Jennifer Lopez looked like a giddy schoolgirl when heading into The View in New York City on Tuesday morning.
The 56-year-old Hollywood pinup had an ease in her step as she pranced down the sidewalk in a white shirt that was barely buttoned up, flashing her pale pink push-up bra. She added a tight black skirt, lace-up corset belt and stiletto heels.
This comes the day after the Bronx native was being doted on by her ex-husband Ben Affleck at the Kiss Of The Spider Woman premiere in Manhattan.
They put on a united front on the splashy red carpet after finalizing their divorce around New Year’s Eve.
Affleck also gushed about his former wife to the media, telling multiple TV shows he was impressed with her ‘work ethic and talents.’
Affleck shared with Extra‘s Mona Kosar Abdi that Lopez was ‘born to play’ the characters in Kiss Of The Spider Woman.
Jennifer Lopez looked like a giddy schoolgirl when heading into The View in New York City on Tuesday morning
The 56-year-old Hollywood pinup had an ease in her step as she pranced down the sidewalk
He said, ‘She’s amazing in the movie. I just can’t wait for you, the audience, to see the movie. I’m as proud of this movie as any that I’ve ever been involved with. I’m really excited to be here tonight. I love this movie.’
Affleck praised Jennifer’s work ethic, saying, ‘Early on in Jennifer’s involvement in this… she just was going to give it her all and she did. She worked enormously hard. You get to see like all of her many gifts, she’s somebody that grew up watching, you know, classic musicals.’
Ben was referencing Jennifer’s ability to act, sing, and dance, emphasizing, ‘She really does it all in this movie!’
Kiss of the Spider Woman is out October 10.
Also on Tuesday Lopez’s new interview with USA Today was published.
The most interesting part is how the performer admitted that she used the pain from her Affleck split for her three characters in Kiss Of The Spider Woman.
Their marriage of just over one year fell apart when she was filming the movie musical in April 2024. That led to being separated; she did not file for divorce until August 2024.
‘You cannot separate who you are from what your performances become in that moment. It’s really about being in the present, and when I was filming Kiss of the Spider Woman – Aurora, that woman who was feeling like she was cursed in love; the Spider Woman, who just wanted a kiss; and Ingrid Luna, who was this powerhouse of an entertainer – all of them were living very largely in my life,’ noted the singer.
She couldn’t stop smiling as she made her way to another press appearance for her new movie, Kiss Of The Spider Woman
She was dressed in a white shirt that was barely buttoned up, a tight black skirt, lace-up corset belt and stiletto heels
Her long blonde hair was worn down as she modeled black sunglasses and carried a designer purse in black with gold hardware
‘I was very lucky, because it does come out in the performance. I don’t know that I would be able to play the characters in the same way today that I played them during that time.’
That suggests her heartbreak from Affleck has dimmed.
And Lopez shared that singing, dancing and acting in Kiss Of The Spider Woman is what she loves to do.
‘I had a love of musicals from the very beginning and now that’s been reignited in me. You’re going to see that incorporated a lot into my career in the coming era, whether it’s in my Las Vegas residency or the movies that I choose,’ shared the artist.
‘It’s a return to who I was and the essence of who I am, but also a brand new me, which is exciting. It’s an exciting time! We keep changing and growing – and returning to ourselves, which is even better.’
JLo stressed that when she was a kid, she dreamed of being on stage.
‘Broadway was always the dream. When I first started, I thought that that’s where I would end up,’ the star noted
She came to fame as a Fly Girl on TV’s In Living Color then became a movie star with Selena, so her life ‘just took a different trajectory,’ she said.
This comes the day after the Bronx native was being doted on by her ex-husband Ben Affleck at the Kiss Of The Spider Woman premiere in Manhattan
They put on a united front on the splashy red carpet after finalizing their divorce around New Year’s Eve
Affleck also gushed about his former wife to the media, telling Extra he was impressed with her ‘work ethic and talents.’ Affleck told Extra that Lopez was ‘born to play’ the characters in Kiss Of The Spider Woman
‘I always dreamed of being this Hollywood star when I was a little girl, ever since I saw West Side Story. In doing this, I finally got to be the movie musical star that I grew up watching. I don’t think people have ever seen me sing or dance in this style, even though that’s how I started when I was young.
And she is grateful for her success.
‘I have had a very blessed career from the beginning. I’ve had to work hard, but I feel like what’s mine is mine… the truth is, I love my trajectory.
‘I love the way my life has gone and the things that have come to me, because they came to me when I was really ready for them and not a minute before that.
‘I’m grateful because every single project I do has something to help me elevate to another level of who I am, not just as an artist but as a human.
‘The projects that I need at different times in my life are the ones that manifest in that moment. There does seem to be a very strong coincidence that the things I’m going through and working through show up in the artistic projects in my life.’
