“If that’s what she does to get publicity”: Salma Hayek Was Humiliated After Jennifer Lopez Demeaned Her for Only Playing “S*xy Bombshell” Roles in Films
Jennifer Lopez is one of the best actresses and singers in the entertainment industry. She shot to fame with her groundbreaking role in the Drama/Music film Selena in 1997. Lopez is a bold and fierce star of Hollywood, and she never shied away from sharing her opinions on sensitive topics.
In a candid interview, J.Lo made bombshell revelations about actress Salam Hayek. The singer didn’t hold back during the conversation and debunked the remarks of Hayek as she reportedly claimed she offered a role in Selena over Lopez but turned it down.
Jennifer Lopez Revealed Salma Hayek Lied About Being Offered Selena
Jennifer Lopez is a multi-talented star in Hollywood. She has done and achieved almost everything in her golden career. Lopez is a recipient of several critically acclaimed awards. J.Lo is a global icon whose musical genius knows no boundaries. In 1998, she gave a candid interview to Movieline in which she made many shocking remarks against several actresses of Hollywood. But her revelations against Salma Hayek caught everyone’s attention. Lopez addressed Hayek’s claims that she was offered a role in the 1997 film Selena.
Jennifer Lopez said,
“We’re in two different realms. She’s a s**y bombshell, and those are the kinds of roles she does. I do all kinds of different things. It makes me laugh when she says she got offered Selena, which was an outright lie. If that’s what she does to get herself publicity, then that’s her thing.”
However, three years later, J.Lo explained she was misquoted in the 1998 interview with Movieline and cried for hours after reading it. The singer told Vanity Fair,
“I was so misquoted and taken out of context, and it’s a sore subject for. I don’t like to hurt anybody. I don’t like; to hurt their feelings. I like to joke, so I do that sometimes. What they wrote in that article hurt people.”
Jennifer Lopez added,
“It gave me a lot of notoriety at the moment, and then it made a lot of people in the industry really pissed off. And so when I look back at it now, I go, you know, I never wanted to hurt anybody. I didn’t realize that my words could impact people that way.”
Lopez has achieved enormous success in both her musical and acting career. Her breakthrough point came when she appeared in the iconic musical bio Selena in 1997.
Jennifer Lopez Talks About Balancing Career And Personal Life
J.Lo is a sweetheart, and despite what others speculate about her love life with her husband, Ben Affleck, she always handles things with a positive mindset. In a candid interview, Jennifer Lopez shared how she balanced her professional and personal life.
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She said,
“How do I say this? I put my best foot forward as much as I can. I’m not one to share my angst. I don’t feel like that’s my life as a performer. You always show the best of yourself. But I’m a human being like everybody else, and I suffer in silence at times.”
Jennifer Lopez continues,
“I have an album coming out, and I’ve been thinking a lot about that — like, what parts of myself do I share with my audience? And what it means to be an artist and to be authentic. And I feel like there are some things that need to be said and shared because I think, like you just said, it’s like, ‘Oh, you have it all together.’ “
Shotgun Wedding starring Jennifer Lopez, Josh Duhamel, Lenny Kravitz, Jennifer Coolidge, Sonia Braga, Cheech Marin, Steve Coulter, and D’Arcy Carden, is now streaming on Prime Video.
Source: NY Post
