingly threw shade at British actress Joanna Lumley. But not so fast, Larence says.
Lumley, the 2017 recipient of the BAFTA Fellowship award, gave Lawrence a hearty welcome to the stage at the awards show. Lawrence was announcing the winner for outstanding British film.
“And we start with the award for outstanding British film and who better to kick the whole evening off than the hottest actress on the planet,” she said. “Soon to be seen in Red Sparrow, it’s the ravishing Jennifer Lawrence.”
When Lawrence took the mic, she only mustered a half-hearted response.
“Hi, that was a bit much but thank you Joanna,” she said.
Lawrence addressed the drama on Magic Radio with show host Ronan Keating on Monday and said the whole thing was just an inside joke between her and Lumley. Apparently, Lawrence had jokingly told Lumley to go all out when she presented her that evening, and when Lumley followed through Lawrence was unsure how to react onstage.
https://youtu.be/U7pI3mv1ecw
Watchers shared on Twitter that they felt Lawrence’s response was disrespectful.
https://twitter.com/RenuAmeNaggayar/status/965335898320711681
https://twitter.com/NinaYNoo/status/965336952416489472
Oof, the palpable awkwardness from Jennifer Lawrence throwing shade at Joanna Lumley as she stepped on the stage. Granted, whoever wrote “hottest actress in the world” into the autocue should have been taken aside for being a twit.
— Mathew Buck (@FB_BMB) February 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/SharonLSlater/status/965337837813092352
https://twitter.com/DG_John1994/status/965335406324736000
https://twitter.com/NeilBoast/status/965341697264816134
Whether a shade queen or conspirator besties with Lumley, the internet can’t get enough of Lawrence’s onstage antics.
