Jenny from the block? More like Jenny from the Block Association of Rich Divas. In Touch Weekly says that Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are all about their new, rich neighborhood of Hidden Hills, California, where they’re just purchased a mansion. So to acclimate themselves to the neighborhood, Jennifer and Marc showed up to the local country club in their finest 1980s-stereotype “country club” threads – one witness describes Jennifer as “looking like Jackie O”. Ha! And then Jenny proceeded to try to make friends. The results were predictably hilarious:
Are Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony turning into boring suburbanites? The superstar duo recently moved into a huge new house in Hidden Hills, Calif., and according to a friend, the couple also interviewed to become members at the local Sherwood Country Club — and a witness wondered what ever happened to “Jenny from the Block.”
“J. Lo showed up looking like Jackie O,” says the witness, “and Marc was wearing some ridiculous preppy style outfit — it was like they looked up what people wear to country clubs and then tried to imitate it.”
And it seems the real country club wannabe is Jennifer!
“She did all the talking — Marc barely said anything,” continues the witness. “It seemed clear that he didn’t want to mess up, like it was really important to her.”
J. Lo is so at home on her new block, she’s also planning to run for the local homeowners’ association board.
“Jennifer already wants to make some improvements to the neighborhood, so she’s getting involved in the association,” a friend explains. “She’s attending meetings and wants to run for office during the next election.”
[From In Touch Weekly]
Well, if she wants to run for the homeowners’ association, more power to her. But I have an image of Jennifer Lopez showing up at that country club, in all of her catsuit-and-Louboutin-and-Jackie-O glory, demanding to that she be put on the association because (insert side-eye) everyone needs a little diversity, right? I also have an image of Jennifer dressing Marc, muttering, “Papi, I know what those white people wear to country clubs! I’ve seen Wall Street, lover!”
Jennifer and Marc on April 22, June 14 & 16, 2010. Credit: WENN.
hehe…i still love la lopez
Hahaha! I can imagine him dressed like Carlton in Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
Ohh this can’t end well…
embarrassing. lol 🙂
marc’s so teeny…he reminds me of my zumba instructor. i just wanna put him in my pocket!
Um, it sounds more like whoever stated all this is a major WASPy snob!
I don’t even like these two but the little fashion critique rubbed me the wrong way. She was friendly, he was quiet and they dressed like preps. So what?
It’s called noveau riche. Money doesn’t buy class.
Pictures or it didn’t happen.
does that white dress have suction cups attached to it?!
@ Amy…Exactly what I thought
Haha, I want pictures!!!
I love that preppy 80’s country club look; one Halloween I went as a Teddy Beckersted/Roy Stalin/Steff from Pretty in Pink amalgam, the classic preppy 80’s movie villain. I had the plaid bermuda shorts, loafers with no socks, polo with a sweater on my shoulders, and a short blond poofy wig. It was a hit and I must say I was damn proud of myself.
JLo loves a look. So do I. I can’t hate her for this, she went for a look and tried really hard. Isn’t that the opposite of what everyone always says about her?
I can’t stand what it says about their self-esteem and so-called Latin pride, and this goes for the attitude of a lot of members of minorities who “make it big” (or not): You ain’t nobody until you get the Key to the Golden White World.
Makes me want to puke.
She’s still Jenny from the Block in her head and that’s why she’s trying to join a country club in the first place.
I’m not exactly president of their fan clubs, but what makes this society snit so self-satisfied? Afraid they won’t be able to stop Cleophus from Roscoe’s Chicken ‘n’ Waffles from driving a golf cart into that koi pond filled with the tears of coloured cabbies? Are Aquanetta and Noxzema going to yank out their bamboo earings and bust out the Vaseline in order to sort out some kind of baby mama drama– right at the peak of mayonaise season? Will repeated impromptu lambada demonstrations throw their humours out of alignment, sending them from sanguine to bilious? As I live and breathe…
Oh well, people my colour have a complicated history with (get out of our) country clubs. Actually, it’s not complicated, it’s simple, and I have little patience with that ‘justify your existence’ mentality. Pfft. see you at the electric slide rally, my liege.
It sounds funny, but who knows if it really happened.
If the homeowners assoc. stuff is true, I bet there are some annoyed people already. Nothing like a brand new person coming in and insisting on changes right after they move in.
I never liked her!!!
hysterical. hope it’s true.
Ack. New money.
La Lopez is fast becoming irrelevant in Hollywood and looking for something new to throw her tour-de-force into. That Homeowner’s Association had best be wary.
I can just see it, Jackie O & Scott Disick outfits most popular at the Club’s Halloween Dance.
