Jennifer Lopez's breakout role in 1997
Selena made her a bona fide superstar
the singer actresses career has since
withstood the test of time but being in
the public eye for so long can come with
its own set of grievances partly because
Jennifer Lopez has made some
controversial decisions Jennifer Lopez
stunned viewers when she performed
during the 2019 Grammy Awards with the
internet abuzz some commenters were in
disbelief that the music starlet was
turning 50 that same year while others
focused on something else mainly that
the latina singer was performing a
Motown dance tribute so why all the
backlash simply put Lopez isn't a Motown
singer as viewers took to their social
media channels to express their distaste
at both JLo and the Grammys for picking
her during Black History Month the papi
crooner didn't regret the performance
speaking with Entertainment Tonight she
explained that the tribute was also for
her mother who played all the songs for
her growing up it's just a dream come
true
singing up there with Smokey Robinson
like I gotta pinch myself I grew up on
all those songs and because my mom loved
him so much she passed him on to us
eventually it was up to Smokey Robinson
himself to defend Lopez the Motown
legend told variety I don't think anyone
who is intelligent is upset Motown was
music for everybody everybody when JLo
wore that green for such a dress to the
2000 Grammy Awards she instantly became
a part of pop culture history so what
made the dress so controversial as MTV
News put it at the time that sound you
heard when Jennifer Lopez came out on
the stage was a thousand male tongues
hitting the floor what did you think of
the green dress my first impression was
almost two decades later Lopez spoke to
Vogue about being cautioned against
wearing the dress by her stylist because
it had been worn by multiple stars
already nevertheless JLo was set on the
jungle inspired number in September 2019
Lopez put the dress on one more time to
walk down the Versace runway during
Milan Fashion Week naturally fans went
wild apart from it almost being twenty
years since the original dress made its
debut why else would versace decide to
pay homage to it again
well it made internet history according
to an essay written by the executive
chairman of Google Eric Schmidt on
Project Syndicate writing at the time it
was the most popular search query we had
ever seen but we had no surefire way of
getting users exactly what they wanted
JLo wearing that dress the result
creating the Google image search before
her PDA filled a relationship with Alex
Rodriguez began Jennifer Lopez
apparently had a fling with Canadian
rapper Drake in late 2016 and early 2017
after a bunch of speculation due to
their sudden flirtatious online posts
together the duo decided to make it very
clear that something was going on when
JLo uploaded a photo of the pair
cuddling to her Instagram page hmm while
nothing was ever flat-out confirmed her
friendship with the rapper certainly
angered some people supposedly including
Drake's on-again off-again love interest
and J Lo's friend Rihanna speaking to in
touch and inside her clothes to reread
ished Rihanna and Jennifer used to be
good friends
she's even confided in JLo about her
rocky relationship with Drake over the
years Briana is very hurt when Jennifer
Lopez hit the scene decades ago she was
a total sensation Rickie T Guyardo of
the Philippine Daily Inquirer put it
perfectly back in 2001 noting that the
starlet had quote confirmed status as an
international superstar now that she's
older her decision to still star in
provocative music videos has
unfortunately been met with some public
backlash especially her 2014 music video
for booty alongside Iggy Azalea people
couldn't stop talking about it to the
point that the song stress felt she had
to defend her choice in an interview
with complex in 2015 I'm not allowed to
be sexy because I'm a mom the truth is I
don't want to do anything that they
would be embarrassed of in the long run
and I'm not saying that one day they may
not be like mom why did you do that but
I don't think that in ten years I'm
going to be doing that either
there's no denying Jennifer Lopez is a
global sensation she's even landed on
lists such as Forbes most powerful women
in 2012 and Time Magazine's Most
Influential People of 2018 so with all
eyes and ears on her
why has the Bronx native sparked
significant backlash from human rights
groups it turns out Lopez's
controversial decision to perform for a
variety of different fans who payor
generously hasn't sat well with
everybody according to The Hollywood
Reporter it's J Lo's performance for
their Turkmenistan president that caused
the human rights foundation to do a bit
more digging the result they found out
that the singer has reportedly performed
for at least three other questionable
audiences including Russia and a number
of former Soviet republics human rights
foundation president Thor Halvorssen has
had no problem speaking to the press
about his discontent with the let's get
loud crooners controversial gigs / The
Hollywood Reporter Halverson dished in a
statement in 2013
JLo has repeatedly mingled with and
entertained some of the world's worst
thugs and their cronies the Jenny from
the block who doesn't Google
clarification may be credible in one
instance but it beggars belief in light
of a pattern of repeated behavior
Jennifer Lopez's high-profile
relationship with Marc Anthony was
legendary in the early noughties as
Jonathan voyage of Oprah Magazine put it
the two were quote an untouchable
Hollywood couple that captured a
