Las Culturistas: "Motherf*cker, You're About to Die" (w/ Jennifer Lawrence)

Release Date: November 5, 2025
Hosts: Matt Rogers & Bowen Yang
Guest: Jennifer Lawrence

Overview

This highly-anticipated episode welcomes Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence as the featured guest, celebrating not only her film work and recent cultural projects, but also her personal obsessions, everyday anxieties, and famously candid comedic sensibility. The conversation is a spirited, joyous, and self-aware dive into reality TV, pop culture (both high and low), womanhood, motherhood, paranormal beliefs, beauty standards, and the “culture that made you say culture is for me.” The tone is characteristically irreverent, smart, warm, and chaotic in the best Las Culturistas tradition.

Key Topics & Discussion Segments

1. Jennifer Lawrence: Certified "Reader" & Las Culturistas Fan

• [03:13] The hosts recount meeting Jennifer Lawrence at the 2022 Gotham Awards, discovering she’s a genuine fan (a “reader” and “Katie”) of the show.

  Matt: “Jennifer Lawrence being a reader feels like too much.”
  Jennifer: “I’m a Katie. That had been the latest one . . . I thought you genuinely liked the coat.”

2. Pregnancy, Sex, and "Die My Love"

• [05:00] Jennifer discusses quitting vaping (and champagne), shares a wild French pregnancy anecdote, and reflects on the "horniness" of the second trimester, humorously downplaying romantic excitement while married.

  Jennifer: “I’m, like, married. I’m not, like, horny.” [05:26]

• [05:45] She describes her new film Die My Love as “nuts”—a poetic, horny, and wild project she hopes viewers approach without “Twilight” expectations.

  Jennifer: "For those people, I just want to be like, walk, don’t run. Like, take your time. It’s poetry.” [05:58]

• Comparisons are drawn to Cassavetes and Amy Poehler’s “Mean Girls mom” energy.

3. Jennifer’s Career Agency & Regrets

• [06:56] Discussion of her post-Oscar "giche" (gimmick/genre) phase vs. her current ability to choose roles she loves, from No Hard Feelings to Die My Love.

  Jennifer: “Yeah, the giche, yeah. Boots down.” [06:51]

• Expresses playful regret about learning about Botox too late for No Hard Feelings, keeping a light tone about Hollywood beauty standards.

  Jennifer: “I’m so upset I didn’t get Botox before that.” [06:56]

4. Reality TV Deep Dive

• [09:14] Jennifer and the hosts geek out over the Real Housewives franchises, especially Salt Lake City and Orange County, analyzing cast dynamics and infamous moments:
  • Bronwyn’s “Cassavetes” energy
  • Husbands on these shows and their resentments
  • Lisa Barlow vs. Angie (Jennifer sides with Angie)
  • Mormon loopholes: “butt chugging” coffee, “soaking” explained

  Jennifer: “The religious stuff really freaks me out . . . we can’t drink coffee, but we put it up our butts.” [18:07]
  Jennifer: “They were butt chugging . . . Like a coffee enema.” [18:36]

• Jennifer’s own brushes with Bravo stars—being confronted by Lala and DM’ing after awkward press encounters.

  Jennifer: “You shouldn’t be allowed to be famous before you’re 30.” [12:44]

5. Celebrity Encounters & Starstruck Moments

• [23:46] Jennifer admits being starstruck meeting Mark Ronson and, in a moment of over-sharing, sings him a song about street sweeping.

  Jennifer: “I wrote this song once about street sweeping, and it’s like, street Sweeper, sweep me off of my feet . . .” [24:50]

• Reminisces about accidentally misidentifying a woman at a party as Elizabeth Taylor and telling the story on Fallon.

  Jennifer: “I thought I was meeting Elizabeth Taylor after Elizabeth Taylor had passed away.” [08:23]

6. Paranormal Beliefs, Ghosts, and Existential Dread

• [33:00–37:44] Jennifer recounts haunted experiences—blenders turning on, doors slamming, towels moving—while shooting The Hunger Games and other films.

  Jennifer: "I just come from a world where, like, we believe women.” [34:37]
  Matt: "A ghost, you can't shoot it. It's clear." [37:44]

• The group discusses how believing in ghosts is “kind of like saying you don't believe in aliens,” why ghosts and aliens are scarier than intruders, and the existential consequences of motherhood—constant worry about death.

