JLo frames her divorce journey as a growth opportunity, turning personal pain into an empowering message about perseverance. She wants fans to see her resilience — a single mom who almost gave up but found strength through self-help wisdom.
Behind the jokes about 'getting good at divorce' lies a darker truth — Lopez admitted she was 'really about to give up on it all' as a single mom with 3-year-old twins. Her fourth marriage to Ben Affleck ended in 2024, and a source told People she 'tried really hard to make things work, and is heartbroken.'
Lopez divorced Marc Anthony in 2014 after 10 years of marriage. She has had four failed marriages: Ojani Noa (1997-1998), Cris Judd (2001-2002), Marc Anthony (2014), and Ben Affleck (2022-2024). During her Friday Las Vegas residency show, she revealed mentor Louise Hay told her: 'When you get the steps wrong, what do you do? I said, I just keep going until I get the steps right.'
JLo's 'keep dancing' mantra is poetic, but let's not forget — this is a woman who's been divorced four times. Maybe the lesson isn't about perseverance in love, but knowing when to stop dancing with the wrong partner.
Jennifer Lopez just served us some raw honesty — wrapped in a joke, but definitely not funny.
During her Las Vegas residency show on Friday, the superstar got candid about her 2014 divorce from Marc Anthony, revealing it was 'a really tough time' that almost broke her. 'I was really about to give up on it all,' she told the crowd, adding that she was 'a single mom with two 3-year-old twins' during one of the lowest points in her life.
The 'Let's Get Loud' crooner initially joked, 'After my third divorce, that's when I really started getting good at it,' before catching herself: 'Seriously, that's not funny.' That's the thing about JLo — she's always had a dark sense of humor about her love life, but this time she meant business.
She called up her mentor, the late self-help author Louise Hay, who gave her a metaphor that's now iconic in JLo's universe: 'She said to me, “Jennifer, you're a dancer, right?” 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.”'
Four divorces later — Ojani Noa (1997-1998), Cris Judd (2001-2002), Marc Anthony (2014), and Ben Affleck (2022-2024) — Lopez is still dancing. But here's the tea: her split from Affleck reportedly left her heartbroken. A source told People 'she tried really hard to make things work.' Yet in an October 2024 interview with Nikki Glaser, Lopez said she doesn't regret any of it. 'Not one second,' she confessed. 'It almost did take me out for good. But now, on the other side of it... thank you, God.'
So yeah, keep dancing, JLo. But maybe next time, don't invite us to the wedding.
