Jennifer Lawrence tells of breaking a Hawaiian taboo when she scratched her butt on sacred rocks
Jennifer Lawrence thought she was just telling a cheeky story during a recent television appearance, so she might be surprised to find out that people are actually furious about how she playfully discussed itching her derriere on sacred Hawaiian rocks.
The 26-year-old Oscar winner was on The Graham Norton Showin London last week when she recalled how she almost killed a man on set of one of the The Hunger Games films because she was itching her butt on the rocks and actually shook a boulder loose.
And while Jennifer couldn't help but laugh as she explained how the boulder rolled down the mountain and almost hit their sound guy, many people took to Twitter to call out the actress for being blatantly 'disrespectful' to Hawaiian culture.
Jennifer Lawrence is so ugly. She knew the rocks are sacred to their culture & went out of her way to disrespect it. pic.twitter.com/PjiPldQgTa
"Jennifer Lawrence is so ugly. She knew the rocks are sacred to their culture and went out of her way to respect it," a Twitter user named Nañi commented.
"She rubbed her butt on a monument people used to spiritually represent their ancestors [and] she thought it was cute," Bolu Babalola added.
The show's host was actually the one who brought up Jennifer filming on the rocks in Hawaii, and she knew exactly what story he wanted her to tell.
"Oh god. How do you know about this?" she asked, but she went on to explain that visitors are not suppose to "expose your genitalia" to the sacred rocks by sitting on them.
Jennifer noted that she was in a wet suit at the time, and she ended up using the rocks as a scratching post. After the rock she shook loose almost crushed someone, she said the Hawaiian locals were convinced it was the curse from their ancestors.
However, she laughed and insisted that she was actually the curse.
Twitter user Alison Willmore pointed out that she actually told a similar tale during an appearance on Live with Kelly and Michael three years ago.
"Jennifer Lawrence loves that sacred rocks story. Here she is telling it back in 2013," she wrote while sharing the clip.
The 26-year-old Oscar winner was on The Graham Norton Show. Photo / AP
Of course, not everyone was amused by her story the second time around.
'"Hey Hawaiians, I scratched my a** with your sacred stones, broke one, almost killed a man, and [laughed] at your spirituality." - Jennifer Lawrence,' @LeftSentThis wrote.
"Jennifer Lawrence scratching her a** on those rocks is a metaphor for white people recklessly s******g on foreign cultures," a woman named Claudia noted, and @theblckestday added: "That video of Jennifer Lawrence talking about the sacred rocks makes me cringe so hard; I can't watch it."
Multiple people even went as far as calling the Passengers star 'trash.'
"That time Jennifer Lawrence bragged about defiling sacred Hawaiian stones. Been tellin y'all she's TRASH. Stay Canceled. FOH. [sic]" a woman named T.J. wrote, while @bigbearoncampus noted: 'If Jennifer Lawrence didn't know the rocks were sacred until after, she wouldn't have wanted to even bring up the monstrosity. She's trash.'
And a woman named Emma called her an "a******", explaining that "using sacred 'rocks' to scratch your a** and then laughing about it when they come loose isn't cute."
However, some people thought that some of the more threatening critics were going to far with their violent language.
"What Jennifer Lawrence said about the sacred Hawaiian rocks did sounds ignorant, I'll admit, but wishing death on her is not okay," Courtney Ocheltree tweeted.
Meanwhile, Marco A. Chillen argued that the blonde beauty did nothing wrong.
"Gotta love #JenniferLawrence," he wrote. "Primitive people get a life; rocks are f*****g rocks, unless it's kryptonite."