Yeah, this posting was a bit …uncomfortable. She has always been tacky and flamboyant about her money and ego, and she’s always been OTT about the way she dresses…didn’t need a Country Club to see that.
But, oh well.
I REALLY hope this story is bogus. I’m neutral on the topic of Jennifer and Marc so I don’t care who the subject of the story is. Rude is rude.
If this story is true then it speaks more of the lack of manners of the so called “upper crust” than it does of Jennifer and Marc. It would show the tacky, trashiness lying beneath the veneer of class. Scratch that surface and the goldtone comes flaking right off.
Jennifer and Marc seemed to have been trying to be friendly and accessible to the new neighbors (to send a message they aren’t as snotty and divaish as the tabloids report?) and in return the mean kids who never outgrew high school acted like they’ve been acting for the past 20+ years and made fun of them (behind their backs, of course)
My mom always says “class shows”. She’s right.
And I really hope Jennifer isn’t trying to force her way into an elected position but if she is, she’ll learn really quickly to shut up and smile and wait a few years before trying to give an opinion. Just go play golf, get your massage and let the egomaniacs play the political games.
Holy facial fillers. She’s got too much, he needs some.
These two fools are so annoying. I hope they stay in Hidden Hills…and actually, you know, stay hidden. Never to be seen again. And every time I see Marc Anthony he gives off a Karl Lagerfeld vibe. Death walking – in shades, of course.
Yeah, they’re tacky, haha, but I agree that the tone of this post is uncomfortable, to say the least. The last paragraph pushes it a bit over the line, I think. Seriously: “demanding to that she be put on the association because (insert side-eye) everyone needs a little diversity, right?” That’s a lot more you-know-what (I don’t want to say the word) than I would have expected from this blog.
Whoever said this isn’t going to end well was right. I already feel like it’s a trainwreck and I afraid to look but still can’t take my eyes away. I love that saying “class shows” from Elizabeth. Absolutely! I actually feel sorry for Jho on this one.
Team JLo. The one time I was dragged out golfing I took the opportunity to dress in full Golf Costume of pink bermudas, blue polo, yellow sweater on the shoulders and a visor. I still look at the picture and laugh. JLo may be ridiculous, but rich white preppy country club people are the devil. You show ’em, girl!
I agree Co. clubbers are like sharks. JLo will be like chumming the country club waters. I really do feel sorry for her and I am no fan of hers.
What do you do at country clubs? I’ve been to some, but it was always like a wedding reception, or for prom. So other than that, what is there to do?
@Faye – You hang out with the other rich pretentious snobs.
@Faye – I grew up in a country club. Basically, the men would golf and then get drunk in the clubhouse, the kids would go swimming and charge overpriced sandwiches / nachos onto their parents’ account and the women would play tennis and organize parties.
It was exactly like Caddyshack.
I agree with Amy. This says alot more about the quoted club member than J.Lo and Skeletor. At least they (allegedly) gave it their best.
I’m having a,, I Dont Care Moment,
i’ve never understood why so many minorities want so badly to join country clubs. of course not ALL discriminate, but they definitely have the reputation and stigma of doing so in the past. if i were rich, i’d start my own damn club. screw trying to fit into the snotty white ones.
As Jenny throws open the double doors to her 4,000 square foot closet…”There’s a costume for Everything!….where are my minions!!??”
J Lo looks GREAT in these pics-wow. Best I’ve seen her look in awhile..and she and skeletor look happy, too. Wow. Did not see that coming. huh.
I think shes in a no win situation. If she just stayed in her house and didnt make an effort to interact with anyone shes a diva, stuck up beezy, etc. She puts herself out there and tries to get involved with others and make friends shes trying too hard, pathetic, she should just got away. I feel bad for her. She was trying to be accessible and nice.
@ Kazoo81: THERE ya go! Good idea.
The tone of this post might be uncomfortable and pushing into the arena of racism, but that is the nature of the subject matter. Country clubs are not known for being inclusive and down to earth. They are extremely exclusive and snooty, not to mention UBER-expensive. Personally, I wish they would all just die away already. I think it’s kind of sad, pathetic and yes, embarrassing that they are trying so hard to get into that world. Have some dignity and pride, J. Lo. (Yeah, right, lol). There are other ways she can get involved in her community than joining some elitist country club.
I don’t think it’s just race, but the fact that she’s a celebrity. A lot of clubs don’t like the thought of the tabloids running around the grounds, snapping pics and generally being around their kids. Plus the people who are accepted are ‘old money’ types and dislike any major disruptions or flashy people.
