Trending badgeTrendingPosted 1 hour agoAfter Her Comments About Working With David O. Russell Sparked Serious Backlash, Jennifer Lawrence Has Clarified Her Stance - And Some People Aren't Gonna Like It"I don't like being tiptoed around like I'm an emotional landmine."by Stephanie SoteriouBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink Last month, Jennifer Lawrence sparked fierce backlash and was even branded a "pick me" for her comments about working with the famously controversial director David O. Russell. Mike Coppola / Getty Images If you didn't know, David is renowned for his "aggressive" directing style, and was previously exposed for berating Lily Tomlin on the set of I Heart Huckabees. He also reportedly attacked Christopher Nolan at a 2004 Hollywood party over a casting clash. Olivia Wong / Getty Images It's worth noting that Florida's Broward County Sheriff's Office closed an investigation into David's alleged inappropriate groping of his then-19-year-old niece in 2012. No charges were filed, though David admitted to touching her breasts. Then, in 2016, Amy Adams said that David made her cry "most" days on the American Hustle set, where she starred alongside Jennifer. Amy added to GQ at the time: "He was hard on me, that's for sure. It was a lot. I was really just devastated on set." Gabriel Olsen / Getty Images So, when Jen downplayed David's reputation for being "very difficult" during an appearance on the New York Times's The Interview podcast, she was widely criticized for seemingly being dismissive of her own co-star's experience. (C)Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection For reference, Jen said: "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." (C)Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection "I'm not sensitive. I don't know how you can be in this industry," she pointedly added. When the interviewer noted that Amy said she cried on the American Hustle set, 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." She then clarified that she was "not sensitive about acting." (C)Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Jen was heavily scrutinized for these comments at the time, and she attempted to clarify her stance during her recent conversation with Leonardo DiCaprio for Variety's Actors On Actors. Variety / Via youtube.com For what it's worth, American Hustle was actually Jennifer's second time working with David, with the two first collaborating on the 2012 movie Silver Linings Playbook, for which she won an Oscar, and then again in 2015 for the film Joy. (C)Weinstein Company/Courtesy Everett Collection "I wanted to ask about David O. Russell," Leo said to Jen. "What do you feel like he brought in you in a lot of these roles? I think you've talked about it, this sort of push and pull with him and how it helped you as an actor in a lot of ways." Variety / Via youtube.com Jennifer appeared to be hesitant to discuss David when his name was first mentioned, and she then diplomatically said to Leo: "He taught me how to act, really... I want to be sensitive to the other actors who've worked with him, because I know he's tough. He can be really, really hard on people." Variety / Via youtube.com "For me, I don't know if it was because I grew up doing sports, and so I just felt like he was just a stern coach," she carefully went on. "It's like: 'Do it louder, do it more quiet, that was bullshit, do it again, that was bad, do it better!' It was just very straightforward to me." Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images "And I think I was young enough that I didn't have anything to [compare it to], it was normal to me," Jen added. "I was 21 when I did Silver Linings Playbook, it just felt really alive. I never felt like he was yelling at me." (C)Weinstein Company/Courtesy Everett Collection "When I say he taught me how to act, I feel like because I never did lessons or anything like that, I think I would've really easily fallen into... I don't know, something," she explained. "I'm, like, never prepared, and I would always feel bad, but he taught me that was staying loose, and that's OK." Variety / Via youtube.com "I wasn't aware that sometimes there's the need to prepare, then sometimes there is the need to not, and to stay loose, and I'm happy he taught me that," Jen concluded. Variety / Via youtube.com Leo then asked Jen if she liked the "process of somebody calling out direction like that," and she said that she did. When she asked if he felt the same way, Leo admitted: "I think it does help sometimes, actually." Variety / Via youtube.com "The idea of somebody... I'm trying to think if I ever had that," Leo then said. "Because most of the time, it's the director coming up to you in an intimate conve