Jennifer Lopez is opening up about life after Bennifer 2.0… and it sounds just like the celebrity hit the pause button in a means we not often see from her!
The multi-hyphenate icon stopped by Good Morning America on Wednesday and revealed one thing fairly stunning about how she dealt with the emotional fallout from her cut up with now-ex (occasions two) Ben Affleck.
As a substitute of diving straight into one other huge mission or throwing herself into work mode, J.Lo really stepped again from the highlight for some time. And never only a little whereas. A complete 12 months! She defined:
“I took a 12 months off.”
Sure, actually! For somebody as famously hardworking because the On the Flooring singer, that’s a BIG deal. After submitting for divorce from the Good Will Looking star in August 2024 and finalizing it in January of final 12 months, Lopez admitted she needed to sluggish every part down and truly sit with what occurred as an alternative of distracting herself:
“I canceled excursions. I made a decision to simply be residence and sit in what had occurred with out operating away from it by work, by one other particular person by something. Simply sit.”
That sort of honesty is fairly refreshing coming from a celeb who’s spent many years always transferring from film set to stage to pink carpet. However the Hustlers star stated the time away had an important focus: household.
She defined she actually wanted to be current for her twins, Max and Emmewhom she shares with ex-husband Marc Anthony:
“That was the precedence at the moment.”
And through that quiet interval, Lopez says she did one thing even more durable than taking time without work from work. She appeared inward:
“I used to be simply at a degree the place I used to be like, ‘what’s going on with you?’ I couldn’t blame anyone else as a result of I don’t assume that’s the place the lesson is. And so, I actually wanted to determine myself out.”
That sort of reflection appears to have paid off, as a result of the Atlas actress now says she’s in a very completely different headspace today. She famous to the outlet that she is at present:
“…in my completely satisfied period.”
Awww!
In response to Lopez, she’s discovering one thing new about herself after many years within the highlight and a protracted historical past of high-profile romances:
“I really feel like for the primary time in my life, I’m free. I’m alone. It feels actually good. I didn’t actually know what that felt like since I used to be in my early 20s, and even earlier than that I all the time had a boyfriend. There was all the time somebody in my life and so many different issues that I felt had been out of my management. I’ve gotten to the purpose the place I actually belief myself and respect myself slightly bit extra.”
And in the event you’re questioning whether or not one other well-known romance may be across the nook… nicely, uh, don’t maintain your breath. Lopez joked about it when requested if she’s up for future love:
“God forbid. I don’t need to break something. It’s so good proper now. I’m so completely satisfied. It’s one of the best. I simply really feel actually good proper now, and that was a scary factor for me once I was youthful. I didn’t know if I may do this. I used to be all the time actually afraid to be alone.”
Contemplating Lopez’s previous marriages to Ojani Noah, Cris Juddand the aforementioned Marc Anthony, plus her engagement to Alex Rodriguez earlier than rekindling issues with Affleck, it appears like this chapter is all about one thing new: independence.
And truthfully? We love this period for her. Development seems good on J.Lo!
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