Jennifer Lopez made her first-ever appearance on The Howard Stern Show this week — a long time coming after the shock jock spent years taking aim at her looks, talent, and relationships.
Stern has a long history of mocking Lopez on air. Back in 2000, he tore into her MTV Awards outfit, saying it ‘looks like a potato sack.’
Around the same time, he slammed her vocals, claiming her singing sounded like karaoke and proved she ‘wasn’t a great singer,’ per Alternative Nation.
By 2012, he was still at it, dismissing her as ‘the worst judge out there’ during her stint on American Idol.
He even ridiculed her romance with Ben Affleck in 2003, calling it ‘ridiculous but real,’ per the outlet.
Despite years of public jabs, the 56-year-old Kiss of the Spider Woman star put on a brave face to finally join Stern on his SiriusXM show Wednesday.
Jennifer Lopez made her first-ever appearance on The Howard Stern Show this week — a long time coming after the shock jock spent years taking aim at her looks, talent, and relationships
Stern has a long history of mocking Lopez on air. Back in 2000, he tore into her MTV Awards outfit, saying it ‘looks like a potato sack’
Lopez opened the interview by admitting, ‘I was always scared to come on the show.’
But fans were surprised when she revealed it wasn’t because of his past comments — it was because she worried she might ‘say something’ she regrets.
As it turned out, the two hit it off.
Lopez candidly discussed everything from her dating life and fame to getting older — and even revealed the one movie role she regrets turning down.
Howard opened the interview by asking Lopez whether fame made it harder to date other celebrities, and she appeared to hint at her recent split from Ben Affleck.
Lopez filed for divorce from Affleck in August 2024 — roughly two years after their reunion and July 2022 wedding.
The couple had originally dated and been engaged nearly 20 years earlier.
‘It’s difficult to be under that microscope,’ she agreed.
Howard opened the interview by asking Lopez whether fame made it harder to date other celebrities, and she appeared to hint at her recent split from Ben Affleck
Howard pressed, ‘Does it seem like everything is doomed from the beginning?’
‘No, I don’t feel that,’ she quickly replied.
‘I feel that the right person who can handle that and… I think I made mistakes… in the sense that I live my life very out loud… even though I’m in the public eye.
‘And I wanted to share my life with someone. I want someone to be there to share my big important moments on the red carpet.
‘So I didn’t hide from it. And I spoke about it. And I think now, after what’s happened in the past few years to me and to my children, I feel like… I just want to keep that part so much more quiet in my life.’
