Jennifer Lawrence says she’ll always be paid less in Hollywood “because of my vagina”

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Jennifer Lawrence has voiced her frustration with the gender pay gap in Hollywood, stating she’ll always be paid less “because of my vagina”.Speaking to Vogue for their October cover story, the Oscar-winning star acknowledged that actors of her level of fame are “often” overpaid but that she still finds the difference “bothersome”.“It doesn’t matter how much I do.

I’m still not going to get paid as much as that guy, because of my vagina?” she said.Her comments come following reports that she earned $5million (£4.4million) less than Leonardo DiCaprio for the Netflix movie Don’t Look Up.

The pair starred together in the 2021 Adam McKay comedy about two scientists who warn the world of an approaching comet with the potential to wipe out all human life.But despite being the first name on the call sheet for production, Lawrence reportedly earned $25m (£21.6m) for the film, compared to DiCaprio’s $30m (£26m).Elsewhere in her interview with Vogue, Lawrence expressed her anger at the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v.

Wade, while reflecting on the recent birth of her son.“I remember a million times thinking about it while I was pregnant,” she said. “Thinking about the things that were happening to my body.