{"id":368298,"date":"2026-01-14T00:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T00:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/368298\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T00:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T00:05:09","slug":"jennifer-lawrence-reveals-key-to-making-her-marriage-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/368298\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Lawrence reveals key to making her marriage work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iCTyfe\">From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iCTyfe\">At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iCTyfe\">The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n<p>Your support makes all the difference.Read more<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/news\/jennifer-lawrence-sex-scenes-movies-b2897066.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer Lawrence<\/a> has spoken about she makes her relationship with her husband, Cooke Maroney, work.<\/p>\n<p>During Monday\u2019s episode of the Smartless podcast hosted by Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/news\/jennifer-lawrence-leonardo-dicaprio-martin-scorsese-b2886739.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Silver Linings Playbook actor<\/a> said her husband \u2014 an art gallery director whom she married in October 2019 \u2014 is her \u201copposite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI married somebody who is the opposite of me. Yeah. He is so organized,\u201d she said, adding that he is the \u201canchor\u201d of their family. \u201cEverything is ordered. Like, I have to keep the closet doors closed, and I have my little jobs that I work really hard to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She explained that while she is someone who is not organized and struggles to keep a schedule, she knows how important those qualities are as a parent. Lawrence and Maroney have welcomed two sons together; Cy, born in 2022, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/jennifer-lawrence-baby-two-mother-husband-b2725347.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a second unnamed son born in April 2025<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI get it now, I get it,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/news\/hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping-jennifer-lawrence-josh-hutcherson-film-b2882345.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Hunger Games star <\/a>continued. \u201c[The kids are] on a very strict schedule. You know, it&#8217;s like breakfast, 7:30.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2249463017.jpeg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Jennifer Lawrence said her husband, Cooke Maroney, is her \u2018opposite\u2019\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p>open image in gallery<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Lawrence said her husband, Cooke Maroney, is her \u2018opposite\u2019 (Getty)<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2215617300.jpeg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Lawrence and her husband share two sons with their family on a \u2018strict schedule\u2019\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p>open image in gallery<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence and her husband share two sons with their family on a \u2018strict schedule\u2019 (Getty)<\/p>\n<p>Because Lawrence struggles with sticking to her family\u2019s schedules, she and her husband have a pre-established rule. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;ve learned, to keep our marriage alive, I have a 15-minute wiggle room,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence and Maroney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/cooke-maroney-who-is-jennifer-lawrence-fiance-engaged-relationship-history-a8765236.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">began dating<\/a> in June 2018 after being introduced to each other by a mutual friend. The art dealer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/news\/jennifer-lawrence-engaged-cooke-maroney-ring-wedding-boyfriend-dating-who-is-a8765181.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">popped the question<\/a> in February 2019, and they were married in October that year. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking to E! News in January 2024, the No Hard Feelings actor spoke about the wedding, joking that<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/jennifer-lawrence-wedding-cooke-maroney-b2476421.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> being a bride was \u201cawful\u201d<\/a> because of the amount of stress she felt making sure her guests were having fun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so stressful. You\u2019re not having fun. You\u2019re just like, \u2018Is that person having fun?\u2019\u201d she said. The wedding ceremony was attended by a star-studded guest list, including Lawrence\u2019s Silver Linings Playbook co-star, Robert De Niro.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll never forget \u2013 I was freaking out about the guests being cold, and all of my friends were lying. They\u2019re like, \u2018nobody\u2019s cold, nobody\u2019s cold, everything\u2019s fine, everything\u2019s fine\u2019,\u201d Lawrence recalled. \u201cMy mom was like, \u2018It\u2019s freezing out there. Your grandmother almost died.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/jennifer-lawrence-robert-de-niro-wedding-dinner-b2161428.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was especially concerned about De Niro<\/a> having a good time during the rehearsal dinner. \u201cI looked over and I saw Bob, who doesn\u2019t know anybody, and he\u2019s kind of wandering around, and I immediately was like, \u2018no, this isn\u2019t what he wants to be doing. I don\u2019t want him here\u2019,\u201d Lawrence explained. \u201cSo I went over and whispered, I was like, \u2018go home.\u2019 And he was nice \u2014 he talked to my parents and was polite \u2014 but I was like, \u2018go.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-368298","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}