Over the last few years, research has found that, for women, there’s nothing quite as terrible as being seen as cocky or too confident. It’s unsurprising, then, that so many of us find it incredibly hard to take a compliment.

“In our culture, there is this unspoken rule that women are supposed to be modest,” Alyson Lanier, a psychotherapist and life coach in Wilmington, North Carolina, tells Women’s Health. “If we accept a compliment fully, the fear is that it’s going to come off as bragging.”

It seems as if award-winning actresses are no different – as we saw firsthand at the BAFTAs on Sunday (18 Feb).

During the show, Jennifer Lawrence was welcomed on to the stage by Joanna Lumley, who – clearly a fan of The Hunger Games star – couldn’t resist peppering her introduction with compliments.

“And we start with the award for Outstanding British Film and who better to kick the whole evening off than the hottest actress on the planet?” Lumley said.

“Soon to be seen in Red Sparrow, it’s the ravishing Jennifer Lawrence.”

Lawrence then appeared on stage, seemingly embarrassed by the glowing praise, and said: “Hi. That was a bit much, but thank you, Joanna.”

So far, so normal/awkward. Yet, despite the fact that numerous social experiments have found that nothing annoys people quite so much as whole-heartedly accepting a compliment, it appears that not accepting one is also a massive no-no.

It wasn’t long before fans and viewers took to social media to accuse Lawrence of being rude toward Lumley, with some even labelling the actress a “spoiled brat” and “Miss Arrogance.”

Jennifer Lawrence responds to accusations she was rude to Joanna Lumley