Jennifer Lawrence Reveals She Confronted Anderson Cooper Over His 'Faked' 2013 Oscar Fall Claim

Award-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence revealed last week how she confronted Anderson Cooper over his accusation that she had faked her famous fall at the 2013 Oscar. It can be recalled that Cooper previously accused Lawrence of faking her fall climbing the stage steps to accept her award at the 2013 Academy Awards.

Jennifer Lawrence said she was nervous the night of her fall but ready in case she won Best Actress for her role in “Silver Linings Playbook.” “I had everything in my head,” she revealed during her guesting on the “Absolutely Not” podcast on Wednesday.

“I was very, very nervous but I was ready. All of the adrenaline clears out and they call my name and I’m elated and I’m in shock. And then I fell, and it erased everything from my mind. My full brain went black. I can look back at it now fondly but for a very long time the fall thing was very sensitive,” she added.

The 30-year-old actress revealed she was still recovering from the embarrassment when she heard Anderson Cooper claiming on his show that she had faked the stunt. “Well, she obviously faked the fall,” she quoted the CNN anchor as saying. She described Cooper’s words as “devastating,” saying the fall was such a “horrific humiliation” to her.

Lawrence revealed that months after Cooper mused on her Oscar fall, she had a run-in with him at a holiday party and decided to confront him.

“I’ll tell you what,” she told Cooper. “I saw him at a Christmas Party and I let him know. My friend told me a vein was bulging out of my eyes. What I led with was, ‘Have you ever tried to walk upstairs in a ball gown? So then how do you know?’”

Lawrence said Cooper apologized immediately after the confrontation. “He apologized immediately, he was like, ‘I don’t know, I have no idea,’ and gave this wonderful apology. And I was all fired up,” she said.

Jennifer Lawrence said she and Cooper have been good friends since. “On my death bed, the last thing I’ll say is ‘Anderson Cooper,’” she kidded.