Jennifer Lawrence has apologised after causing online outrage around her story of "butt-scratching" on sacred Hawaiian rocks while filming for The Hunger Games.
Lawrence recounted the incident on the Graham Norton Show and struggled to contain her laughter.
"You're not supposed to sit on them because you're not supposed to expose your genitalia to them," she said.
"I, however, was in a wetsuit for this whole shoot so - oh my God, they were so good for butt-itching. One rock that I was butt-scratching on ended up coming loose.
"It was a giant boulder and it rolled down this mountain and almost killed our sound guy."
She went on to add: "His whole station got destroyed, it was a huge dramatic deal and all the Hawaiians were like 'Oh my god, it's the curse'. And I'm round the corner going, 'I'm your curse - I wedged it loose with my ass'."
Her comments drew anger from indigenous activists who complained that her comments were culturally insensitive, prompting Lawrence to apologise on Facebook.
"I meant absolutely no disrespect to the Hawaiian people," she said.
"I really thought that I was being self deprecating about the fact that I was 'the curse', but I understand the way it was perceived was not funny and I apologize if I offended anyone."
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