Because it helped her to “grow,” as a person, Jennifer Lopez is grateful for her divorce from Ben Affleck.
After the superstar musician/thespian announced her separation In April 2024 from the Oscar-winning actor after some two years of marriage, the couple formally divorced in January, Addressing the split during an interview for CBS News Sunday Morning, J-Lo described the soul searching she garnered from the emotional experience as the “best thing that ever happened to me.”
“It changed me. It helped me grow in a way that I needed to grow. Become more self-aware. I’m a different person now than I was last year.” “I had so much fun (over the summer). I’m able to enjoy things more. The joy is in living and these moments and really embracing life… The hard times are the lessons, and once you understand that, everything becomes a little lighter and you can really, really fly,” explained Lopez.
Admitting it was difficult to balance the filming her new movie, Kiss of the Spider Woman, with personal turmoil, the multi-hyphenate added:
“It was tough. It was a really tough time.” “It was hard not to think about stuff. It was the best and the worst of times, in a way. Every moment on set, every moment I was doing this role, I was so happy, and then it was like, back home, it was not great. And it was just like, ‘Oh, you know, ‘How do I reconcile this?'”
Giving credit to Affleck for helping finance the project via his Artists Equity production company, the 56-year old explained “The movie wouldn’t have been made if it wasn’t for him and Artists Equity. I told him this was the role I was born to play, and I wanted to do it… and he helped make it happen.”
Scheduled for an October 10 release, Kiss of the Spider Woman is based on the stage musical of the same name, and also stars Diego Luna.
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Author: Al Denté