Cooke Maroney and Jennifer Lawrence.Photo: JD Images/Shutterstock
The momentJennifer Lawrencegot engaged to her now-husbandCooke Maroneywasn’t all rainbows and butterflies!
On the latest episode ofAmelia Dimoldenberg’s YouTube seriesChicken Shop Date, the 32-year-old actress recalled what it was like to have Maroney propose to her.
“Terrifying, but very, very exciting,” said Lawrence, who is promoting her new movieNo Hard Feelings. “I didn’t say what I wanted to. I imagined it a million times, and then I ended up just going, ‘What? What? What?’ And then going, ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you.’ "
“Like a competition winner,” said Dimoldenberg.
“Exactly,” the actress responded.
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Lawrence and Maroney, an art-gallery director in New York City, have been romantically linked since June 2018. A rep for the actress confirmed to PEOPLEshe and Maroney were engagedin February 2019, and the twotied the knotin October of that year.
The couple held a wedding reception for their 150 guests, includingAdele,Amy SchumerandKris Jenner, at theluxurious Belcourt of Newport, a mansion in Newport, Rhode Island.Emma StoneandAshley Olsenwere also in attendance.
“He’s just the best person I’ve ever met in my whole life,” Lawrence toldEntertainment Tonightin June 2019 of saying yes to Maroney’s proposal. “It was a very, very easy decision.”
In an interview withThe New York Times, Lawrence shared that she’s “so happy” she didn’t call off her wedding to Maroney. The actress went on to explain that she experienced commitment anxiety while away filmingCausewayin New Orleans. However, when she returned to her and Maroney’s home in New York City, that anxiety began to fade.
Cooke Maroney and Jennifer Lawrence in New York City.Robert O’Neil / SplashNews.com
Robert O’Neil / SplashNews.com
In a recent cover story forInterview Magazine, theOscarwinner talked all things parenting in a fast-paced industry withCameron Diaz.
“Fortunately, my husband is thegreatest father in the entire world,” Lawrence said of Maroney. “So when I’m working, I don’t have any more guilt than the usual every day, all-day parent guilt.”
TheDon’t Look Upstar further detailed the difficulties of raising a child while working in Hollywood. Aftergiving birth to her son, she became more selective in choosing her projects.
No Hard Feelingsis in theaters now.
source: people.com
