Jennifer Lopez has broken her silence and finally spoken about her divorce from Ben Affleck! Her words surprised everyone: “I don’t regret a single second.”
|American actress and singer Jennifer Lopez has broken her silence following her divorce from actor Ben Affleck, revealing whether she’s thinking about finding new love.
Two months ago, Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from Ben Affleck. Now, the Latina diva has opened up about the year when her “whole world exploded” and how a shift in perspective led to the end of their marriage.
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“You need to be whole if you want something more complete,” J.Lo told comedian Nikki Glaser in an Interview magazine profile published on October 9, as reported by E! Online.
“You have to be good on your own. I thought I had done that, but I hadn’t. And then, this summer, I had to say: ‘I need to leave and be by myself. I want to prove to myself that I can do it,’” Jennifer Lopez said.
Without mentioning Affleck by name, Lopez added: “Being in a relationship doesn’t define me. I can’t look for happiness in other people. I need to find happiness within myself.”
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She plans to stick to this mindset when it comes to future dating.
The Latina star admitted that she’s single and currently not interested in romance.
“Here’s the thing. There’s no one new because I’m not looking for anyone,” said Lopez, who officially filed for divorce from Affleck in August after two years of marriage.
“I’m not searching for anyone because everything I’ve done in the past 25, 30 years, in all these different challenging situations, is just me flying solo. What if I’m just free?”
“This is exactly where I needed to be to get to where I want to go,” she added.
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Despite the pain caused by her divorce from Affleck, she has no regrets about their love story.
“I don’t regret a second of it,” she emphasized.
“That doesn’t mean it didn’t almost knock me off track forever. It nearly did. But now, on the other side, I think to myself: F*** it, that’s exactly what I needed,” she added.
As for the false narratives surrounding the end of her marriage and her current state, the Latina diva had to reconcile her truth with what’s being portrayed publicly.
“I know that everything written and said about me, and all the assumptions about who I am as a person, is not who I am. I learned that a long time ago,” she said.
“I know I’m a good person. I know I’m a good mom. I know who my friends are. I know my friends know who I am, my mom, my dad, all those things,” she emphasized.
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Jennifer Lopez, who shares 16-year-old twins Max and Emme with her ex-husband Marc Anthony, says she’s glad she took time to refocus, even though it meant canceling her tour earlier this year.
“I was so heartbroken about letting anyone down, but I just had to be with my kids and myself and really dig deep into things going on in my life,” she explained.
“And I’m glad I did because it was a really hard time for me. Probably the hardest time in my life, but it was also the best because I had to work on myself. But I’ll be back on stage soon. I’ll be there to entertain you,” Jennifer Lopez said.