Stars are just like us. They date, fall in love, break up, and yes, they sometimes get their hearts broken. Just ask Jennifer Lopez, who, as part of her media tour promoting her new autobiography “True Love,” sat down with Maria Shriver for a special segment on “Today” show and opened up about her dating life, and jumping from one relationship into the other trying to find her Prince Charming. “I feel like, when we're kids, you're sold into this fairy tale of what love is,” Lopez said.
“That Prince Charming's gonna come along and save you and you're gonna live happily ever after. They're gonna rescue me from the Bronx, and we're gonna go off and live in a castle somewhere and it's gonna be awesome. He's gonna love me forever, and I'm gonna love him forever, and it's gonna be real easy. And it's so different than that.” She's since realized that true love “was the love that was missing inside” for herself.
And as hard as it is to believe, JLo also revealed she has self-esteem issues. “I thought I was so the tough girl from the Bronx. Like, had it all together,” she said. “I had this confidence in what I could do. I didn't have so much confidence in who I was and what I had to offer just as a girl.” Although this issue didn’t affect her professional success, it wasn’t the right situation for her personal life, as she jumped from one relationship to another, never taking time for herself, as she feared being alone.
“The first person who shows up and gives me a little comfort and gives me a little chemistry, boom, we're in,” JLo added, revealing that was the case when she broke up with Ben Affleck and just months later, she was getting married to Marc Anthony. “It was probably my first big heartbreak, and to have one of my best friends, who I'd known for years, who I actually love and did have chemistry with, come into my life and say, ‘I'm here.’ ... What you need to know is, nobody can save you or heal you. Only you can do that for you.”
Words to live by! Now for the first time, JLo is single and maybe not so ready to mingle just yet, but we’re happy the diva is taking the time she needs, as we would like her to be as happy on a personal level as she is in the professional level. Check out part of her interview with Maria Shriver below!
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