Jennifer Lawrence reveals that ‘intrusive thoughts and anxiety’ led her to hire security for the first time after the birth of her one-year-old son Cy
Jennifer Lawrence has revealed that she totally revamped her approach to her family’s safety after she became a mother for the first time.
The 33-year-old Oscar winner was chatting with fellow celebrity mother Kylie Jenner when she interviewed the reality star for Interview Magazine, which hit the web on Monday.
Jennifer, who also shot back at rumors that she has had plastic surgery, said that she became overwhelmed with fears about her and her son Cy’s safety after she gave birth to him in February of 2022.
She shares the little boy with her husband, the art dealer Cooke Maroney.
The Silver Linings Playbook star attributed her sudden desire to get security guards to ‘intrusive thoughts and anxiety’ that began to overwhelm her after giving birth.
New reality: Jennifer Lawrence, 33, revealed on Monday that she only started using security guards after she and husband Cooke Maroney welcomed their son Cy, one; seen together in October
Chatting: The 33-year-old Oscar winner was chatting with fellow celebrity mother Kylie Jenner when she interviewed the reality star for Interview Magazine, which hit the web on Monday
‘I’m curious how your kids react to security,’ she began as she pitched the topic to Kylie.
‘I didn’t have that much security before I had a kid, but once I had one, with my intrusive thoughts and anxiety, I wanted us to have security around all the time,’ she admitted.
Kylie claimed that she as in the same boat, and she said she had never had security guards of her own until she became pregnant with her daughter Stormi, whom she shares with her ex Travis Scott.
In the ‘five-plus’ years since then, she has had a two-guard team ‘in rotation.’
‘[Stormi is] very familiar with them, which I feel comfortable with,’ the Kardashians star explained. ‘She actually has a lot of love for them. I just tell my security to not make it so serious, so they have a good relationship. I’m trying to figure it out too because I never had security growing up, so I don’t know what that’s like, but I try to make it as normal and friendly as possible.’
But Jennifer initially wanted her security team to be ‘invisible,’ though she quickly found out that that approach wasn’t feasible or helpful.
‘Yeah, [having a] friendly [relationship] is nice because before I hired them, in my mind I was like, I want them to be invisible. I don’t want my kid to see you or know you,’ she shared. ‘And then once they start working for you, it’s like, “Well, wait. This is a person in our life. He’s helping us.”‘The actress added that it was ‘not really a good lesson to ignore the person that’s helping us.’
‘It’s probably better to say, “Say good morning to Sean. Hi. How are you?” We’ve incorporated them more in our lives, which surprised me. That wasn’t how I planned it,’ she added.
Soothing her fears: ‘I didn’t have that much security before I had a kid, but once I had one, with my intrusive thoughts and anxiety, I wanted us to have security around all the time,’ Jennifer admitted; seen in October in NYC
Changing her strategy: She said she initially wanted her security to be ‘invisible,’ but she soon found that it was better to treat them warmly to model behavior for Cy; seen November 20 in NYC
‘I grew up. I lost baby weight in my face!’ Jennifer hit back at speculation that she has had plastic surgery on her nose and eyes in the same interview (she is pictured on the left last week and in September 2009 on the right)
