Jennifer Lopez covers the latest issue of Harper’s Bazaar. The cover is getting on my nerves, and I think it’s because of the pink tulle covering part of her face? It’s just a weird image to use as the cover. Anyway, Jennifer is promoting her 20 million projects – she’s got new music, concerts, a Vegas contract, TV shows, clothing and home decorating lines and so much more. She’s really busy. And she’s in love. With A-Rod. You know what? I don’t hate the fact that Jennifer and Alex haven’t gotten engaged or married yet. It shows maturity for both of them. Anyway, you can read the full Bazaar piece here. Some highlights:
Whether she would marry A-Rod: “I do believe in marriage. And I would love to grow old with somebody in a committed relationship. But I’m not forcing anything right now. It’s good, it’s healthy; we communicate well. We understand each other’s lives in a way that most other people couldn’t. We both entered the public eye in our early 20s and overachieved right from the start. And that affects every dynamic in your life, from your family to your work to your relationships. We have a similar makeup.”
Her home is full of pillows imprinted with affirmations: “I know it’s funny. The affirmations are everywhere. I forget that they’re all here. They’re just part of the house now. Affirmations are so important. I am youthful and timeless. I tell myself that every day, a few times a day. It sounds like clichéd bullsh-t, but it’s not: Age is all in your mind. Look at Jane Fonda.”
Her new happiness: “When I was younger I spent a lot of time being half happy and half not happy,” she says. The difference now? “I know who I am and what I want. I also know my strengths and weaknesses. It took me a long time to get to a point where I could say something nice about myself. I’m glad I can do that now.”
Her support for Time’s Up: “I haven’t been abused in the way some women have. But have I been told by a director to take off my shirt and show my boobs? Yes, I have. But did I do it? No, I did not.” Lopez, who acknowledges the fine line that actresses have had to walk to speak up without jeopardizing their prospects, adds: “When I did speak up, I was terrified. I remember my heart beating out of my chest, thinking, ‘What did I do? This man is hiring me!’ It was one of my first movies. But in my mind I knew the behavior wasn’t right. It could have gone either way for me. But I think ultimately the Bronx in me was like, ‘Nah, we’re not having it.’ ”
That quote about marriage is the most mature she’s ever been about love and relationships. She’s 48 years old and she finally gets it, peeps. She doesn’t have to marry every guy she bangs. She doesn’t need the ring to be in a committed relationship. She doesn’t have to be “in love with love” – she can be in love with a flesh-and-blood man and prioritize their blended families and all of that. I don’t know, I’m feeling this. As for her affirmation: “I am youthful and timeless.” Hm. I mean, don’t get me wrong, J.Lo is a vampire – her skin looks amazing and her body is still crazy to this day. But how about this affirmation: “I am happy in my own 47-year-old body.” That’s just better than chasing this concept that at 47, we should still WANT to feel youthful.
Photos courtesy of Getty, cover courtesy of Mariano Vivanco for Harper’s Bazaar.
Everything she said seems pretty reasonable tbh apart from the times up quote. I don’t know why but it left me feeling cold. I know we don’t have a right to JLo’s story, but she worked with some known abusers and she worked as a back up dancer, which is a profession where it is known stuff like this happens, so I don’t know how truthful it was to say she hasn’t experienced anything.
Also when women say they stood up for themselves and said no, it’s kind of shaming the women who couldn’t or weren’t allowed to say no. I know that wasn’t her intention, but there is a patriarchal view that you weren’t the proper victim if you didn’t fight or that you could have said no and not saying no makes you complicit. It’s such bull, but these kind of stories just reinforces that idea. If she had done this then it wouldn’t have happened. The onus is always on the women.
I know that’s not jlo’s fault or her responsibility to tackle these views, but I always cringe when I read stories like hers for this reason.
I agree, it’s similar to Drew Barrymore saying no one messed with her because she’s scrappy.
I don’t think she is saying nothing happened to her, it sounds to me like she is saying she was harassed but not assaulted. Which I can believe.
I also agree with Kaiser about owning age and being happy in it, rather than chasing youth.
I think J-LO is saying she was targeted. I don’t think her toughness shielded her from being targeted. And she seems to admit every woman faces this, and that there’s a fine line to negotiate. But the other truth of her situation is that she didn’t accede to the director’s wishes because she felt something wasn’t quite right. If that’s her reality, I don’t see why she should have to deny it. She did say that it could have gone either way for her (I don’t know if that means that she would have been turned down for the role or if the director would have tried to assault her because she said no or if she might have actually considered taking the top off because of faith in the director).
