Our first guest is one of the most talented women
in the world.
Please welcome my friend Jennifer Lopez.
Hi.
I see you.
Yes, Andy, stop clapping.
OK, well, I'm excited.
Andy is in the yard outside because I won't let him
in the house, but he's clapping for you.
I see that.
I was like, uh-oh, somebody's creeping up on Ellen.
No, I'm just--
I don't allow him inside.
Right, OK.
Hi.
Cheers to you.
What are you having to drink right now?
A little coffee.
With a little foamy milk on that coffee.
Like a little latte.
A little cinnamon.
A little comfort.
That's what we need right now, a little comfort.
Yes, we do.
And that's why I'm talking to you, so we can comfort people.
By the way, you look beautiful.
Thank you for dressing up.
I assume you're not dressing up everyday just
to be by yourself.
Not every day, no.
But we do have--
I am on Zoom a lot.
I am talking to a lot of people.
So sometimes when I have to talk to somebody business wise,
I will pull myself together.
But I have done a lot of meetings in pajamas, yes.
You look fantastic though.
What's it like for you in quarantine?
You have the family there.
I've seen some of the things that you're doing.
Are you running out of things to do?
What are you doing?
Yes, I mean, the whole family's here.
We're all been shut down for a few weeks now.
I have to say, I've been so on the run for the past few years
that it's nice to be home.
I planned to take a little bit of time
off after the whole Super Bowl thing and World of Dance
that I just finished building a few weeks ago.
So it's been nice so far.
I don't know if it goes on a long time.
Check in with me in a month or two.
I might be wanting to jump off the edge
of the roof over there.
But right now, it's kind of making lemonade out of lemons.
It's a terrible time for all of us,
and a weird time, a scary time, anxious time.
We don't know what's going to happen.
But having a reconnection with the family and Alex
and not having to run around so much is kind of nice too.
So making the best of it.
Yeah, I think for those of us who are fortunate enough
to be able to be in our home and not
panicked about all the fears of where's
the next meal coming from, how long is this going to last--
and obviously, we're all doing our part
to help in every situation that we can and do what we can.
But for those of us fortunate enough,
it is a nice break from working constantly and not
being home enough to appreciate the relationships
and just having time to sit still, which is something
that I know you don't do that often.
So I don't know how long you're going to be able to do this.
I know it feels good right now, but I
can imagine you're used to constantly moving.
Who's homeschooling there?
Is it Alex or you?
Who's helping with the homework?
I help with the homework.
All four kids are doing virtual school right now.
And so I stay more on top of Emmy and Max about that.
Yeah, me.
And do you find it easy?
Or are you looking at it like, what is this?
Honestly, I think we're all like, what is this?
Like [INAUDIBLE] teacher.
And also, have you seen the math that they make the kids do now?
It's a new math, Elle's Bells.
It's a new math.
It's crazy.
And so half the time I'm like, OK, yeah,
let's look up that word.
What does that mean?
It's been an experience for sure.
Yeah, I can not imagine.
These TikToks that you've been doing, by the way--
the one that you did, Flip the Switch
that, I guess-- because tWitch did it with Alison also.
First of all, I want to show it in case anyone didn't see it.
And then I want to ask about how you
had things that even fit Alex.
So let's show it.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
(SINGING) Look, I just flipped the switch.
Flip, flip.
I don't want nobody--
So, I assume that was your idea.
I assume it was not his idea.
Listen, the kids are always trying to get us on TikTok.
I love to TikTok because you know
I love to dance, just like you.
But they're always trying to get Alex to do all these TikToks.
And I remember we had-- it was one of the last times
we went out to dinner about a month ago or whatever it was.
And we came back, and I had seen that challenge somewhere.
And I was like, you know what, there
is one where we switch clothes.
I was like, my dress is stretchy.
I think it can fit you.
Why don't we do that one?
And the girls were like, yeah, yeah, let's do it.
So we did it, and it was so much fun.
It was hilarious.
And we were trying to hook the earrings in his ears.
It was a lot.
He's a good sport.
It was hilarious.
Yes, he was.
And then, I also loved the one where
you were answering questions.
And you had your eyes closed and pointing--
that's a really good idea for a lot of people.
I mean, it was so funny.
I was like, why are you lying?
I'm telling the truth.
But I guess it's all perspective.
He thinks he's easy when he's sick.
And I would think that you are easy when you're sick,
because I've seen you go through so many things
and you were such a soldier.
I mean, I think that you--
just even the Super Bowl thing.
I mean, the fact that you did the Super Bowl
and worked out, trained, rehearsed,
and you had just come off tour, and you were coming off Vegas,
you were coming off so many different things.
You must have just been--
like, that must have wiped you out.
It really did.
I think, like I said, that's why as I was coming
to be in the last couple of weeks of Super Bowl,
I kept dreaming about, I'm going to have time off after this.
I'm going to have time off after this.
It was definitely, because I realized--
when I had time to slow down and think about it now.
--that when I started training for Hustlers, which
was last January, doing all of the pole stuff,
was literally the end of January.
And then I went straight into filming.
Then I went straight into my tour.
