Jennifer Lopez is getting real, raw, and remarkably candid about the collapse of her latest marriage — and this time, she’s not holding anything back. During a soul-baring interview on the Howard Stern Show, the 56-year-old powerhouse opened up about her 2024 divorce from Ben Affleck, describing the split not as a failure, but as a turning point.
“When I got divorced this last time, it was the best thing that ever happened to me,” Lopez confessed, and just like that, jaws dropped. But this wasn’t about throwing shade or rewriting history.
This was about a woman who dove headfirst into the wreckage and came back with a blueprint for personal healing. She didn’t just take a vacation and call it self-care — she built an entire recovery team. Religious coach. Couple’s therapist. Addiction specialist. Life coach. The whole crew. “I was like, ‘I’m gonna figure this out if it kills me.’”
Let’s be honest — this isn’t the first high-profile breakup of her career. Jennifer’s been married four times, and none of those chapters unfolded quietly. But there was something different about the Bennifer breakup.
Maybe it was the reunion fairytale turned real-life reboot. Maybe it was the years of history, the nostalgia, the rekindled hope. And maybe that’s exactly why it hurt the most.
When Stern asked if she’s ever truly been loved, Lopez didn’t flinch. “No.” Just one word, heavy with meaning. She added, “I didn’t love myself,” and then dropped the real bomb: “It’s not that I’m not lovable — it’s that they’re not capable.” In that moment, she cracked open the glamorous shell and showed the humanity inside.
But this isn’t a sob story — it’s a transformation. Jennifer Lopez is standing taller, speaking clearer, and feeling lighter. “I know who I am now,” she said. “I feel really comfortable and good in being myself, all the good parts and all the kind of complicated things.”
That new outlook is bleeding into everything — her work, her confidence, and even her red carpet reunions. Just recently, Lopez and Affleck were seen side by side at the premiere of “Kiss of the Spider Woman”.
There they were, posing like the seasoned pros they are, Affleck’s arm around her waist, the world watching, wondering what the body language meant.
But maybe, just maybe, it doesn’t mean anything more than two people who shared something real, now moving through life with a little more wisdom, a lot more growth, and in Lopez’s case — wings. Because yes, she says she’s flying now. And she’s not done yet. “I still want to fly higher.”
