--- description: Jennifer Lawrence admitted singing in public is one of her biggest fears on Late Show with David Letterman Wednesday. title: Why Jennifer Lawrence is terrified of singing in public image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97ab81c97c70738d/69876890428a9e7458cc55a0/458864672.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Why Jennifer Lawrence Is Terrified of Singing in Public by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 13, 2014 3:46 PM CUT  NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11: Actress Jennifer Lawrence chats with Dave on the Late Show with David Letterman, Wednseday Nov. 11, 2014 on the CBS Television Network. (Photo by Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS via Getty Images) NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11: Actress Jennifer Lawrence chats with Dave on the Late Show with David Letterman, Wednseday Nov. 11, 2014 on the CBS Television Network. (Photo by Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS via Getty Images)CBS Photo Archive—CBS via Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 13, 2014 3:46 PM CUT Jennifer Lawrence admitted singing in public is one of her biggest fears on the _Late Show_ _with David Letterman_ Wednesday. It all began, the _Mockingjay Part I_ star said, when she had to sing Holly Jolly Christmas in a school production at the age of 8, and her parents laughed at her for days afterward. Lawrence jokingly says she now sings in a tone-deaf Amy Winehouse voice. Watch the video above to hear it for yourself. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3583298/jennifer-lawrence-public-singing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3583298/jennifer-lawrence-public-singing/"},"headline":"Why Jennifer Lawrence Is Terrified of Singing in Public","datePublished":"2014-11-13T15:46:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:24:55.451Z","description":"Says she sounds like a tone-deaf Amy Winehouse","url":"https://time.com/3583298/jennifer-lawrence-public-singing/","keywords":["Television","Jennifer Lawrence","Late Night","Funny","singing"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97ab81c97c70738d/69876890428a9e7458cc55a0/458864672.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97ab81c97c70738d/69876890428a9e7458cc55a0/458864672.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Late Show with David Letterman","caption":"Late Show with David Letterman","creditText":"CBS Photo Archive—CBS via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3583298/jennifer-lawrence-public-singing/","name":"Why Jennifer Lawrence Is Terrified of Singing in Public"}}]}] ```