And then I went straight into filming Marry Me.
And then I went straight into the Super Bowl rehearsals.
And then we did a couple of shows of World of Dance.
And then I was done.
And I was like, oh my God, I haven't
stopped for over a year.
It's been nonstop.
And so I was pretty pooped, yeah.
Hey, Andy?
Yeah.
Where are you?
I'm here.
Do you have any questions--
He's there.
There he is.
Do you have any questions?
How is she that beautiful all the time?
OK, so please answer that question.
How are you that beautiful all the time?
You're very sweet, Andy.
And I think they should let you in the house.
Ellen, what are you doing?
[INAUDIBLE]
What's happened?
Why has he been banned from the house?
What did he do?
Social distancing.
What happened?
She just doesn't want me near her.
But here's my question.
I'm serious, though.
I remember when you did Rosie O'Donnell so many years ago
in the '90s and you just [INAUDIBLE]..
And you still have held up in a way that is ridiculous.
You're beautiful.
That's all I wanted to say.
You've held up.
Thank you, Andy.
I'm going to try and keep holding up.
Hanging on by a string, a thread.
Hold up.
You're so good with the compliments.
You've really held up, lady.
That's great.
She knows what I mean.
I'm sorry I asked him to ask you a question, Jennifer.
I'm really sorry.
All right, so I assume this whole quarantine and everything
is affecting the wedding date, because I am sure you were
about to get married any day now, and now you can't.
Any day now?
Actually, it did affect it a little bit.
So we will see what happens now.
Honestly, I really don't know what's
going to happen now as far as dates or anything like that.
We're just kind of in a holding pattern
like the rest of the world.
So again, it's something we just going
to have to wait and see in a few months how this all pans out.
Well, let me tell you something.
This is just-- you know, this is my two cents.
You take it or leave it.
But if the TikToks are extremely popular that you're putting out
there, if you got married-- if the two of you
got married in your house and you posted it on Instagram--
this would be just the first wedding.
You'd have a big one with people and all that later.
But for now, do you know how happy--
Do a TikTok wedding?
--if we could watch the wedding?
Yeah.
It's something to think about.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
I think it's a good idea.
Think about it.
We're going to take a break.
And then when we come back, we're
going to talk about your new show,
and other things, probably the wedding, stuff like that.
We'll be right back.
All right, we are back with Jennifer Lopez.
The Quibi show is called Thanks a Million.
So I know the concept.
Explain the concept, and then tell me who you gave money to.
OK, so it's called Thanks a Million.
It's a show I'm producing on Quibi, which
is a new kind of entertainment platform for the phone where
all the episodes are under 10 minutes.
And so we came up with this idea basically
for very grateful celebrities who
have a blessed life to do a random act of kindness
and start a chain.
And so that one act of kindness goes
to another act of kindness.
And you see how it kind of has a snowball effect.
So over the course of the 10 episodes
we're going to give away a million dollars.
$100,000 I got to give to somebody who randomly
touches my life in some way.
Not a family member, not a friend, not anything like that.
Just a person that you came across who kind
of affected you.
And there was a little girl that I met at a Make-A-Wish
after one of my concerts.
She was there.
And she was just an angel.
And there was something about her that just moved me.
I don't want to give away too much.
But I wound up giving it to her and her mom.
And then the only caveat is that they
have to give half of that money to somebody else.
And then that person has to give half to somebody else,
and so on.
And so we follow this chain of kindness
and how little one random act of kindness
can change people's lives.
And that's what the show is.
That's so fantastic.
What a great idea.
That's amazing.
So now you and Alex-- this is really cool.
This is amazing.
Because like I said in the beginning of this
when we were talking that everyone is donating
to-- there's so many different places
that need money right now.
So you donated one million meals to Feeding America,
which is incredible that y'all did that.
Yeah, Meals Up Wheels Up.
Obviously, food is an issue right now.
And there's so many people that--
obviously, we all have to stay at home.
And it's just about getting food to people
who are in need right now.
And Wheels Up came up with a great initiative.
And they join with Feeding America.
And they called us and asked us if we would donate.
And we said, yeah.
Yeah, we'll donate a million meals for sure.
So Alex and I did that.
And there's other charity things that we're doing right now as
well, but I'll be announcing those in the next few weeks.
So it's exciting-- it's a privilege place
to be able to help.
And so that's what we want to do right now.
And again, I think with the show, Thanks a Million,
it's about kick starting that.
Because I think the one thing I miss the most is just people.
I miss people.
I miss hugging them and kissing them and being around them.
And you realize with this kind of sudden imposed loss
of freedom in a way, where we can't see each other
and we can't go places, how much we need each other
and how much we need to appreciate that.
And that's what's been on my mind a lot lately.
Well, I think we're all going to come out of this changed people
and hopefully for the better.
And we're going to realize how important it is to reach out
to people as often as we can.
And we miss just hugging people.
You know, I used to hug people all the time.
And you think about that, like, you can't do that anymore.
So I look forward to that again.
I'm sending you a hug, and Alex, and your family.
I love you.
And Thanks a Million is available on Quibi right now.
We'll be right back.
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