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Jennifer Lopez went blind and suffered temporary paralysis during a terrifying health scare that took place over 20 years ago.
The 56-year-old actress has opened up about the moment she realized her body was 'shutting down' after she pushed herself too hard and worked '98 days without taking a day off.'
The Office Romance actress explained she suffered a debilitating collapse while she was making her 2002 movie Enough.
At the time, she was dating Ben Affleck before they split in 2004; they would go on to wed in 2022 and split in 2024.
It was also around the time that her world-famous Jenny From The Block song came out.
During an appearance on the SmartLess podcast, the performer explained: 'I think I had done like four movies in a row. I had recorded my second album, my J-Lo album which was really big. I was working, filming every day…
Jennifer Lopez went blind and suffered temporary paralysis during a terrifying health scare that took place over 20 years ago; seen on June 3
At around that time she came out with the hit song Jenny From The Block, left, and was in the movie Enough, right
'All the hours then I would go into the studio at night and then at the weekend I would have junkets or video shoots or whatever.
'And I remember not clocking that I had worked 98 days in a row without taking a day off. 'Cos we went back and counted 'cos we were like: "What happened?"
The Waiting For Tonight singer added of her collapse: 'One day I'm sitting on the set of Enough and… every time I'm walking to the set I'm getting a little … pitter patter in my heart.
'It's like rising … Finally it got to the point when I really feel nervous. And I had the little girl [playing her daughter] in Enough. I had to say: 'I'm really sorry sweetie, I'm feeling really weird today, a little tired or something' and she's like: 'It's ok you'll be alright' …
It was also the year Maid In Manhattan was released
'But I wasn't alright. And I went back to the trailer and I sat down and all of a sudden I just couldn't see. I couldn't see clearly, something went over my eyes and I couldn't move.
'And one of my girlfriends who was [working as] my assistant… I said to her Arlene I can't move, I can't see. She goes: "Stop it Jennifer you're scaring me."
'I said: "No I can't move, you should get somebody, get BOB my security guard. I can't move and I can't see."
'He picked me up and put me in the car and we went to the hospital.'
Lopez went on to reveal she was diagnosed with exhaustion, adding: 'I said to the doctor: "Am I going crazy?" And he's like: "No. You're not crazy. You've shut down."'
At the time, she was dating Ben Affleck before they split in 2004; they would go on to wed in 2022 and split in 2024. Seen in 2002
During the podcast, the Bronx native insisted she's taking much better care of herself these days.
Lopez has changed her life following the breakdown of her marriage to Ben Affleck when she realized she needed to focus on healing and self-love.
She said: 'Give yourself a little love, stop looking for love in other things. Give it to yourself ... I really do believe people are capable of change because I've experienced it.'
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