Jennifer Lawrence cracks witty joke over 'conversion therapy'

Jennifer Lawrence just used her spontaneous wit at the 35th GLAAD Media Awards held on May 11, 2024.

As the 33-year-old Red Sparrow star presented the Vito Russo Award to musician Orville Peck, she stated, "I love the gay community. In fact, I was in love with a homosexual. He was my first love."

"I tried to convert him for years, but now I know conversion therapy doesn't work. Did you hear me, Mike Pence? I said conversion therapy isn't real," she added as she called out former Vice President of the platform, Mike Pence.

"Even though I know you think it worked on you," The Hunger Games actress quipped.

For background context, in a January 2018 statement to PEOPLE by Alyssa Farah Griffin, Pence’s then- press secretary stated that the executive has never supported the concept of "conversion therapy" adding that “the accusation is totally false with no basis in fact.”

A representative for Mike Pence has not responded to PEOPLE magazine’s request for comment as of yet.

Jennifer Lawrence then proceeded to pay tribute the 36-year-old Iris Rose crooner, addressing him as her "favorite musician and good friend.”