Cameron Diaz Supports Jennifer Lawrence’s Campaign for Equal Pay in Hollywood
“We need people like Jennifer to speak out,” Diaz told Andy Cohen.
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She’s the highest-grossing domestic box office actress in the United States, and now, Cameron Diaz is giving her two cents on Hollywood’s wage gap.
“The Longevity Book” author sat down with Andy Cohen for a SiriusXM Town Hall and addressed Jennifer Lawrence’s October Lenny Letter essay about being paid less than her male costars were for “American Hustle,” calling the “Hunger Games” heroine “absolutely right.”
“We need people like Jennifer to speak out,” said Diaz, 43. “She found herself with an unequal paycheck to her co-star, so absolutely that is something that she should speak out about.”
Plus, she added with a laugh, “She should speak out to her lawyers and agents for real first.”
As for sexism in the movie industry, Diaz said she’s learned to seek different roles as she grows older.
“I’m not going to keep trying to keep up with an image of my 25-year-old self. If I try to keep that up, then I’m just making it painful for myself,” she explained. “It’s up to me, as an actress, as a human, as a woman, to say that’s not acceptable for me anymore, and you can’t demand that of me. I will go and do the things that speak to me, the things that are relevant to me now.”
Cohen pointed out that Diaz is immortalized in pop culture history for the silly but sexy “Charlie’s Angels” scene in which she busts a move wearing nothing but a pink t-shirt and underwear.
“I want you to be able to dance in your panties into infinity,” he said.
“I don’t know,” she said, giggling. “Look, I can also accept that my panty-dancing days on film could be over, and I’m okay with that personally.”
“I’m not!” joked Cohen, 47.
We agree with Andy: Keep dancing, Cam!
“The Longevity Book” is on shelves now, and Diaz’s Town Hall premieres on Radio Andy this Friday at 8am ET.