7. Motherhood, Anxiety, & Jennifer’s Flying Horror Story

• [50:20–54:47] Jennifer opens up about her intense maternal anxiety (“constantly thinking about death all day”) and describes a traumatic 2016 incident of in-air double engine failure:

  Jennifer: “The pilots were crying. Like, we were just. We were going to die. And I had my little dog Pippi on my lap . . . I just felt so bad for her because... she didn’t agree to this.” [52:13]

• The conversation segues into feelings of self-doubt, gaslighting, and questioning reality during moments of crisis:

  Jennifer: “I feel like I’m lying. And I lived every second of this and everything I’m saying is — I get it. And I feel like I’m telling a lie.” [53:18]

8. The Culture That Made Jennifer Say ‘Culture is for Me’

• [40:09] Jennifer’s pivotal answer:
  • The Boleyn Sisters (from The Other Boleyn Girl): First exposure to the exoticism and power of sisterhood and history.
  • The Simpson Sisters (Jessica and Ashlee), via their reality shows, as her pop-culture anchor.

  Jennifer: “That was the first time that I kind of was like, wow, sister culture. . . . Then around the same time that I read ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’ was when 'Newlyweds' came out, followed shortly by 'The Ashlee Simpson Show.'" [41:09] Matt: “The Boleyn sisters of our time are the Simpson sisters.” [41:05]

9. Home Aesthetics & Online Myths

• [43:14] Jennifer clarifies Internet myths about her house’s “shabby chic” décor when she bought Jessica Simpson’s former home, eager to distance herself from the design.

10. Miss Piggy Movie & Other Upcoming Projects

• [58:00] Unexpected announcement:

  Jennifer: “I don't know if I can announce this, but . . . Emma Stone and I are producing a Miss Piggy movie, and Cole is writing.”

• Brief joke about fan-casting Death Becomes Her with herself and Emma Stone.

11. Beauty, Botox & Melasma

• [79:16–80:29] The group discusses beauty maintenance, Botox, and the struggle with melasma—offering zero shame and plenty of sarcasm about Hollywood pressures and double standards.

  Jennifer: “People calling out actresses who look like they got a little bit of Botox, acting like you're not going to be the same people that are going to be in comments being like she looks tired, she looks old.” [78:51]

12. Sleep, Anxiety, and Mental Health

• [62:27] Open discussion about sleep struggles, dependency on Unisom and melatonin, managing anxiety with propranolol and (for a time) SSRI medication.

  Bowen: "I don't like that I can't feel my dick, to be quite honest [on SSRIs]." [61:09]

13. I Don’t Think So, Honey

• [72:14–78:58]
  • Matt rants about confusing the celebrity wife/sister dynamic (“Kylie Kelce”),
  • Bowen rails against complex board games requiring YouTube tutorials,
  • Jennifer delivers a three-part tirade against voice notes (“lowest possible form of communication”), beauty trolls, and ever-shifting airport security protocols.

14. Official Las Culturistas Hall of Fame

• [65:08] Jennifer is inducted as the inaugural “Las Culturistas Hall of Fame” member, much to her delight:

  Matt: “It didn't exist before this.”
  Jennifer: “I just can’t believe it.”

Notable Quotes

• Jennifer Lawrence on Anxiety & Gender:

  “Being a woman is telling two men anything, and them being — and then being like, they don't believe me." [53:31]

• On Fame:

  "You shouldn’t be allowed to be famous before you’re 30. Which we agree with you on." [12:44]

• On Paranormal Belief:

  “It's more scary than an intruder . . . A ghost, you can't shoot it, it's clear." [37:44]

• On Pop Culture:

  “The Boleyn sisters of our time are the Simpson sisters.” [41:05]

• On Hollywood Beauty:

  “People calling out actresses who look like they got a little bit of Botox, acting like you're not going to be the same people that are going to be in comments being like she looks tired, she looks old.” [78:51]

Timestamps for Major Segments

• [03:13] Jennifer Lawrence “reader” revelation
• [05:45] “Die My Love” and career agency
• [09:14–22:06] Housewives and reality TV obsessions
• [33:00–37:44] Ghosts, haunted sets, sleep paralysis
• [50:20–54:47] Plane story & motherhood anxiety
• [40:09–42:51] The “culture” that defined Jennifer
• [58:00] Miss Piggy movie reveal
• [72:14–78:58] I Don’t Think So, Honey segment
• [65:08] Jennifer enters Hall of Fame

Memorable Moments

• Jennifer's botched ghost story in New Orleans completely unhinges the hosts—it’s pure Culturistas comedy gold.
• The “butt chugging coffee” and “soaking” discussion is the most delightfully absurd deep-dive into Mormon loopholes to grace any podcast this year.
• Jennifer’s honest, vulnerable account of her near-death flight experience is both riveting and poignant.
• The show ends with Jennifer’s multiple “I Don’t Think So, Honey” grievances, capping a warm, honest, and extremely funny episode.

Overall Tone and Takeaway

This episode is a masterclass in celebrity podcasting: hilarious, candid, occasionally dark, and always rooted in a shared love of the highs and lows of contemporary culture. Jennifer Lawrence is in her element—unfiltered, relatable, and endlessly watchable/listenable. For Las Culturistas fans and newcomers alike, this episode cements her as both Hollywood royalty and an honorary co-host.