I feel what she says is different from what Drew Barrymore said because J-Lo admits that she was targeted but that the situation didn’t go any further because maybe her instincts (i.e this doesn’t feel right) took her in another direction.
But we can’t make a habit of saying you’re a woman in the business. You must be a liar in saying you haven’t experienced sexual abuse. Not every woman is a victim.
+1. #IBelieveHer. Abusers don’t always treat everyone the same, and not every woman has any experience of being sexually abused throughout her career. Those facts don’t make the experiences of women who have faced abuse at work any less valid. Both should be able to speak without being discredited.
Agreed 100 percent. Also reiterating, there isn’t an abuser playbook. Some attempt, push a little, then back down. Others NEVER back down. Maybe they weren’t 100 percent alone, there are lots of factors that might impact how a situation goes down.
Not sure I understand why women who “stood up for themselves” should be silenced. She has to speak her truth, too. Her experience has nothing to do with women who did what they felt they had to do, or capitulated because they didn’t feel they had a choice. My friend successfully fought off a rapist but that says nothing about women who were unable to do so. Furthermore, you have a problem with her alienating actual victims but you have no problem accusing her of lying about being one. How the hell would you know??
I also just want to add that JLow was the girl who pretty much told Wesley Snipes to fuck off when he tried to get her to have sex with him when they filmed Money Train together. She said for the rest of the filming he wouldn’t speak to her off set but she kept it professional and did her job. And remember Snipes Career was booming during this time.
So as a Bronx person myself, maybe her environment helped her to be strong and stay trtue to herself. And JLow grew up in the South Bronx, rough streets back then.
I just don’t get it. We believe the women who have been victimized. But a woman can’t speak up when she hasn’t. She can’t say that she stood up for herself without making someone who was unable to (for a very valid reason) feel bad about herself. I have been in both places. I have been a victim of assault and I was also able to get out of a situation where I was about to be assaulted. Both of my stories are valid and worth talking about. Neither of my stories are any reflection or criticism of what happened to another person in another situation.
Hey V4Real, happy to find another Bronx person here on CB. Funny how Bronx people perceive themselves as having some kind of “inner Bronx.” It can be a useful state of mind.
Here’s a fun piece.
https://nypost.com/2014/06/16/j-lo-still-exploiting-her-bronx-roots-with-latest-album/
Castle Hill – is that considered South Bronx?
Bronx here also, only I’m way up in Riverdale.
@WATP Some call Castle Hill South Bronx because it’s considered the south central part of the Bronx. JLow herself has said she’s from the south Bronx. This was around her Album, On The 6, which means the 6 train that runs through the South Bronx.
I think it’s awesome she stood up for herself, and have no problem with her telling us that. In fact, I think it’s important for women to share when they are able to shut down a bad situation, we can all learn from each other.
The only thing that didn’t sit right with me was her attributing it to the “Bronx in her”. Much like Drew’s comments, it implies that if you’re tough, you won’t be a victim, and we all know that’s just not true.
Thanks Bronx people. Castle Hill was probably viewed differently 50 years ago when my friends grew up there. : ) I get the sense J Lo exaggerated the ‘toughness’ of her situation growing up. By Bronx standards, it was probably okay. But that’s by Bronx standards.
I took the 5 and the 2.
Any fellow Loehmann’s mourners?
Jerome Ave or Riverdale – both great.
It is difficult for some to believe because some of the men she has worked with are known for being terrible. However, from experience, they choose their victims, and not everyone that they come across is harassed. I was harassed some earlier on and had moments, but it was nothing compared to other stories. The ones that are victimized tend to experience it over and over because of reputation and also vulnerability. I do think my personality works as a shield, but it doesn’t mean other women are to blame at all for what happened or happens to them.
Wording matters and she does admit to it being a problem. It is when someone acts like “never ever because I am so badass” that I side eye them.
Castle Hill is NOT the south Bronx. Never was never will be. If you look at a map of the Bronx, it’s in the Northwest corner. I live in the Pelham Bay Park neighborhood of the Bronx at the end of the 6 line, it’s only 4 stops from Castle Hill, and I’m 1 exit from of Westchester County on 95 North. She just wants to sound hard.
I can’t believe people are angry with her for saying no to something she felt uncomfortable about..isn’t that what empowerment is all about?
