--- title: Jennifer Lawrence on Refusing to Post on Social Media description: Jennifer Lawrence got down to the nitty gritty of why she's not willing to subject herself to the battleground that is the Internet. canonical: https://time.com/5392639/jennifer-lawrence-social-media-interview/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-11T16:13:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:48.331Z og:title: Jennifer Lawrence on Why She Refuses to Post on Social Media og:description: "I’m a voyeur: I watch, I don’t speak" og:url: https://time.com/5392639/jennifer-lawrence-social-media-interview/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2cedb8972192625e/698939ebfb4eac12a98979e2/jennifer-lawrence-social-media.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Jennifer-Lawrence-Social-Media og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jennifer Lawrence on Why She Refuses to Post on Social Media twitter:description: "I’m a voyeur: I watch, I don’t speak" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2cedb8972192625e/698939ebfb4eac12a98979e2/jennifer-lawrence-social-media.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jennifer Lawrence on Why She Refuses to Post on Social Media > Sponsored content. 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ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 11, 2018 4:13 PM UTC [Jennifer Lawrence](http://time.com/5185078/jennifer-lawrence-oscars-2018-wine-chair/) has long been vocal about her [aversion to social media](https://www.eonline.com/fr/news/596811/jennifer-lawrence-will-never-join-twitter-social-media-because-the-internet-has-scorned-me-so-much). But in an interview with [_InStyle_](https://www.instyle.com/beauty/fragrance/jennifer-lawrence-dior-joy) that was published on Tuesday, she got down to the nitty gritty of why she refuses to post online. After sharing her thoughts on [unrealistic beauty standards](http://time.com/4286464/jennifer-lawrence-body-type/)—”If you are 20 pounds underweight and talk about [eating pizza](http://time.com/money/5368331/best-pizza-every-state/) and fried chicken all the time, that’s not going to make people feel good about themselves”—J-Law revealed that while she does keep an eye on what others are sharing, she’s not willing to subject herself to the battleground that is the Internet. “I’m on it. But I’m a voyeur: I watch, I don’t speak,” she said of social media. “There is always so much backlash. So many people are listening and paying attention, and they have so many opinions about absolutely everything. I really don’t want to welcome that unless it’s absolutely necessary. I don’t want to put myself out there for no reason. 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