Trending badgeTrendingPosted 56 minutes agoSubscribe to Screen Time NewsletterCaret Down"This Really Gives Pick Me Energy": People Are Not Impressed With Jennifer Lawrence's New Comments About Working With Controversial Director David O. Russell"I'm not sensitive. I don't know how you can be in this industry."by Leyla MohammedBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink This post briefly mentions allegations of inappropriate sexual contact. Jennifer Lawrence's recent comments about working with controversial director David O. Russell have caused a stir. Steve Granitz / Getty Images For context, David's directing style has long been described as "aggressive." Not only was he once infamously caught berating Lily Tomlin on the set of I Heart Huckabees, but he also memorably attacked Christopher Nolan at a 2004 Hollywood party over a casting clash. Michael Buckner / Getty Images In 2012, Florida's Broward County Sheriff's Office closed an investigation into David's alleged inappropriate groping of his then-19-year-old niece. No charges were filed, though David admitted to touching her breasts. In 2016, Amy Adams said in a candid interview that David had made her cry "most" days on the American Hustle set. Kevin Mazur / Getty Images David directed the Oscar-nominated film, which starred Jennifer, Bradley Cooper, and Christian Bale. "He was hard on me, that's for sure. It was a lot," Amy told GQ. "I was really just devastated on set." (C)Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Fast forward to today, and Jennifer was asked about how she handles working with "very difficult" directors during a wide-ranging chat on The New York Times's The Interview podcast. Daniele Venturelli / Getty Images "David O. Russell really taught me. Because of David, it's never really mattered what the director's methodology is," Jen began. John Shearer / Getty Images She went on to say, "I really felt like with David that was his way of communicating in a non-bullshit way. I never felt like he was degrading or yelling at me. If he didn't like something, he was just like, 'That was terrible! Looked like shit! Do it better.' And that was a very helpful conversation. I'm not sensitive. I don't know how you can be in this industry." (C)Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection The interviewer then said, "Well, Amy Adams said that she cried on set," to which Jen replied, "Maybe he was harder on her than he was on me. I don't know. I mean, yes, of course I'm sensitive. I'm really sensitive. I don't know." Jennifer later clarified that she's "not sensitive about acting." Jb Lacroix / Getty Images Several internet users have since called out Jen's comments. "'I never felt like he was degrading.' (Proceeds to describe cruel and degrading behavior). Oh, Jen. Sheesh. And then implying everyone else is just too sensitive. Ugh," one person wrote on Reddit, while another said, "This really gives Pick Me energy. Telling a professional actor, 'It was terrible. Looked like shit. Do it better' is not only offensive, it's completely useless 'feedback.'" Marc Piasecki / Getty Images "It's fine that you've got a thick skin, Jen; it doesn't mean that what Russell said to you and others is OK," they added. "I think Jennifer comes across like a really cool, rootable person a lot of the time, but I don't think she hears herself at all here. What she is describing is rude and arguably degrading behavior. That she then says wasn't either thing. Then she says people in this industry are too 'sensitive.' Eyeroll," someone else echoed. Kristina Bumphrey / Getty Images "'He wasn't a piece of shit to me so he wasn't a piece of shit.' That's what it feels like she's saying, right or wrong," another person suggested. Amid the backlash, some users defended Jen. "she's talking about how she never took his demeaning comments at heart, and acknowledged that he may have been harder on amy adams than on her. she simply saw those as directions for a scene. not a sentence about her normalizing his behavior; just how she perceives it herself," one person said, while another added, "I think she's saying it don't bother her." Steve Granitz / Getty Images "How is this bad to say? Different people react to different approaches in different ways. I don't think she's wrong for feeling this way and others aren't wrong for being bothered by David O. Russell yelling at them," someone else said. Let us know what you think in the comments, and check out the full podcast episode here.