Jennifer Lopez reveals Ben Affleck divorce led to major self-discovery journey

Jennifer Lopez is opening up about why her most up-to-date divorce was finally “one of the best factor” for her.

Throughout a current interview on SiriusXM’s “Howard Stern Present,” the 56-year-old actress and singer mentioned her 2024 divorce from Ben Affleck, detailing what she discovered from the cut up.

“Once I acquired divorced the final time, it was one of the best factor that ever occurred to me,” she defined. “As a result of it actually made me journey to – I imply, I had a spiritual coach. I had a therapist, a relationship therapist, a person therapist. I had a coach to grasp habit. I had all the pieces. I used to be like, ‘I will determine this out if it is killing me.'”

The ‘Hustlers’ star has been married 4 occasions, most notably to Marc Anthony from 2004 to 2014, and to Affleck from 2022 to 2024.

Lopez referred to as her divorce from Affleck “one of the best factor that ever occurred to me.” (Gilbert Flores/Penske Media through Getty Pictures)

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When requested by Stern if she believes she has ever been “really cherished,” Lopez mentioned “no,” however that she is aware of what it means to really love another person. She additionally shared that a part of the rationale she feels this fashion is as a result of “I did not love myself.”

“What I’ve discovered is just not that I am not lovable, it is that they don’t seem to be able to that. They do not have it in them,” she mentioned, including, “They usually gave me what they’d. They gave me all the pieces, each time. All of the rings, all of the issues I might ever need. The homes, the rings, the wedding. All the things. However…”

After getting by means of her divorce, Lopez mentioned she will now “sit right here in a way more assured, self-aware approach” and mirror on all the pieces that has occurred in her life.

“Or my mom, my father, in my very own life, how I discovered to like, how I felt uncared for — all of the issues which might be in your head as an individual — and realizing who I’m and simply actually appreciating that particular person,” she defined. “[I] I really feel actually snug and good at being myself, with all the nice sides and all of the difficult issues.”

Lopez mentioned she discovered loads about herself after her divorce. (Adrián Monroy/Medios y Media/Getty Pictures)

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Lopez beforehand referred to her divorce from Affleck as “one of the best factor that ever occurred to me” throughout an interview. “CBS Sunday Morning” in September.

Through the interview, the “Maid in Manhattan” star mentioned the breakup “helped me develop in a approach that I wanted to develop, to turn out to be extra self-aware.”

“I am a distinct particular person now than I used to be final 12 months,” she mentioned. “I noticed that the enjoyment is in life and these moments and actually embracing life and all the pieces it brings you, due to the teachings it brings you.”

She went on to say that when these classes are discovered, “all the pieces turns into just a little lighter and you’ll actually, actually fly.” When requested if she seems like she’s flying now, Lopez mentioned sure, including, “I nonetheless really feel like I wish to fly greater.”

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The previous couple reunited on the premiere of ‘Kiss of the Spider Lady’. (Slaven Vlasic/Getty Pictures)

The previous couple lately reunited on the premiere of “The Kiss of the Spider Lady,” which Affleck produced and starred Lopez. They have been photographed standing aspect by aspect on the pink carpet, with Affleck posing together with his arm round her waist in some photographs.

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