Jennifer Lopez Celebrates "Wonder Twins" Max & Emme's 18th Birthday
Jennifer Lopez is getting loud about her and Marc Anthony’s breakup.
The “On The Floor” hitmaker—who shares 18-year-old twins Max and Emme with the “Vivir Mi Vida” singer—opened up about the difficult period of her life following the former couple’s split.
“After my third divorce, that’s when I really started getting good at it,” Jennifer quipped in a video shared by @jpasc24 on Instagram Mar. 7 during a performance for her Las Vegas residency. “Seriously, that’s not funny. That’s not funny.”
“It was actually a really tough time,” she continued. “I was really about to give up on it all. I mean, I was a single mom with two 3-year-old twins and I called up one of my mentors. Her name was Louise Hay. Some of you might know who she was. She passed away.”
In her time of need, the renowned self-help author knew exactly how to get through to Jennifer.
“She said to me, ‘Jennifer, you’re a dancer, right?’” the 56-year-old—who was married to Marc from 2004 until their divorce was finalized in 2014—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.'"
Passing along that same message to her fans, J.Lo encouraged the audience to live by her motto.
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“And I wish the same for every last one of you,” she said, “that no matter what life throws at you, that you dance, and you dance, and you dance—again, and again, and again. I love you so much!”
But this wouldn’t be the first time that the Hustlers star has gotten candid about her romantic history. After all, Jennifer—who was also previously married to Ojani Noa, Cris Judd, and Ben Affleck—recently revealed that she’s never “truly been loved.”
"What I learned, it's not that I'm not lovable," Jennifer told Howard Stern on the Oct. 15 episode of his eponymous SiriusXM show. "It's that they're not capable. They don't have it in them. They need to appreciate the little person inside of them. They need to love them."
But at the time, Jennifer’s former partners "gave me what they had."
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"They gave me all of it, every time. All the rings, all the things I could ever want," Jennifer explained, “tried to give me the houses, the rings, the marriage, all of it."
Still, their efforts seemed to fall short. As Howard noted, “But they didn't love you," to which the “Let’s Get Loud” singer replied, "They didn't," adding, "And I didn't love myself."
"But the truth is when you're in this type of career and you have the type of level of fame that we're talking about, there is a compromise," she continued. “There are adjustments that you do need to make, because it is a very blessed life."
For a closer look at Jennifer’s romantic history, read on…
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Husband No. 1: Ojani Noa
Jennifer Lopez married waiter-turned-restaurateur Ojani Noa in 1997 and the two divorced less than a year later.
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Engagement Ring No. 1
Noa proposed with what appears to be a pear-shaped diamond ring, worth an estimated six figures.
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Husband No. 2: Cris Judd
The multi-hyphenate and her former back-up dancer Cris Judd wed in 2001. The two split less than a year later and finalized a divorce in January 2003, while she was engaged to Ben Affleck.
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Engagement Ring No. 2
Judd popped the question with this emerald-cut diamond ring, estimated to be worth six figures.
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Fiancé No. 3: Ben Affleck
Kicking off a romance in 2002, Lopez and the actor filmed famous flop Gigli, the movie Jersey Girl and the singer's "Jenny From the Block" music video.
That November, Affleck proposed, with the two planning on having a wedding ceremony in Santa Barbara, California, on Sept. 14, 2003. Affleck called it off four days beforehand, citing "excessive media attention." In January 2004, the two publicly ended their engagement.
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Engagement Ring No. 3
Affleck gave his bride-to-be a 6.1-carat pink radiant cut diamond Harry Winston ring, estimated to be worth between $1.2 and $2.5 million.
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Husband No. 3: Marc Anthony
Lopez and fellow singer Marc Anthony, who share twins Max and Emme, wed in 2004 and announced their split in 2011. Anthony filed for divorce a year later and it was finalized in 2014.
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Engagement Ring No. 4
Anthony proposed to Lopez with an 8.5-carat blue diamond Harry Winston engagement ring, estimated to be worth $4 million.
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Fiancé No. 5: Alex Rodriguez
Having reconnected in 2017, former New York Yankees standout Alex Rodriguez swung for the fences, getting down on bended knee on the beach during their March 2019 trip to the Bahamas.
In April 2021, J.Lo and A-Rod called off their engagement.
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Engagement Ring No. 5
The 15-carat emerald-cut diamond engagement ring Rodriguez chose is estimated to be worth between $1 million and $5 million.
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Husband No. 4: Ben Affleck
The two rekindled their romance in spring of 2021. On April 8, 2022, she revealed in her On the JLo newsletter that they were engaged. But after a 2022 Las Vegas elopement—followed by fairytale vows in Georgia months later—she filed to end their nearly two-year union in August 2024. They settled their divorce the following January.
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Engagement Ring No. 6
For the second go-round, Affleck went for a hue that Lopez had dubbed lucky after stealing the show at the 2000 Grammys in her iconic Verace gown. The green cushion-cut diamond was set with two white diamond side stones.
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