Don’t be willfully ignorant. No one is angry at her for saying no.
Love JLO, she is a go getter, I’ve always liked that about her.
She is beautiful, but that I swear I thought the cover was the 20 something singer Adrianna Grande at first.
I say this as a victim of rape and assault, and hopefully as carefully as I intend:
Assaulters and rapists and CM choose their victims with intent. Sometimes it’s subtle things THEY sometimes don’t know they look for in victims- how long one holds eye contact, body language, stance, etc. A potential victim might not even know that they exude this aura because there is no feelings of weakness or victimhood, and they are likely a very strong person. I didn’t know I acted like a potential victim, until I realized I acted like a potential victim. My brand of strength, perseverance, zest for life, and yes even “scrappiness” was all programmed in at a very young age and was unknowingly what many look for. Another person’s brand of strength, etc might look different and might not even register on someone’s radar. But this is not anything that any victim could ever know or even prevent, because IT IS NOT A VICTIM’S FAULT if they are targeted. Ever. The perpetrator is at fault and did wrong, and that is NOT the victims fault.
Perpetrators are excellent at sniffing out vulnerability. That is why people with a history of abuse tend to get re-victimized. It is awful and I feel for you.
I don’t like what she said bc she makes it seem like she didn’t have to do nudity to get work. She did do nudity early in her career. She did take her top off for directors. It’s not a knock, nearly every actress has to at some point, JLo wasn’t above that demand.
@JG, I completely agree with those who seek to harm weed out victims. Vulnerability is a huge target for almost every crime. I’ve shut some down, and I’ve been on the other end. It’s all about timing, and even the ‘scrappy’ can find themselves boxed in on occasion. I’ve fought for others, and others have fought for me. Pedestals should be dismantled.
She may have done other nudity and skin-baring that she wanted to do at other times. But this particular time she didn’t want to and felt pressure from a director and made that clear. I don’t have a problem with her bringing that up because she didn’t frame it as an attack on women who are comfortable with going topless.
I agree otaku – the times she did it, she may have felt it was appropriate for the role and it would have been discussed ahead of time. The incident she’s talking about kind of sounds like a sleaze director looking to take advantage.
See, I read it like the director wanting to see what he was getting before shooting the scene. Like he wanted to make sure everything “looked ok.” Gross, but I have a feeling this is par for the course, like an audition for a nude scene would require nudity. I could be wrong, however.
She admits she was afraid, though. That makes a big differences and gives it a context as to why some people may not be able to overcome that fear – he had the power as her employer. Her decision to not comply could have impacted her career prospects.
Since when is anyone not allowed to say no?
Are you kidding???? Women whose jobs are threatened, women whose safety is threatened, may feel that they are not allowed to say no.
Of course Jlos self affirmation would be about age and by extension her appearance. At 23 maybe but at 47, she is hopelessly stunted.
Age isn’t in your mind my love, it’s in your genes.
She does look incredible, still.
She does. I think that’s why I hate the cover — makes her face look hoisted, and it really isn’t. (And if she thinks Jane Fonda’s youthful look is due to to some positive attitude or such, she’s sillier than I thought.)
Genes, and a great plastic surgeon. J Lo has had a ton of work done. Very subtle and over time, but that is not just “genes”.
Jane’s isn’t completely genetics, either. Check out photos from the 1970s to observe where her genetics were headed.
Christin, I don’t think anyone here thinks Ms Fonda is result of genetics.
JLo was average, with eating healthy, exercising, plastic / cosmetic surgery, a ton of makeup, tanning, hair extensions, yes she looks good. I’ve never thought she was beautiful. But seriously admire her hustle she can’t sing or act but is a great dancer and knows how to keep her name in the press. Jenny is still here and I have mad respect for that.
It’s probably majority genes. Her mother is aging like a fine wine and a very energetic woman when I saw that one docu ‘Dance Again’. And her body is amazing as well. I wouldn’t be able to guess her age because she probably looks younger than she is.
That said, Jlo’s appearance is also diet for a big part. She has always been dedicated to being healthy and doesn’t drink or smoke. She has always exercised as well as those muscles aren’t genetic, that’s hard work. Dieting is hard work. Many people age like milk because they don’t pay attention to things they can control. Look at Jennifer Aniston, no matter how healthy she lives, her Greek genes can’t fight smoking and excess suntanning. When she had tweaks, it looked terrible.
