Jennifer Lawrence says she’ll discuss motherhood more openly after postpartum experiences, amid Die My Love press tour
The Oscar winner explains why she’s reversing course on talking about her kids as she promotes a new film centered on motherhood and postpartum struggles.
Jennifer Lawrence said she is reversing course on discussing motherhood, acknowledging that she will now talk about her experiences as a mother as she promotes Die My Love, her new film about a postpartum mother.
In a roundtable with The Hollywood Reporter, Lawrence explained that she used to be strict about not discussing her kids but now sees motherhood as part of her public conversations. “I’ve always been really strict about, ‘I don’t want to talk about my kids,’” she said, when asked about her recent experience on the Die My Love press tour. “But it’s impossible not to, so I’ve landed on, ‘I will talk about my experience as a mother.’” When interviewer Seija Rankin noted that Lawrence had been “really generous” in talking about the topic, the Oscar winner quipped, “Too generous. I hear what you’re saying.” Rankin added that the actor would likely talk “about the meds that helped you,” including Zurzuvae. Lawrence described her postpartum experience after the birth of her second child as “really bad,” and said the medication helped.
Die My Love centers around a new mom and her experience with postpartum depression and psychosis. The film’s depiction provided the context for Lawrence to speak more openly about motherhood, the press tour and her own life as a parent. Lawrence previously opened up in The New Yorker about intrusive thoughts she experienced as a new mother. She said, “I just thought every time he was sleeping he was dead,” and, “I thought he cried because he didn’t like his life, or me, or his family. I thought I was doing everything wrong, and that I would ruin my children.”
Lawrence and her husband, Cooke Maroney, have two children together. Their first son, Cy, was born in 2022. They welcomed their second son in April, though they have not publicly shared his name. The actress’s heightened openness about motherhood follows years when she kept personal life more private, but the notes suggest she has become more comfortable discussing her parenting experiences in interviews and in connection with Die My Love.