Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie (the four whores of the apocalypse?) ruled the
tabloids with their tales of boozy excess, criminal mischief and the
like. That era was powered by Jennifer Lopez. The artist formerly known
as J. Lo owed her ubiquity partially to her high-profile relationship
with fellow actor Ben Affleck, naturally, but also to the fact that at every turn, she seemed to be
launching a fragrance or shooting a music video or opening a (generally
cruddy) movie or feting the opening of an Arby’s.
If there was a red
carpet, she was on it. No wonder so many people seemed eager to
celebrate her Hollywood downfall or demotion. That turbulent time is
not too far in the past, but Lopez — with the aid of new husband Marc
Anthony, her costar in El Cantante — is working hard to make sure it remains in the rearview
mirror. “Marc helped me with this in the beginning,” she confesses in a recent interview.
“I just didn’t know there was another way to live.”
“At that time, I
was like, ‘I’m going to live my life, I’m not going to let this change
me,’” Lopez continues. “But you’re out there and then all this stuff is
happening to you and you’re on the cover of the tabloid every week. And
you’re like, ‘Wait a minute, this is not working in the way that I want
it to work.’” For the full feature piece, from FilmStew, click here.
I think this was a good interview. She told the truth, which takes a lot of guts. She got caught up in the crazy world of Hollywood and Marc helped her get out of that. I remember how she used to be and the change is evident. She has clearly grown up and become a classy, elegant woman. People like to dwell on the past (Puff Daddy, Bennifer, Gigli) instead of giving her a chance to prove herself. I think she has done that with these movies and people, including the critics, need to give her a break.
This interview p—ed me off! Why should SHE get a break? I don’t. You’re in this business to compete. She’s no different. She has to take it — she sure as hell worked hard to get on those tabloids ant she chose the BAD movies she made — those were choices she made after gettting some really good breaks and getting very lucky in a business that is not a Latino biz — it is NOT. And now she complains? Gime ME a break!!
She needs to have some compassion and some modesty.