Jennifer Lawrence has finally spoken about her stolen nude photos, calling the theft “a sex crime,” and considers those responsible part of a larger problem with the Internet, privacy and the law. “It is a sexual violation. It’s disgusting. The law needs to be changed, and we need to change. That’s why these Web sites are responsible. Just the fact that somebody can be sexually exploited and violated, and the first thought that crosses somebody’s mind is to make a profit from it. It’s so beyond me. I just can’t imagine being that detached from humanity. I can’t imagine being that thoughtless and careless and so empty inside.”
Speaking to Vanity Fair, the Oscar-winning actress says that at first she didn’t know how to react to The Fappening. “I was just so afraid. I didn’t know how this would affect my career.” Lawrence attempted to write something about the leak in August, but “every single thing that I tried to write made me cry or get angry. 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.” She adds, presumably in a reference to Nicholas Hoult’s online habits, “It was long distance, and either your boyfriend is going to look at porn or he’s going to look at you.” She also targets the tabloid media which thrives on celebrity scandals. “You have a choice. You don’t have to be a person who spreads negativity and lies for a living. You can do something good. You can be good. Let’s just make that choice and—it feels better.” And if you are one of the people huddled at your monitor looking at the photos, Lawrence has a message for you: “Anybody who looked at those pictures, you’re perpetuating a sexual offense. You should cower with shame. Even people who I know and love say, ‘Oh, yeah, I looked at the pictures.’ 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.”
