Jennifer Lopez Will Probably Marry Again, Covers Vanity Fair
August 2, 2011 by Hollywoodite
Jennifer Lopez gave an exclusive interview with the September 2011 Vanity Fair, before announcing her break-up, talking about why she fell out of love with estranged husband Marc Anthony and why she’ll probably end up with another failed marriage before the year’s out. Seriously, she’s so thirsty for love and attention. She’s in love with herself, her kids, and her job. In that order. With no room for a man. But after four engagements, and three marriages ending in divorce, she’ll probably marry another peer because she remains “an eternal optimist about love.” About 50% of the cover interview, given to Lopez rather than Lindsay Lohan who was supposed to cover in September, is about her hope of finding another love. That’s serial divorcee code for “Imma marry my stylist/ driver/ security and call it a day” right? So long as she has someone on whom to project, she’s happy.
On the decision to divorce: “This was the hardest decision I’ve ever had to face. I really wanted this family to work. That was my biggest dream, and I worked hard at it.”
On her future: “Sometimes it doesn’t work and that’s sad. But I remain an eternal optimist about love. I believe in love. It’s still my biggest dream. I am positive, determined to move forward with my life, bring up my babies, and do the best job I can as a mother, entertainer, and person. I now look forward to new challenges. I feel strong.”
On balancing work, kids, and her life: “We try, we try. But it’s getting increasingly harder. When we were [first] married, most of the time, and even before the babies were born, we were able to go everywhere together. I wasn’t working as much. So we kind of had that. I went on tour with him a few times in the first few years of our marriage, and we did a film El Cantante together. It’s hard, and we’re figuring it out. It’s tough.”
On what went wrong: “Like I said, we had the first three years of our marriage just for us. I wasn’t working, it was mainly about him. Then we got pregnant. Then it became about the kids. And then I started working again. Marriage is tough. It’s not going to be perfect…It’s definitely challenging.”
On Marc Anthony: “I will always respect Marc as a singer and performer. We actually work great together, and he was always very supportive. Together we could make magic and we did. He will always be in our lives. He will always hold a special place in my heart as the father of my children.”
On still having no clue: “I’m a hopeless romantic and passionate person when it comes to love. It’s not that I didn’t love myself before. Sometimes we don’t realize that we are compromising ourselves. To understand that a person is not good for you, or that that person is not treating you in the right way, or that he is not doing the right thing for himself… if I stay, then I am not doing the right thing for me. I love myself enough to walk away from that now.”
Is it cruel to take bets on how many months until she trips over and falls in love with another man? Or should that be how many weeks? It’s already been a few and she’s not engaged again yet. She’s already doing better than expected.
Her cover and a photo released by the magazine are below. It’s elegant. And braless. Mostly braless.
PHOTO CREDIT – VANITY FAIR
