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Jennifer Lawrence: It Was A Sex Crime, And I Have Nothing To Apologise For

The actress at the centre of the celebrity nude photo hacking has given her first interview since the pictures went viral, reminding the public that she didn't give permission to look at her naked body

It's been the biggest celebrity scandal of 2014 but one of the best-known actresses affected says the nude photo leak that came about by phone hacking was no scandal - it's a sex crime.

Jennifer Lawrence gave her first interview since the hacking affair to Vanity Fair (REX)
Jennifer Lawrence gave her first interview since the hacking affair to Vanity Fair (REX)

Jennifer Lawrence has broken her silence on the matter admitting that she began to write an apology, before realising she had nothing to apologise for.

She told Vanity Fair:

“I was just so afraid. I didn’t know how this would affect my career.

“Just because I’m a public figure, just because I’m an actress, does not mean that I asked for this,” she says. “It does not mean that it comes with the territory. It’s my body, and it should be my choice, and the fact that it is not my choice is absolutely disgusting. I can’t believe that we even live in that kind of world.”

Her comments have been incorporated into an article she was interviewed for before the pictures went public.

Jennifer Lawrence stars in the latest Hunger Games film (REX)
Jennifer Lawrence stars in the latest Hunger Games film (REX)

Contributing editor Sam Kashnerthen followed up after the leak, giving the 23-year-old the opportunity to repond to the situation.

Jennifer explains: "I started to write an apology, but I don’t have anything to say I’m sorry for. I was in a loving, healthy, great relationship for four years. It was long distance, and either your boyfriend is going to look at porn or he’s going to look at you.”

"It is a sex crime,” she tells Kashner. “It is a sexual violation. It’s disgusting. The law needs to be changed, and we need to change."

Along with a number of other actresses including Kirsten Dunst, Winona Ryder and Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer's iCloud was hacked into and personal pictures taken and publicised the internet. Originating on forum-based website 4Chan, they were soon spread via social media and other celebrities (all women until Hulk Hogan's son Nick fell victim just days ago), were threatened their pictures would be next.

The actress says that no matter how well known she is or how much money she made from the Hunger Games, nothing is worth having to call your dad and explain what happened. She goes on to admit that even people she knows and loves have looked at the images. But that anyone who has looked or shared them should 'cower in shame'.

Vanity Fair is on sale from the 14th October (VF)
Vanity Fair is on sale from the 14th October (VF)

"I don’t want to get mad, but at the same time I’m thinking, I didn’t tell you that you could look at my naked body.”

The interview goes on to talk about Jennifer's interests, hopes and aspirations, as well as her thoughts on relationships. And she seems to be weathering the storm well. She says now that the pictures no longer make her cry and she isn't banking her future happiness on the culpits ever being caught, in case that never happens.

"I need to just find my own peace."

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