I’m not mega rich, but I wouldn’t want celebs around my home or in my social life. Add the fact that she’s quite ‘gangsta’ and it’s no wonder they don’t want her around.
I can ONLY picture JFTB in her illustrious cat suits. I seriously can’t help it.
This sounds like the plot for a great cheesy 80s movie.
In the end, the rich WASPS learn to lambada and wear huge gold hoops and stop being snobby, and JLo starts to dress in a beautiful, understated way.
It’s that last part that makes the plot a bit unbelievable.
I think it’s a little juvenile to poke fun at them for how they were dressed. It sounds like they were trying to look nice, and perhaps tried a little too hard. The comment “it was like they looked up what people wear to country clubs and then tried to imitate it,” has a meanness to it that is usually reserved for a middle school girl’s slumber party.
exactly MEME .Money can’t buy you class.
She always showing off her ,family ,husband,etc…There’s nothing real and humble about her.That’s why Affleck left her tacky ass .He wanted someone that would be a good mother and wife.Jlo is too worried about her career and diva lifestyle to care about anyone else.Of course she happy with her fugly husband.He’s only man that could support her self absorbed booty.
LOL@ Susanne!!! I would see that movie like whoa.
I’m thinking about the 30 Rock episode where Jack had the private investigator look into his past so he could find the skeletons before GE.
One of the problems was his white only country club membership.
Jack: It’s not white only, we have Juan Carlos.
Private Detective: He’s the King of Spain, Jack, it hardly counts.
@Katie – You are right, but if you haven’t noticed nearly every article in the tabloids is very juvenile and reminds me of high school or even middle school.
Well that’s pretty nice of her wanting to fit in with the rest of the neighborhood. There is nothing wrong with the country club look, it’s appropriate. They’d be criticized anyway if they had shown up wearing super expensive designer outfits or looking like hobos.
Did they get accepted to the club?
Its web site says it has “the oldest man-made lake in California.” Even the lake is fake LOL
My inlaws live in a gated community. . . it’s. . . uncomfortable visiting them.
I think JLo and the country club WASPs deserve each other.
The celebrity intrusion stuff is valid, I think. But judging by the tone of the person interviewed, it’s not to catch a ‘there goes the neighbourhood’ vibe from it. We already gave these people their Julia Roberts back, what could they possibly want from us now?
Marc left Dayanara Torres for this?
Great article CB! What if J-Lo had gone dressed in that sparkly-turd catsuit she used to wear? That would have been HILARIOUS!!!
Does that dress have its own defibrillation unit built in?
My first impression of the pic in the gold was that it was of Jessica Alba. Has JLo been fooling with her face? Because she didn’t need to at all? Is it just the particular pic?
Hilarious-guess she didn’t get the AI gig-from AI interviews to Homeowner’s Association. She’s growing up.
@ Amy – couldn’t agree more…the last sentence of this article was a bit too snarky, IMHO. It’s like she can’t win for losing. If she wore Valentino or Glad trash bag to that place, she’d still get slammed.
I have no interest in either Jennifer Lopez or her husband. However, I wish that the word “Hispanic” was not equated with race. It is a political construct that, quite successfully, created a voting block. It did not exist when I was growing up in a very large U.S. city. It does not exist, even now, in the rest of the world. Someone, or their ancestors, may have come from Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico, Honduras, Argentina, etc., but they are not a separate race and they have their own unique cultures. There may, for example, be black, blond, predominantly native people, or anyone in between, Puerto Ricans. Are the British, Canadians and U.S. citizens automatically a different race because they speak English? Of course not. Same goes for Spanish speakers.
@Jo Mama – Your posts are like a box of chocolates, (you know the rest). And that’s how I like it. 🙂
hmm i really don’t care why is this newsworthy? she’s just trying 2 get into her older life situation please let her get settled so she can go away
This just shows her “self serving tude”
her entitlement issues–Do you know who I am???
should be who I was…so full of herself and years gone by.
I actually hoped she’d get into acting as in “study” and hit the bigscreen again in some serious roles.
GAWDY and always extra!NEXT!
Mmmm, sugar. I have some important ice cream to buy.
These morons embarrass themselves simply by existing. You can dress up sh**, but it’s still sh**.
She is a homewrecker & too ghetto & he looks like a heroin addict. Life imitating art like “El Cantante”?
hi jennifer my name is Cristian i am from Romania Bucharest,i am a nurse,I have a girlfriend and I want to start a family, but have no where to stay.We do not have a home, stand rent.
Please the soul if you can help us buy a house
nice if you could please send me a reply to this email address (cristicristy37@yahoo.com)
please,please help me.