Jennifer Lawrence discovered a glimmer of hope amidst the chaos. Reflecting on her whirlwind childhood, the Hunger Games star shared how she's had to adapt since tying the knot with her husband, Cooke Maroney, with whom she shares a three-year-old son, Cy, and a second bundle of joy born in 2025.
"I married someone who's the polar opposite of me," Jennifer said in the Jan. 12 episode of SmartLess. "He's so organized. He's an anchor."
"Everything is ordered," the 35-year-old continued. "I have to keep the closet doors closed, and I have my little chores that I work really hard to get done." For Jennifer, adhering to a stringent schedule was a challenge, even though she knew it was necessary after becoming a mother.
"I get it now, I get it," Jennifer said. "The kids are on a very strict schedule. You know, it's like breakfast at 7:30."
"He's good at keeping it," she said of her husband. "But we've learned that to keep our marriage alive, I have a 15-minute leeway." As host Jason Bateman put it, "You can't be held to the precise times, otherwise the marriage is going to suffer."
Indeed, Jennifer explained that it's hard for her to stick to those tight schedules, especially as someone with ADD, saying, "I think I should go for occupational therapy for that."
While having her day meticulously planned out is one aspect of her life that has changed for the Oscar winner since becoming a mom, she's previously shared other ways motherhood has impacted her day-to-day.
"When I had my first child, I felt completely connected to my baby," she told W Magazine in November. "But I also realized the world wasn't designed around that relationship."
She added, "Suddenly, you're like, 'Wait, how am I supposed to go back to work? Get in a car and drive away? Get on an airplane and fly away from my baby? Like, what are you talking about?' Everything looks different after that."
Luckily, the Die My Love actress was able to find others to help her navigate this journey. "As a mom, especially when I was a new, first-time mom, my community and having a mom community was so vital," she shared with E! News in November. "Having a community is so, so important and just being able to check in with other women, like, 'Is this normal?'"
Even just meeting moms from the park or attending mommy-and-me classes or eventually meeting other parents at her son's school helped her immensely.
