Jennifer Lawrence 'extremely offended' by 'controversy' surrounding her Versace gown

Jennifer Lawrence has been left “extremely offended” by the “controversy” surrounding her Versace gown at a photo call in London.

The US actress, 27, was pictured in a plunging black dress with a thigh high slit as she posed with her Red Sparrow cast members at the Corinthia Hotel on Tuesday.

Lawrence said reports of her wearing a “revealing dress in the cold” were “sexist” and created “silly distractions from real issues”.

Venting her disgust on Facebook she said: “Wow. This is not only utterly ridiculous, I am extremely offended. That Versace dress was fabulous, you think I’m going to cover that gorgeous dress up with a coat and a scarf?

“I was outside for 5 minutes. I would have stood in the snow for that dress because I love fashion and that was my choice.”

She continued: “This is sexist, this is ridiculous, this is not feminism. Over reacting about everything someone says or does, creating controversy over silly innocuous things such as what I choose to wear or not wear, is not moving us forward. It's creating silly distractions from real issues. Get a grip people.

“Everything you see me wear is my choice. And if I want to be cold THATS MY CHOICE TOO!”

The actress is in the capital to promote her new film, which sees her play Russian ballerina-turned-spy, Dominika Egorova.

She recently opened up about stripping off for the role, joking her ease with being naked on set made the crew feel “uncomfortable”.

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight she said: “Everybody made me feel so comfortable that I probably at a certain point started making everybody else uncomfortable.

“Because I'd be like, 'I don't want the robe. I'm hot. I'm eating.' Everybody's like, 'She needs to cover up.”