Jlo probably does have tweaking whether invasive or non-invasive but it’s very subtle as she doesn’t need a lot of work done anyway. You can tell because Jlo’s face is still looking the same as 20 years ago whereas women like Jane Fonda, Madonna and even Beyoncé now do look obviously different. With Jlo it’s upkeep, not change or improvement. I think she’s smarter than that. Just like Robin Wright and other celebs who understand subtlety when it comes to tweaking.
@psl, my point is that the interviewer (not necessarily posters here) chose an interesting point of reference for “genetics”.
Betty White would have been a better choice, IMO. Betty is recognizable whether in a 1970 photo or 2018. Jane looked older in 1978 than her stretched face look of now. More importantly, Betty exudes friendliness and a great attitude.
Yea I’m not sold her affirmation is healthy. This fear of aging with some people is not good. Esp in Hollywood. In my family aging and getting older culturally means a lot. It’s something to celebrate not fear.
Ahh… WHAT?
1. She has the money to keep up with time for a bit.
2. This maturity is because someone’s boyfriend is never going to ask her to marry her. She has to pretend she does not want to marry him. He is jenny who has been around the block.
3. Did she blow up in her 20’s as a fly girl?
In Living Color was already a popular, big network, nationally seen show when JLo got there. Back then, I knew she was a superstar as soon as I saw her and I was just beginning high school. Then she parlayed that gig into being a dancer on Janet Jackson’s tour (and she was in at least one of Janet’s videos), back when Janet was still selling out everywhere. She left the tour to pursue acting. So yeah, the Fly Girl gig really did set her up to be huge.
She looks great ,and I am sure it is a combination of “work” and good skin.But she is probably at least five to seven years away from menopause unlike Madona and Jane Fonda so the comparison really isn’t fair.It is said it is about 50 something the blush is off the rose no matter how good the fertilizer.
I never said I was angry with her because she said she stood up for herself. I am upset that women don’t understand the wider implications of statements like this. Also if you read carefully I said it’s not Jlo’s duty to fight these thoughts – but there are wider implications to her statements.
Also I never called Jlo a liar and said that she doesn’t have to tell her story to anyone
She’s actually 48; will be 49 in July.
The cover is stunning. Go Jlo.
More like
“I must make people think I am the sexiest woman in the world.”
I am sorry, but she is full of crap. She is extremely insecure. She can’t be alone for a week, she needs constant validation that she is sexy and wanted. Her selfies make me laugh – that open mouth pose….
She is not a confident woman. She tries to put up a good front, but her actions show otherwise.
This.
She only loves the perfect outer shell she portrays.
If she didn’t have the money to slather her skin in 500 dollar La Mer and gained fifty pounds due to illness I think she would she would sink into a terrible depression.
She’s jumped from fiancé to fiancé and relationship to marriage. I doubt she’s been single three months in her whole adult life.
She’s gorgeous and a mess. Like most beautiful women only known for their looks. *cough Halle cough*
“She’s jumped from fiancé to fiancé and relationship to marriage. I doubt she’s been single three months in her whole adult life. She’s gorgeous and a mess. Like most beautiful women only known for their looks…” <-Usually what the virtue-signaling Mayim Bialiks of the world have to shout loudly to everybody- that they're better on the inside than those immodest girly-girls.
She doesn't have the best taste in men (although that forces us to have to look at the caliber of men available- in Hollywood and elsewhere, a little bit). But there's more to confidence than having a low number (?) of romantic relationships, and not taking selfies or being sexy doesn't prove or disprove that someone has confidence. A woman who lacks confidence could just as easily feel the need to shit on women who do things like that because she feels that's the way to prove that she's classier, smarter, or more respectable.
I think she owns who she is, which is what I kind of like about her. She’s not pretending to be something she’s not. Yeah, she’s not the most intellectual person in the world, but she doesn’t pretend otherwise. Not everyone is a soaring intellect, and I don’t see the point in her trying to be something she’s not. Gwyneth Paltrow tried to pretend to be intellectual at one point, and it was weird.
Pink is one of the “in” colours again, right?
Anyhoo, my one request for attitudes about aging is we substitute what we think are attributes of youth for the words ‘youthful’ and ‘young.’ If only her affirmation said, “I am engaged and energetic” or “I am free and open to new experiences” or “I am excited about my future” or whatever works. Just don’t equate all those things only to youth. It’s going to have to stop being a shorthand for those feelings and qualities — for J Lo too.
