You probably know her as JLo or maybe Jenny from the block.
Ever since the early 2000s, Jennifer Lopez has been a huge part of the pop culture zeitgeist.
She began her career as a singer and actress before becoming an entrepreneur.
Lopez was born in 1970 in Bronx, New York to a Puerto Rican family.
She got her start as a dancer in the show “In Living Color.”
The rest is history.
Here are a few things you never knew about Jennifer Lopez.
Her flawless, timeless style is one of our favorite things about this star.
It turns out, even superstars like Lopez have to get their inspiration from somewhere.
No wonder Lopez always looks so impeccable.
Her crush, she recalled, was her next-door neighbor, Louis.
Of course, Lopez’s relationship with Louis didn’t last long.
Cruz and Lopez were high school sweethearts who “grew up together” and were together for nine years.
As she told theDaily Mailin 2004, “His best friend was dating my best friend.
He saw me and fell in love with me right away.”
In an interview onGood Morning America, Lopez revealed that her favorite project had to be “Selena.”
She went on to explain that it was a huge honor to play the beloved Latina iconSelena Quintanilla.
At the time, Lopez worked hard to play the character truthfully.
It’s clear that this movie had a huge impact on her.
“The other night after the American Music Awards, I went to McDonald’s,” she confessed.
As she explained, she had been “working out every day” to get ready for her performance.
Apparently, the actress hadn’t had McDonald’s in about three years.
This hardworking superstar definitely deserved a cheat day!
And it seems to be working.
When she was 8, she told her famous mother that she wasn’t interested in marriage.
“When she said that I was like ‘YES!’
because I’ve been teaching her to love herself since she was little,” Lopez said.
Jennifer Lopez hates this one thing about Ben Affleck
Jennifer Lopez andBen Affleckdated from 2002 to 2004.
She went on to explain that his tattoos were too colorful for her liking.
“They shouldn’t be so colorful, you know what I mean.
They should be, like, cooler, I don’t know.”
Affleck reportedly got the tattoo in2015, years after dating Lopez.
And she wasn’t the only one who disliked it.
But, as Affleck toldEllen DeGeneresin 2019, he doesn’t care what others think.
“It represents something really important to me,” he said.
In 2019, Lopez spoke toJimmy Kimmelabout her preparations for the film “Hustlers.”
“I mean I have bruises everywhere, it’s so hard,” she said.
“I have a lot of respect for people who do the pole.”
It sounds like she learned a lot more than just pole dancing from the experience.
Apparently, it was her son who had initially encouraged her to take a public stance on the issue.
He reminded her that she had a big platform and that her voice would be heard.
For Lopez, being part of a protest was a new and intimidating experience at first.
“So many people, different ages, races it was a beautiful thing,” she said.
And, naturally, those sculpted arms and toned abs don’t come out of nowhere.
Lopez has a pretty regimented workout routine.
There’s also a lot of squats, planks, and lunges.
While Lopez’s routine is certainly hardcore, she is starting to slow down as she gets older.
These days, she’s usually happy combining a few workouts a week with hot yoga and dancing.
Sounds like balance really is the key to health and fitness for this star.
“Now, understand, I had never done a triathlon before,” she wrote in the book.
Well, she certainly proved that this was another thing she could do!
Well, this may be because she is really into self-help books.
Haytold her, “You’re a dancer, right?
You just keep going and you do it again.”
For Lopez, this was the best advice she could have received.
It sounds like Hay and her book have been a hugely important part ofJennifer Lopez’s transformation.
But, unsurprisingly, JLo wasn’t having any of it.
As Lopez explained toGQ, she tries not to spend too much time thinking about those times.
“Honestly, I don’t like to harp on the negative or feel sorry for myself.
You know … it just is what it is,” she said.
“Just, be resilient,” she said of her philosophy.
“They’ll give up.”
Those are definitely words we could all live by.
As she explained toCBS, it got especially bad when she was with Ben Affleck.
“It was scary.
It was overwhelming for both of us.”
Ultimately, the experience taught her that she had to take a stab at ignore the press.
In 2021, Lopez joined forces withNetflixas her production company grew.
“I am excited to announce my new partnership with Netflix,” said Lopez.
Sounds like Lopez plans on wearing the producer hat for a while longer.
In 2014, Lopez explained that she had recently gone vegan.
“I did full vegan for almost four or five weeks,” she toldExtraTVin 2014.
In another interview withFox News, Lopez explained that she did the diet to shed some extra weight.
“I enjoy eating that way,” she said, “I never did.
According toGlamour, Lopez may still be mostly vegan as of 2021.
In her early career, the star ended up working with a few pop legends.
She even got a line: “Janet, listen to us when we talking to you!”
At the time, Lopez must have been thrilled.
“I grew up in the MTV era,” she once toldMTV.
“I was watching all the way back from Tina Turner … andMadonnaand Janet.
They were my inspirations to even get into the music business.”
And I had all these privileges, which wasn’t lost on me.
I went back that night and thought, what if I didn’t have that?
What if something was really wrong with her?”
Things quickly escalated from a physical fight to a shoot-out.
According to theDaily Mail, three people were injured.
The couple reportedly fled the scene with a gun and were later arrested.
According to New York Daily News, after 14 hours in jail, the charges against Lopez were dropped.
JLo doesn’t drink alcohol for the sake of her skin
Jennifer Lopez is famously ageless.
Unsurprisingly, she takes herskincare routinepretty seriously one of her rules isno alcohol.
As she told theIndependent, it has made a huge difference in her skin.
“I don’t drink or smoke or have caffeine,” she said.
“That really wrecks your skin as you get older.”
“I am youthful and timeless.
I tell myself that every day, a few times a day,” she said.
Look at Jane Fonda."
She doesn’t drink, doesn’t smoke.
She lives a very clean life."
