At Cannes this year, Jennifer Lawrence made headlines when she stepped out onto the red carpet — but it wasn't for the reason that you would think.
It was because underneath her gorgeous red-hot Christian Dior couture gown her footwear of choice, to everyone's surprise, was a pair of...flip-flops.
Considering how outspoken Jennifer is, naturally, people thought she was making a statement about the festival's antiquated requirement of having women wear high heels for red-carpet screenings.
Festival organizers have confirmed in the past that this is "obligatory" for all women. And over the years, this has been protested by celebrities such as:
Except, Jennifer clarified that she wasn't making a statement.
Her shoes were "too big."
Jennifer explained to Entertainment Tonight, "I was not making a political statement, not that I wouldn’t. I had no idea until it, like, came out that there was a whole controversy with people wearing flats, or like, walking down the red carpet barefoot. I had no clue. My shoes were a size too big."
She continued, "And I wore heels going up, but then I forgot to take a picture with my production team, Excellent Cadaver. So, we had to take an Excellent Cadaver picture, and I knew I would eat shit if I went down in the shoes that were a size too big. I put on the flip-flops, and then everybody's like, 'What a statement! Wow!'"
(A gentle reminder, Jennifer did take a tumble at the Academy Awards while on the way to pick up her Best Actress award in 2013.)
"I'm all for making a statement. I just would want it to be on purpose," she added.
And, that's it. Her shoes were too big and understandably, she didn't want to risk a fall.
