A year after filing for divorce from Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez has shared her insights on love and relationships in a candid new interview.
Lopez has been a prominent figure not only for her musical and acting career but also for her high-profile relationships with other celebrities. Her romance with Affleck is well-known, but throughout the years, she has also been linked with Ojani Noa, producer and star of Millionaire Matchmaker, rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, and former baseball star Alex Rodriguez.
In a recent conversation with Howard Stern, Lopez discussed the challenges of being in love while constantly under public scrutiny. She described it as ‘difficult’ to maintain a relationship when it’s constantly being watched.
Stern inquired whether Lopez felt her relationships were ‘doomed from the beginning’. She replied, “No, no I don’t feel that…”
Lopez elaborated on her desire for companionship, wanting someone to share both significant and everyday moments with her. She explained how she used to be more open about sharing these moments publicly but has recently preferred to keep her life ‘more quiet’.
She acknowledged that with fame comes certain sacrifices, saying, “The truth is when you’re in this type of career and you have the type of level of fame that we’re talking about, there is a compromise.”
When Stern probed further by asking if Lopez had ever truly been loved, she answered, “No,” though she expressed that she has experienced loving someone deeply.
Reflecting on what she has learned, Lopez stated, “What I learned, it’s not that I’m not loveable, it’s that they’re not capable… they don’t have it in them,” suggesting that her partners gave as much as they could, but it wasn’t true love.
Lopez also agreed with Stern’s observation that despite everything, her partners did not truly love her, and she admitted she ‘didn’t love’ herself during those times.
Currently, Lopez is not publicly dating anyone and mentioned to Stern that she has no plans to use the dating app Raya to find a partner. She explained, “I don’t want that,” adding, “I don’t know. I’m just old-fashioned, I guess.”