Jennifer is sexy in a white body suit for the
new cover of Complex magazine. Continue
read her interview...
The setting, her home...after dinner....in
mommy mode:
Our interview takes place after dinner, in
a book-lined office/study neatly
crammed with all types of J.Lo
memorabilia-but not before Lopez
reminds her kids, twins Emme and Max,
that they have school tomorrow, and
have to be in bed by 8 p.m. When she
finally enters, Jennifer is barefoot and
looking super comfortable in ready-for-
bed wear. Yes, the icon wears regular
pajamas, and she looks great. Speaking
with the aura of a seasoned self-help
guru, she reveals how she got to this
happy place.
On fairytales about relationships that little
girls are taught:
Yeah, well, that’s what we’re taught
when we’re little. Little girls are taught
that especially. Prince Charming is
gonna come along. You’re going to live
happily ever after, and then that doesn’t
happen. You have your first boyfriend in
high school and that falls apart and
you’re like, “What’s going on?” [Laughs.]
All of these things get shattered one by
one. It’s so unfair. Nobody teaches us
the important thing from when we’re
young, which is to value yourself and
love yourself, and then you can share
happiness and love with other people.
That’s what we should be teaching kids,
not fairy tales about Prince Charming
rescuing you. Or that you have to be
Prince Charming and rescue this girl.
It’s funny, we’re formed from the time
we’re 0 to 7. We’re battling the rest of
our lives trying to figure that out. And
now that I have my own kids, I think
about that stuff a lot, like, what do I
want to teach them? I want them to
have fantasies and the fairy tales and
all that, but at the same time I want
them to know what is important, which
is to have a great sense of self and to be
good on their own.
On whether relationships between older
women and younger men can work:
Is it possible for relationships to work
when the guy is older than the girl?
[Yes.] Well, then I would say yes.
[Laughs.] What would be different?
On celebrity hacking being a trade off for
fame/fortune:
[Laughs.] Oh! When you become rich and
famous, you don’t have feelings
anymore?! That’s what it is. OK! C’mon.
It’s not about having money in the
bank. You can have all the money in the
world and it doesn’t mean you’re a
happy person. Money doesn’t solve
problems. It makes some things easier
but it just gives you a different set of
problems. Everything has a trade-off in
this world. I’ve learned that from being
broke as hell and having money.
On beautiful women who are insecure
It’s not just beautiful women. It’s all
women. And it’s all men, too. It’s
everyone. People are more surprised
when they hear that somebody who is
attractive is insecure. I don’t understand
that because, again, we’re all human.
Nobody looks in the mirror and goes,
“That person is so perfect!” It’s just the
nature of a human being that they have
insecurities. You try to do things that
you’re proud of to boost up your self-
esteem and your integrity. At the end of
the day, you’re the only person who can
give that to you. That’s something that
everybody struggles with at one time or
another. I’m no different than anybody
else in that sense.
On the endless rumors that have followed her
through a 20 year career
The rumors at that time were so endless.
I still haven’t figured that all out
completely. I’ve thought sometimes,
“Was it because I was a woman? Was it
because I was a minority?” [Laughs.] I
was like, “Why me? Why are they picking
on me so much? What have I done?” It’s
funny. Men get praise when they are
successful, like, “Look how great he’s
doing.” Women get criticized for some
reason. I don’t understand it. All I know
is that because I’ve stuck around for so
long people realize, “Oh, that must not
be true.” [Laughs.] “We finally got to
know the real her.”
On concerns about daughter Emme and the
plastic surgery phenomenon
Yeah, what is she gonna want to do, or
how good is she gonna feel about
herself? I hope to show her from
example that you have to love yourself
for who you are. And that doesn’t mean
that you can’t do things to enhance
yourself, like work out, or if somebody
wants to get a nose job. I don’t know.
You can take a hard stance on things
and then eat your words later. All I’m
saying is, at the end of the day, you got
to feel happy about who you are inside,
and then you can make good choices for
yourself.
On critics of her "Booty" video being too sexy
for a mother to take part in
I’m not allowed to be sexy because I’m
a mom? It’s like, How do you think I got
my children? [Laughs.] The truth is I
don’t want to do anything that they
would be embarrassed of in the long
run. But at the end of the day, they care
more about me being there, taking care
of them, than if I’m sexy in a video. And
I’m not saying that one day they may
not be like, “Mom! Why did you do
that?!” [Laughs.] But I don’t think that
in 10 years I’m going to be doing that
either. Again, it’s about what feels good
to me in this moment. It felt right. It’s a
good message for women. I’m standing
next to this girl who is 24 years old and
I’m in my 40s and there’s no difference.
Women need to see that and feel that.
You can’t let the fear of what people
might say or think stop you from doing
what you want to do or else we would
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