Leah Remini reveals where friendship with Jennifer Lopez stands now

Leah remini offer a rare insight into their friendship with Jennifer Lopez – including where they stand today.

Is a challenge Weekly USA cover storyRemini, 54, revealed when he came into contact with Lopez, 55, again, saying, “Right after the divorce, we would text loving messages of support.”

Remini, who went through her split from her husband Angelo pagán At the time, he explained that she had never been a rift between her and Lopez. “Sometimes you don’t talk to people everyday as you used to, but that doesn’t mean the love is lost,” he added. “Friendship
TRAIGHT AND DIFFICULT. That doesn’t mean we are at odds. “

According to Remini, she is “in a different place” in her life 12 years After leaving a seientology.(Lopez, for her part, terminated his divorce from Ben Affleck Earlier this year.)

“I actually retreated (after leaving),” he said. “But also don’t really want to leave that.

Remini continued: “I cherish my friendship and not everyone is supposed to be in your life in the way they were. When you grow out of that person you were, that doesn’t mean you are contrary. I have a lot of friends that I don’t talk to every day. That doesn’t mean we are at odds – just that I’m in a different place and so they are.”

Remini and Lopez formed friendship in 2004 after meeting at an event. At the time Lopez was dating Anthony markShe shares 17 -year -old twins with him Max and Emme. Remini and Lopez stayed close for decades in the midst of changes in the singer’s personal life. After she shared from Anthony, 56, in 2011, Lopez was engaged Alex Rodriguez Before reconnecting with the former Affleck, 52, in 2021.

When Lopez married Affleck in 2022, Remini was not present, which led to a fall out. It was reported that Remini was unable to make the nuptials because she was moving her and now Pagán’s daughter, 20, Sofia, to college.

“I have friends who are not in the business that are also meaningful,” said Remini Us Before opening for his bond with a TV and host personality Michelle Face. “Michelle and I speak on FaceTime for an hour every morning – we’re catching up on what’s happening with our bodies. I want to make a podcast with her just because I want her to never have to leave the house (a) my side.”

Remini described her boyfriends, which she spends hours and go from “crying to laughter,” in “Redeemer,” including Holly Robinson. Tisha campbell and Chelsea are trading.

“I come together with Holly and Tisha and we’re on a chain (text). There’s a side of Chelsea that people don’t know. She’s one of the most loving and caring people,” he added. “That is, she’ll talk to Sofia (my daughter) for hours. She’ll go out of her way to visit Sofia in New York. She knows Sofia since she’s in diapers, you know? And the same as Michelle Visage. These people have been wonderful.”

Remini also said that dance room dance had been a big outlet for her since her appearance in 2013 Dancing with the stars.

“Tony’s appeal He made me a fan, ”she said for her famous partner.” I kept him going. And then my dance teacher became part of the family. He came over yesterday, bringing my mother’s flowers and his friend Jackie Wine … This, for me, means something. It’s a meaningful relationship. And for my birthday, I’ll have lunch and (invite) people I haven’t seen all year, but that doesn’t mean I don’t love them, Julie and Les Moonves(For example), we are still friends today. I have great friends.

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