Jennifer Lawrence Candidly Reveals Motherhood Challenges: Navigating Intrusive Thoughts and Anxiety Led to a Crucial Decision

Jennifer Lawrence has revealed that she totally revamped her approach to her familyโ€™s safety after she became a mother for the first time.

The 33-year-old Oscar winner was chatting with fellow celebrity mother Kylie Jenner when she interviewed the reality star for Interview Magazine, which hit the web on Monday.

Jennifer, who also shot back at rumors that she has had plastic surgery, said that she became overwhelmed with fears about her and her son Cyโ€™s safety after she gave birth to him in February 2022.

She shares the little boy with her husband, the art dealer Cooke Maroney.

The Silver Linings Playbook star attributed her sudden desire to get security guards to โ€˜intrusive thoughts and anxietyโ€™ that began to overwhelm her after giving birth.

New reality: Jennifer Lawrence, 33, revealed on Monday that she only started using security guards after she and husband Cooke Maroney welcomed their son Cy, one; they were seen together in October

Chatting: The 33-year-old Oscar winner was chatting with fellow celebrity mother Kylie Jenner when she interviewed the reality star for Interview Magazine, which hit the web on Monday

โ€˜Iโ€™m curious how your kids react to security,โ€™ she began as she pitched the topic to Kylie.

โ€˜I didnโ€™t have that much security before I had a kid, but once I had one, with my intrusive thoughts and anxiety, I wanted us to have security around all the time,โ€™ she admitted.

Kylie claimed that she was in the same boat, and she said she had never had security guards of her own until she became pregnant with her daughter Stormi, whom she shares with her ex, Travis Scott.

In the โ€˜five-plusโ€™ years since then, she has had a two-guard team โ€˜in rotation.โ€™

โ€˜[Stormi is] very familiar with them, which I feel comfortable with,โ€™ the Kardashians star explained. โ€˜She actually has a lot of love for them. I just tell my security to not make it so serious, so they have a good relationship. Iโ€™m trying to figure it out too because I never had security growing up, so I donโ€™t know what thatโ€™s like, but I try to make it as normal and friendly as possible.โ€™

But Jennifer initially wanted her security team to be โ€˜invisible,โ€™ though she quickly found out that that approach wasnโ€™t feasible or helpful.

โ€˜Yeah, having a friendly relationship is nice because, before I hired them, in my mind, I was like, I want them to be invisible. I donโ€™t want my kid to see you or know you,โ€™ she shared. โ€˜And then once they start working for you, itโ€™s like, โ€œWell, wait. This is a person in our lives. Heโ€™s helping us.โ€โ€˜

The actress added  that it was โ€˜not really a good lesson to ignore the person thatโ€™s helping us.โ€™

โ€˜Itโ€™s probably better to say, โ€œSay good morning to Sean. Hi. How are you?โ€Weโ€™ve incorporated them more into our lives, which surprised me. That wasnโ€™t how I planned it,โ€™ she added.

Soothing her fears: โ€˜I didnโ€™t have that much security before I had a kid, but once I had one, with my intrusive thoughts and anxiety, I wanted us to have security around all the time,โ€™ Jennifer admitted; seen in October in NYC

Changing her strategy: She said she initially wanted her security to be โ€˜invisible,โ€™ but she soon found that it was better to treat them warmly to model behavior for Cy. seen November 20 in NYC

โ€˜I grew up. I lost ๐š‹๐šŠ๐š‹๐šข weight in my face!โ€™ Jennifer hit back at speculation that she has had plastic surgery on her nose and eyes in the same interview (she is pictured on the left last week and in September 2009 on the right)

Elsewhere in the interview, Jennifer hit back at speculation that she has had plastic surgery on her nose and eyes.

Jennifer, who was seen with her son in New York over the weekend, insisted that her recent change in appearance was due to a make-up technique.