Also youthful attributes are not the only ones worth having. As I get older I think of the people I knew when I was young and they were old, like my grandmother. She had ( along with a youthful merriment and wonder), great patience, wisdom and faith. She also had tons of wrinkles. They never looked ugly to me or to anyone who loved her.
ya it’s VERY early millennium chic
lol
I like YOUR affirmations better!
I firmly believe age is a state of mind, not a number – but as one who’s had work done to her face in mild amounts, I’m also not trying to chase 25. A youthful approach to life is far more important than actually trying to LOOK like someone you’re not. I’m 45 & proud of it!
My friend’s four year old daughter is VERY excited about the pink trend. She informed us all very recently that she is A Girl (capital implied) and that she is A Girl That Likes Pink and Purple and all that entails.
Age is not only in one’s mind. As she goes forward into her fifties, she will discover this. If money could stop the aging that speeds up in your fifties (hello menopause!), we’d see it reflected in the many women of Hollywood who have spent and spent to stave off signs of age. But the signs show up anyway, even through all the plastic surgery. Because none of us is immortal in the flesh. We CAN however cultivate things within ourselves that are more lasting than youth. Because unless you die young, you will get old.
One of my favorite aging observations is attributed to Cary Grant. —
There’s no point being unhappy about getting older. Just think of the millions who have been denied the privilege.
We will all grow old and die, Jlo. Shallow as hell and smacks of insecurity.
I don’t think to proclaim you’re timeless is a show of maturity. Unless your birth certificate says ‘none’ in the date of birth part, you’re very much from an era, a period in time. Art pieces, some pieces of garments can be timeless, you’re not.
Juts wait till your kids are teenagers, you’ll definitely realize time exists and you can’t exclude yourself from it.
And sure, your mind power will stop menopause, sight and hearing problems, blemishes.
All those legions of dermatologist and their fancy techniques out of a job, so sad.
I’m gonna tell Jen what my stylist told me: at some point in time, sooner or later, your face will fall like a curtain.
It’s just a matter of when.
And it is shocking when it happens, isn’t it???”?
It IS shocking, it really is!
well maybe it’s time we start thinking of ourselves as timeless, original pieces of art. Instead of just bones in a bag worrying about how we reflect to others.
I like this point.
I’m with you, Jordan.
Well, I like thinking as myself as a person anchored in a period. My memories, points of reference tell I’m from a given time frame.
See Steven Bochco’s death was announced earlier. It would probably mean nothing to someone born in the last 20 years.
The fact it resonates with me rattaches me to an era. I can pretend otherwise, thinking of me as a timeless or etheral creature all I want, it would seem weird to me.
Doesn’t mean I see myself as a bag of bones.
They may not have gotten engaged or married, but they bought multi million dollar property in NYC. Same thing, right?
He bought it in a LLC. Not bought together.
She doesn’t have to marry every guy she bangs. Yikes.
Is putting affirmations around the house any good if you never look at them?
Jennifer, ITA!
The hatred in this thread is apalling. Wow. By some people here, one would think JLo had Kardashian levels of work done on her face. I mean… dislike her all you want but dont lie! Shes probably done some non invasive stuff and very subtle work, and shes free to do so especially because she still looks stunning, but her lifestyle doesnt lie: no smoking. No drinking. Lots of exercizing and great genes. I can say that because i come from an african family that has very very youthful looks (my mom is 65 looking like she just turned 50, my aunts, cousins, etc from my moms side all look much younger than they are). Some people think im in my early twenties and im 32. So.
Its possible. Lets not lie.
And yes Maybe she has questionable taste in men,but i cant say i havent chosen some rotten apples too. Her relationships are usually long term, i cant even name more than… 6 of her men. Over 20 years. So. I’m not gonna Judge… unless she comes back with some 23 year old back up dancer. Then yes i will judge. Hard.
It’s strange. I’ve seen men be judgmental about famous men dating women who don’t meet certain beauty standards or standards of ‘sexual morality’, but they don’t seem to judge men for dating ‘too many’ women as often- even if it’s a hot famous man. There’s also less pressure on men to prove that they have self-esteem through either landing and keeping the wokest, most gentlemanly bae who does little to no wrong, or going long periods without a relationship.
I judge Leo hard.
He hasn’t dated anyone within 20 years of him age wise in 15+ years.
But I think he’s an emotionally stunted man child who is quite possibly in the closet.
Men are insecure as well.
