Jennifer Lopez on Casper Smart: “It’s About Having A Great Partner to Walk This Life With”
September 3, 2013 by Hollywoodite
Jennifer Lopez is on the cover of Cosmopolitan October 2013 posing really hard (the outfit’s working hard, the hair’s working even harder).
Inside the issue, the 44-year-old mogul talks about how her relationship with 26-year-old Casper Smart isn’t just about the bedroom (she’s reportedly telling friend Casper’s the “best sex she ever had”). She says it’s deeper and he’s a supportive partner.
“For me, it’s about having a great partner to walk this life with,” she tells the magazine. “I have my own high standards for what I want in a partner and how I want to be treated. I bring a lot to the table. I’m not talking about material things but what I have to offer as a person – love and loyalty and all the things that make a good relationship.”
She adds of her commitment to her relationships, “It’s funny, early on with Beau (Casper), I remember telling him how I have a real button on being ignored. And he was like, ‘Listen, if somebody ignores you, then forget them. They don’t deserve to have your attention.’ But it’s funny. Sometimes when we don’t get it, we try to get it in an negative way, you know?”
On not feeling secure about herself until later in life, she continues, “It was after I had kids to be honest…The biggest insecurity I had was my singing. Even though I had sold 70 million records, there was this feeling like, I’m not good at this. And while I was married to Marc, he helped me get over it. He kept telling me, ‘You’re the only one holding yourself back from reaching your full potential as a singer. You have to let go’…I was always so insecure and just kind of going along. Then I grew, little by little, and realized, wait a minute, this is not a fluke. I’m not a mistake – I work my ass off. And I know what I’m doing.”
