Hot Trends: Jennifer Lawrence dishes on why she got a pixie cut

Jennifer Lawrence said she chopped off her longer locks because it was 'an awkward gross length.'

Jennifer Lawrence was ready for a change.

The 23-year-old actress shocked fans when she debuted a dramatic new pixie cut in a photo uploaded to her Facebook page Wednesday. PHOTOS: HOLLYWOOD HAIR CHAMELEONS

"It grew to an awkward gross length and I kept putting it back in a bun and I was like 'I don't want to do this,' so I just cut it off," Lawrence said in a Tumblr Q&A and sit-down with Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer.



"It couldn't get any uglier," she joked of her hairstyle before the drastic makeover. RELATED: LIAM HEMSWORTH STAYS MUM ON MILEY CYRUS, CALLS JENNIFER LAWRENCE 'AN ABSOLUTE MANIAC'

"This isn't how Katniss is going to look in the next movies; I'm wearing a wig for filming," she told concerned members of the audience, who were wondering how the 'do would affect her role in "The Hunger Games" films.

Lawrence has joined several celebrities who recently decided to ditch their longer locks, including Jennifer Aniston, Pamela Anderson, Kristin Chenoweth and Jennifer Hudson.

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The "Catching Fire" star continued to answer questions from fans while chatting with Yahoo and even admitted who her childhood crush was in Hollywood.

" Justin Timberlake. Early 90s Justin Timberlake. I remember buying the N Sync CD. Remember how CDs had the pullout picture things? I got so overwhelmed with hormones I almost threw up!"

"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," hits theaters Nov. 22.

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