Jennifer Lopez She opens up about her quest to be Best mom For her children as well as the best version of herself.
“As a mother, you always want to do your best for your children,” Lopez, 55, said. British Vogue In an interview published on Friday, December 20. “You want to lift them up. But that doesn't stop you from being a struggling human being.
Lopez shares 16-year-old twins Max and Emme with her ex-husband Mark Anthony.
In her new movie UnstoppableLopez plays the mother Anthony Roblesa wrestler born with one leg who won the national championship in 2011.
Lopez said she reached out to Judy RoblesA realistic story about wanting to be the best parent possible even while facing difficulties.
“Being a mother and knowing what it means to want to do the best for your kids and put your best face forward for them all the time, but also struggle as a woman in relationships and in life for your own dreams and aspirations and what that means and what that looks like, I think for me it was “The biggest.”
Later in the interview, Lopez said she felt “very deeply” about Jodi's marriage difficulties because she had “been in the same place sometimes.” (Judy divorced her husband after 20 years of marriage.)
“Maybe I shouldn't give this person a chance, you know what I mean? Maybe I should end this now and come back,” Lopez explained. “I don't think there's a woman on Earth who hasn't been in that situation — or even men!”
Anthony, 56, separated from Lopez in 2011 after nearly seven years of marriage. Their divorce was eventually finalized in 2014.
“When my marriage ended, it wasn't easy to get forgiveness.” Lopez said W In May 2016. “This is not the dream I had hoped for, and it would have been easier to fan the flames of resentment, disappointment and anger. But Mark is the father of my children, and that will never go away. So I have to work to make things right. And this It is, by far, the hardest work I do.
Recently, Lopez completed her two-year term Marrying from Ben Affleck in August 2024. Its performance has since been called Unstoppable “amazing(Affleck's production company, Artists Equity, produced the sports drama.)
Moving forward, Lopez said she wants to give herself more credit for what she's been through in her personal and professional life.
“Right now, I think with everything that's happened in my life and in my relationships and even in my career, it's like giving yourself a little bit of comfort and love,” she said. October conversation to interview magazine. “We went through a lot of things that no one knew about, and you persevered and refused to give up and let it get you down.”
Unstoppable It is scheduled to premiere on Prime Video on January 16, 2025.