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She said, โ€˜I also think itโ€™s incredible what make-up can do because I work with it. Hung [Vanngo], who overlines the lip, and I call him a plastic surgeon, because everybody in the last few months since Iโ€™ve been working with him is convinced that I had eye surgery.โ€™

Jennifer took a hard stand on the controversy as she reiterated, โ€˜Iโ€™m like, โ€œI didnโ€™t have eye surgery. Iโ€™m doing make-up.โ€โ€˜

Kylie complimented the actress as she said, โ€˜Oh my god. You know, youโ€™ve been looking amazing. Have you always worked with him?โ€™

Jennifer responded by joking with a laugh: โ€˜Well, apparently Iโ€™ve had full plastic surgery.โ€™

Kylie backed up the actress as she said, โ€˜No, Iโ€™ve been seeing the pictures. It doesnโ€™t look like that.โ€™

The mother-of-two then got candid about the scrutiny over her face as she once again insisted that she has only had lip fillers.

She said, โ€˜I did end up getting lip fillers, but itโ€™s also the same with me. Iโ€™ll see before and after photos when Iโ€™m 12 years old versus 26 and my eyebrows are filled differently. I have contours on. Iโ€™m like, โ€œHow can you compare my 12-year-old face and say Iโ€™ve gotten my jaw shaved and eyelids removed?โ€ Iโ€™m like, โ€œWhat are we talking about?โ€โ€˜

Jennifer responded by saying that people do not understand how much aging and maturing change oneโ€™s appearance.

She explained: โ€˜I have the same thing. I started at 19, so I get the before and after pictures from when Iโ€™m 19 to 30, and Iโ€™m like, โ€œI grew up. I lost ๐š‹๐šŠ๐š‹๐šข weight in my face, and my face changed because Iโ€™m aging.โ€

โ€˜Everybody thought I had a nose job, and Iโ€™m like, โ€œIโ€™ve had the exact same nose. My cheeks got smaller. Thank you for bringing it up.โ€โ€˜

Stunning: Jennifer is seen in Paris back in September on the left; she is seen in September 2009 on the right

Evolution: Jennifer is pictured in New York City last month on the left and in West Hollywood back in 2009 on the right

The shoe is on the other foot: Kylie was interviewed by Jennifer as they bonded over motherhood; the make-up mogul and her model sister Kendall Jenner had interviewed the Oscar-winner back in 2012 at the LA premiere of The Hunger Games

No surgery: โ€˜I did end up getting lip fillers, but itโ€™s also the same with me. Iโ€™ll see before and after photos when Iโ€™m 12 years old versus 26 and my eyebrows are filled differently,โ€™ she added. (L) Pictured 2023, (R) Pictured 2012

Meanwhile, Jennifer and Kylie bonded over their roles as mothers, as the make-up mogul has two children with rapper Travis Scottโ€”five-year-old daughter Stormi and 21-month-old son Aire Websterโ€”while The Hunger Games star is mom to 21-month-old son Cy.

Earlier in the interview, Kylie commended Jennifer on her interviewing s๐“€๐’พ๐“๐“s.

The Silver Linings Playbook actress asked, โ€˜How do you get your coffee? Do you go downstairs and get it? Does somebody bring it to you?โ€™

Kylie responded, โ€˜I love these questions. I get my coffee from Kings Road Cafรฉ.โ€™

In the same Interview Magazine feature, Kylie revealed the truth behind her recent reunion with ex-BFF Jordyn Woods.

The make-up mogul, who recently shared a sweet family Thanksgiving photo, looked ๐“ˆโ„ฏ๐“y in a bikini top while cuddling with a massive bee for the cover of the magazine, as she was asked plenty of questions by the Oscar-winner and Kardashian superfan.

Jennifer and Kylie touched on many subjects, including family drama, starting businesses, and being mothers, but perhaps the most eyebrow-raising issue of all was centered around the mother-of-twoโ€™s reunion with the 26-year-old social media personality Jordyn.

Jennifer queried, โ€˜My last question is a little intense, but we all want to know. Obviously, there was a huge trauma many years ago, but weโ€™ve recently seen that you are friends with Jordyn [Woods] again. How is that? How did that happen? What up?โ€™

Thanks for family: Meanwhile, in the Interview Magazine Q&A, Jennifer and Kylie bonded over their roles as mothers, as the make-up mogul has two children with rapper Travis Scott: five-year-old daughter Stormi and 21-month-old son Aire Webster (pictured), while The Hunger Games star is mom to 21-month-old son Cy