She dated Casper while still separated from Marc Anthony. He was 25 and she was 42.
No one is saying she’s a harlot but she just “ends up with” whomever she’s with at the time.
There’s def overlap in most of her “relationships”.
All the applause 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Thank you, Mimz! JLo is not some priveledged jerk. I don’t get the hateful comments at all.
I didn’t take her affirmation as being about her face. I thought she was talking about her body. Dancers train their bodies to do extraordinary things. And she works a LOT while also raising 2 kids and maintaining a romantic relationship. Any other person might think,” I shouldn’t be doing all this running around at my age.” My interpretation of her affirmation is that she asks a lot of her body and wants it to keep going like a younger person’s would rather than break down like a typical older person’s would.
That’s how I took her affirmation as well.
I think a person’s foundation in life can have a great deal of impact on how they respond to challenges in adulthood. That is what I see J.Lo saying when she says the “Bronx in her” helped her to stand up for herself when she was sexually harassed.
For me personally, I have allowed people in professional settings to abuse and harass me, in large part because I didn’t have the assertive communication skills to stand up for myself. And because I didn’t have the mind-body connection to really be in touch with my instincts, and trust my perception of reality, and trust that what I was experiencing was NOT OKAY. I also didn’t have the self-worth to know that I deserved better than abuse.
I was afraid of losing my job. I was afraid of alienating my boss. I was afraid of what was happening in the situation. I didn’t know how to handle it. My amygdala was activated, and I froze. That is totally normal and natural, and it can happen to ANYONE, regardless of your upbringing.
But I can’t help but wonder if I was raised the way that men–to value themselves, their wants, needs, and voices; to assert themselves and defend their boundaries–would I have stayed in abusive work situations for so long? Would I have taken the chance to stand up for myself, rather than just take it? Would I have frozen?
From her interviews, it seems like J.Lo came from a family that taught her to value and believe in herself, and perhaps her extended social network in the Bronx also provided her with the emotional support that helped her develop a sense of empowerment.
Not everyone responds to attempts at violating them the same way. We are all unique creatures. And the way that we are socialized might have an impact on how we respond in those situations. It doesn’t take anything away from anybody to acknowledge human difference and try to understand how these differences in responses might emerge.
Well, she looks fabulous and so why shouldn’t she say that to herself in the mirror????
To be honest I like her approach better than Cameron Diaz. I think Cameron could still get work, I think she likes to work and I think it’d be very affirming to people my age if she did.
J-Lo does a lot of crazy affirmations but they’ve all come true. She also affirms to herself that all the blessings of the universe are coming to her. Well, they have. Anyway, there is some kind of magic to positive thinking, proven by medical studies (the placebo effect, where if you believe a medicine works even a fake one is 30% effective), to psychology where the self-fulfilling prophecy has been shown to work, you affirm good things and then tend to create them, etc. So J-Lo used to annoy me but now I try to learn from her a bit.
–She was overweight in her early 20’s. She actually looks better than ever in her late 40’s. It’s a miracle. I’m actually now inspired by her.
Halle Berry is in her 50s and she still looks good. Michelle Obama looks good too. So I think it’s possible J-Lo could still look good well into her 50s as well.
I think Sandra Bullock looks good (whether she’s had work or not, I have no idea though. But even if her face can’t move, she still has a spunky, youthful spark). Julia Roberts looks good too.
Ellen is 60, looks more natural, but also still looks good. Maybe people are just better looking nowadays. She looks less jaded by life than Brenda and Brandon’s parents on 90210, and they were only in their 40s.
Some of this probably comes down to personality. A lot of the women who look younger seem to have engaging personalities to some degree. Maybe some are shallower than others, but overall none of them seem to have that ennui that we assume takes over people’s souls as they age. I wonder if that makes the difference more than exercise and genes (though I think the latter and, er, money, definitely helps).
In interviews, all of these people seem to know how to appear pleasant, regardless of the messes in their personal lives. I think that helps too. Sometimes I think Madonna appears to look not as good, despite being very fit and wealthy, because she’s not always pleasant. A warm smile doesn’t hurt.
Jennifer would probably look just as good whether she says the affirmation or not. She has really good genes. I saw her mother in the audience of one of her performances and her mother looked very youthful and pretty for her age.
I personally think she’s where she is today, because of P-Diddy. Sure hope she thanked him for her success!
…everyone who comes out with that kind of bs knows their days are numbered…nothing stops or hides ageing…own it & love it….