Jennifer Lopez Reflects on ‘Challenging Relationships’ After Divorce

Jennifer Lopez suggested from experiencing good and bad moods in her personal life when discussing his role in the film Unstoppable.

Lopez, 55, recently opened up to Variety about how she related to her character in the biopic, which highlights the life and career of a wrestler Anthony Robles. Lopez portrays Anthony’s mother, Judy Robleswhose son was born without his right leg.

“I tell her all the time, ‘You need to own who you are and what you’ve done,'” Lopez said. “You are an inspiration to every mother who has ever struggled. You have truly triumphed. You have raised a son who has become a leader, and you deserve credit.’ But she’s very humble.”

Lopez noted that she and Judy feel like “kindred spirits,” adding, “We both grew up Latina in this country. We both had children and we have hopes and dreams for them. We both had challenging relationships, which allowed us to hold our families together.”

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As single mother Judy supported her son’s wrestling journey – Anthony won the 2011 NCAA individual wrestling national championship in his weight class – she pursued big dreams of her own. She went back to school, eventually becoming the associate athletic director at Arizona State University, the same college her son attended.

Lopez, meanwhile, faced its own highs and lows with the added challenge of being in the public eye. She was married before Ojani Noa in 1997 and i Chris Judd from 2001 to 2003. Amidst her split from Judd, Lopez moved on Ben Affleckto whom she was engaged until 2004. The couple postponed their wedding due to increased media attention.

After that Lopez was married to Mark Anthony for 10 years from 2004 to 2014. The former couple co-parent 16-year-old twins Emme and Max.

Following the end of her engagement to Alex Rodriguez in 2021, Lopez and Affleck, 52, rekindled their romance. The two got engaged again in 2022 and held two wedding ceremonies later that year, exchanging vows in Las Vegas before celebrating with friends and family in Georgia. (Affleck was previously married Jennifer Garnerwith whom she shares three children.)

Us Weekly it was confirmed in August 2024 that Lopez file for divorce of Affleck after two years of marriage. Source mere revelation a month later that “there is still a lot of love” between the exes despite their split.

Affleck did his appreciation of Lopez known in November 2024 while praising Lopez’s performance in Unstoppablewhich produced. “Jennifer is spectacular,” he told view360 Entertainment Tonight.

When discussing his role with VarietyLopez highlighted the “strength” Judy displayed throughout her life. “Women are strong,” she explained. “We have to be. From the moment girls are born, we always have to prove ourselves, to show that we are good enough. That creates a kind of strength. And then many of us give birth – and there’s nothing that makes you stronger than doing that.”