particular moment in our pop culture
lexicon their beginnings as a couple
however was met with its fair share of
controversy mainly because Anthony was
still technically married to someone
else / people the two crooners were
actually linked together years prior
when they dated briefly unfortunately
things didn't work out that first time
around so Anthony when former Miss
Universe Dayanara Torres in a surprise
wedding in Las Vegas that he planned
just a day in advance
perhaps Anthony should have put more
thought into who he was going to marry
since he jumped ship after only four
years and was already seen out in about
with Lopez before he officially divorced
his wife ultimately breaking Torres's
heart
the former beauty queen told people you
go through hell I cried until there were
no tears left until I was numb I didn't
want to eat I didn't care to get dressed
or take a shower
I just wanted to lie there as for Lopez
she married Anthony the same year as his
divorce from Torres her reputation on
the other hand certainly took a hit as
some would go on to view her as a
Hollywood
homewrecker most people that aren't even
JLo listeners know her song Jenny from
the block in which he pays tribute to
growing up in the Bronx
in fact the singer even titled her debut
album on the 6 a clear tribute to the
New York subway according to the book
Latin sensations Lopez once said I used
to take the number 6 train downtown from
the Bronx I am still the same girl who
grew up in the Bronx with my head full
of limitless dreams however now that
Lopez is a worldwide sensation some
think she's forgotten about her roots as
the principal at her alma mater claim to
the New York Daily News
when Jennifer became famous I asked to
Lupe her mom if Jennifer could donate a
scholarship in her name and Lupe just
said uh uh that's her money and that's
it another alleged instance in 2011 was
even worse her The Smoking Gun Lopez was
set to star in a commercial for Fiat
that would see her driving around her
old neighborhood this is my wound the
issue however she never actually stepped
foot in the Bronx for the ad and used a
body double
naturally the stint was met with
complete contention with even Anderson
Cooper making fun of her Jennifer
Lopez's early two-thousands relationship
with Ben Affleck was highly scrutinized
by the paps from the get-go it's
something even she was aware of herself
taking a stab at the press when she
released the Jenny from the block music
video starring herself and her then beau
and filled with paparazzi asked shots of
each other the video was so brazen in
fact that years later Affleck would say
that starring in it nearly ruined his
career um ouch their whirlwind romance
began while JLo was still married to
Chris Judd with Affleck apparently
courting her the actor even took out an
ad in The Hollywood Reporter gushing
about Lopez while her divorce wasn't yet
finalized soon enough Ben AFER's every
move was documented as Lopez revealed to
people years later in 2016 we just
happened to be together at the birth of
the tabloids and it was like oh my god
it was just a lot of pressure I think
different time different thing who knows
what could have happened but there was a
genuine love there while the
unconventional beginnings of their
relationship may have raised some eye
it was starring in a total box-office
flop 2003 SG Lee together that was the
most controversial as it quickly became
one of the most heated movies of its
time what are you going it's turkey time
many people don't know that JLo actually
has a mug shot from a night out in the
late 90s according to the Daily Mail
Lopez found herself in a New York
nightclub in 1999 with her then
boyfriend Diddy when all of a sudden he
reportedly bumped someone and
accidentally spilled his drink as
prosecutor Matthew Bob da nose told a
Manhattan Supreme Court jury the man
taunted Combs about his wealth and after
some arguing
somebody threw Kasia combs as an insult
as total bedlam reportedly broke out
someone drew a gun according to
witnesses did he allegedly fire too he
then reportedly grabbed Lopez and the
two fled the scene ultimately being
pulled over by the police who found a
loaded gun as revealed by the New York
Daily News the couple was arrested and
Lopez sat handcuffed to a bench for 14
hours nowadays JLo doesn't speak about
the incident often still the Selena
starlet did offer some insight in an
interview with Rolling Stone a couple
years later explaining it was an
unfortunate situation we were somewhere
we shouldn't have been it was a bad
situation to the general public Jennifer
Lopez and Alex Rodriguez seem like a
couple totally lost in the honeymoon
phase especially since announcing their
engagement in March 2019 in fact it
appears their whole relationship is a
long time coming
MLB network's intentional talk Twitter
page understand old 1998 clip of the
baseball legend admitting his dream date
would be with the diva starlet
lo and behold years later his wish came
true we're hoping their puppy love is
evident behind closed doors too as a
strange rumor has been swirling around
courtesy of radar online as an insider
dish to the gossip site in 2017
Lopez allegedly had quote a long list of
rules on maintaining her high standards
when they first started dating causing
her beau to feel terrified of her oh
what the source went on to claim that
she also gave him an approved wardrobe
list while this would obviously
intimidate some people a rod is clearly
smitten I just hope she doesn't wake up
and says ok your time is up get out
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