Jennifer Lawrence has officially joined Instagram, earning nearly 1 million followers in less than 24 hours. But the Oscar winner is issuing a warning to toxic social media users: She will quit Instagram if people start being mean.
“So yeah, I am giving it a shot and if anyone says anything negative I will quit immediately, no questions asked,” Lawrence said in her first video post on her Instagram feed. “If anyone thinks something mean, I will know and I will quit.”
Lawrence doubled down on her message in a post on her Instagram story that reads: “Please be mindful that any mean or aggressive comments can negatively affect the baby. It’s me. I’m the baby.”
When launching her Instagram account on Sept. 9, Lawrence told fans that she was using the @jlaw handle because @jenniferlawrence was already taken. She posted her first video the following day. As of the posting of this article, Lawrence is following 46 accounts that vary from Miss Piggy (she is currently developing a Miss Piggy movie with friend and fellow Oscar winner Emma Stone) to Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio, with whom she recently shot the psychological drama “What Happens at Night” (the movie is expected to release next year from Apple).
Some of Lawrence’s other follows include her “Hunger Games” co-star Josh Hutcherson, Ziwe, Stephen Colbert, Suki Waterhouse, “Chicken Shop Date” host Amelia Dimoldenberg, Daniel Kaluuya, Evan Ross Katz, Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Kendall Jenner, Kris Jenner, Matt Rogers, Bowen Yang, Keke Palmer, Derek Blasberg, NPR, Jonathan Anderson, Andy Cohen, Emily Ratajkowski, Amy Poehler, Ms. Rachel, Amy Schumer, Alex Consani, Dakota Johnson, her husband Cooke Maroney and more.
Despite leading one of the biggest Hollywood franchises of the 21st century with “The Hunger Games” and earning various award wins and nominations, Lawrence has stayed off social media until now. She’s been vocal in past interviews about disliking press tours because she “loses control” of her craft as interviews and headlines go viral. Perhaps joining social media will allow Lawrence to get some of that control back.
Watch Lawrence’s first Instagram post in the video below.
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