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11th Jan 2016

VIDEO: Jennifer Lawrence comes under fire for treatment of foreign reporter

Tom Victor

It can be tough to report on an event held in your second language at the best of times.

So it can’t help when the people you’re interviewing make things tougher from you.

One journalist covering the Golden Globes referred to his phone to ensure he didn’t make any mistakes in his question to Jennifer Lawrence, only to get an unexpected backlash from the star.

https://twitter.com/Kylypso/status/686443507221831680

There was some awkward laughter from some of the audience, but the reaction on Twitter was critical of the Oscar winner, who added a Golden Globe for her performance in Joy.

https://twitter.com/_JamieMac_/status/686464743490629632

https://twitter.com/Boogie2988/status/686483604738715649