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Published 13:28 13 May 2026 GMT
Jennifer Lawrence has sparked debate online after opening up about filming intimate scenes with Robert Pattinson in their recent movie, Die My Love, and why she felt an intimacy coordinator wasn’t necessary.
During an appearance on the Las Culturistas podcast, Lawrence discussed working on the film, directed by Lynne Ramsay.
The psychological drama follows a woman dealing with postpartum psychosis after becoming a mother, while Pattinson plays her emotionally absent husband.
While intimacy coordinators are commonly used on productions to help actors navigate intimate scenes safely and professionally, the heartthrob said she personally didn’t feel she needed one while filming with Pattinson.
“We did not have [an intimacy coordinator], or maybe we did but we didn’t really… I felt really safe with Rob,” she said. “He is not pervy and very in love with Suki Waterhouse. We mostly were just talking about our kids and relationships.”
Lawrence added that there “was never any weird like, ‘Does he think I like him?’” dynamic between them. She went on to say that if there had been “a little bit of that,” she likely would have wanted an intimacy coordinator involved.
The actor also made a more controversial claim during the conversation, which has prompted an angry response from fans, saying there are “a lot of male actors” who “get offended if you don’t want to f*** them,” adding that situations like that can sometimes lead to “punishments.”
Her comments quickly ignited discussion online, with many social media users arguing that intimacy coordinators are about far more than simply preventing inappropriate behavior between actors.
One person wrote on X: “actors stop completely misrepresenting the point of intimacy coordinators challenge failed yet again.”
Another added: “again… that is not the point of intimacy coordinators. it’s so that every person on set (including behind the camera) feels safe and protected.”
Others criticized the idea that declining an intimacy coordinator should be treated as some kind of achievement, with one angry commenter writing that actors “need to stop acting like it’s a badge of honor to not have an intimacy coordinator.”
Another viral response mocked the reasoning behind Lawrence’s comments, joking: “girl who thinks intimacy coordinators exist just in case your costar is in love with you.”
The discussion also drew comparisons to fellow actor, Julia Roberts, who recently faced similar backlash after revealing she chose not to use an intimacy coordinator for a kiss scene with Andrew Garfield in After The Hunt.
Following Roberts’ comments, some TikTok users accused her of opting “out of safety” simply because she “felt like it,” adding to the wider conversation about the important role intimacy coordinators now play in Hollywood.
