Superstar singer makes brutal dig at her exes while performing
Not many artists would take a break during their Las Vegas residency concert to talk about a failed marriage...
Jennifer Lopez is one of the many Hollywood stars who has been pretty unlucky in love.
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And when you reach that level of stardom, your private life is not as private as you would like
Lopez has been in highly publicised romantic relationships, the most iconic and notable being her breakup with actor Ben Affleck.
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After a whirlwind romance that began in 2002, they got engaged and broke up in January 2004.
Fans and pop culture enthusiasts were ecstatic when the couple reunited almost 20 years after they first met.
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Everyone was rooting for Bennifer 2.0; they wed in July 2022, but it wasn't meant to be, as they finalised their divorce in January 2025.
This was Lopez's fourth divorce, and she is currently single.
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She is currently performing in Las Vegas as part of her Up All Night Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, and surprised fans when she spoke about her relationship history.
The 'Jenny From The Block' singer explained to the crowd during the performance that the months following her third divorce from Marc Anthony were "actually a really tough time" and that she was "about to give up on it all".
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Lopez and Anthony were married in 2004, separated in 2011 and divorced in 2014.
They also share now 18-year-old twins Max and Emme.
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She explained that she was a single mom of two 3-year-old twins, and that one piece of advice from one of her mentors, the late author Louise Hay, helped her get through those difficult times and that she still carries with her to this day.
“She said to me, ‘Jennifer, you’re a dancer, right?’ ” Lopez recalled. “I said, ‘Yes, I am.’ And she said, ‘When you’re learning a dance, and you get the steps wrong, what do you do?’ I said, ‘I just keep going until I get the steps right.’ And she said, ‘That’s right, Jennifer. Always keep dancing.’ ”
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Lopez wanted to share this advice with the crows and also had more words of wisdom on the second night of her 'Up All Night' residency.
Videos of the singer talking about her struggles on stage have been posted on social media:
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The couple shocked and surprised fans when they reunited to collaborate on her Spanish-language album 'Por Primera Vez' long after their split.
Lopez told Spotify’s ¡Viva Latino! podcast in November 2017 that the experience “actually repaired certain parts of our relationship that had been fractured from our marriage and our divorce, and it made us friends again.”
“Because when we first started working together, it’s how we met… we met working,” she added. “And so we remembered that, like, oh right, we connect on this level of music.”
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