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Jennifer Lawrence just broke up with her boyfriend who was 21 years older than her

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Jennifer Lawrence and Darren Aronofsky. AP
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  • Jennifer Lawrence, 27, broke up with her boyfriend Darren Aronofsky, 48, INSIDER has confirmed.
  • The two started dating shortly after they finished filming "Mother!," which Aronofsky directed and Lawrence starred in.
  • A source told Entertainment Tonight that the two are still friends.

 

Jennifer Lawrence broke off her relationship with movie director Darren Aronofsky, a source familiar with the situation confirmed to INSIDER.

"Entertainment Tonight" first reported the breakup.

The pair had been dating for a year, shortly after filming "Mother!," which Aronofsky directed. The movie was released in September to mixed reviews and a poor box office performance.

A source told "Entertainment Tonight" that Aronofsky and Lawrence remain friends and broke up about a month ago. The two appeared together at the Governors Awards on November 11 in Los Angeles, even though their relationship was already called off.

Lawrence recently told the story of how she started dating Aronofsky to the Awards Chatter Podcast at The Hollywood Reporter. Lawrence is 27 years old while Aronofsky is 48.

"I had a crush on him when he pitched [the movie] to me," she said. "That was like a year before we started rehearsing, but he was a professional, which only made it worse for me. So we just kind of formed a friendship."

While filming the movie, the "friendship" turned into a productive collaboration on set, Lawrence said, and then into something more.

"When the movie was done, I was like, 'Alright, you're my boyfriend!' And he was like, 'Alright, I'm your boyfriend.'"

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