Lopez made the admission during a Wednesday, May 27, appearance on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
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- During a Wednesday, May 27, appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Jennifer Lopez shared that she’s embracing single life after her 2024 divorce from Ben Affleck
- The actress and singer told Kimmel that she’s open to finding love again, but noted she’s enjoying her current independence
- Lopez shares twins Max and Emme, 18, with her former husband Marc Anthony, to whom she was married between 2004 to 2014
Jennifer Lopez is getting real about dating!
During a Wednesday, May 27, appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the actress and singer, 56, spoke about her relationship status.
After Kimmel, 58, questioned whether Lopez was single, she responded, “Yes! I shoulda done it sooner!”
The star added, “I've been doing it all wrong. I've been doing it all wrong, trust me.”
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The host then questioned whether the mom of two had considered “becoming the next bachelorette," but Lopez drew the line there.
“Are you crazy?” she asked Kimmel before clarifying that she was “not doing anything to ruin how I feel right now,” adding that being single was “fantastic.”
She went on to note that she “could never,” appear on the ABC reality dating show. “I'm good. I'm good right now where I'm at.”
Later in the interview, Kimmel asked the “On the Floor” singer if it was hard for her to meet men, and Lopez didn't rule out finding love again, telling him, “I'll meet somebody somewhere one day if they're good enough.”
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In August 2024, Lopez filed for divorce from Ben Affleck, 53, more than two years after the couple married in July 2022.
"She tried really hard to make things work, and is heartbroken," a source told PEOPLE at the time.
The pair famously rekindled their romance in 2021, more than 17 years after they initially were engaged and postponed a planned September 2003 wedding. The pair officially broke up for the first time in January 2004 and remained friendly in between.
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The musician and the Oscar-winning director started spending time together again following Lopez's split from former MLB star Alex Rodriguez. Lopez and Affleck later went Instagram official in July of that year and returned to the red carpet together at the 2021 Venice Film Festival.
The singer and actress shares twins Max and Emme, 18, with Marc Anthony, whom she was married to from 2004 to 2014. Affleck, who was previously married to Jennifer Garner from 2005 to 2018, shares three children with Garner: Violet, 20, Seraphina, 17, and Samuel, 14.
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Lopez's interview with Kimmel isn't the first time she has reflected on her single status, however. During a March interview on Good Morning America's Nightline, the star said she had to put everything on pause after filing for divorce from Affleck, as she was done with “running away.”
“I had to stop everything and I took a year off. I canceled tours,” Lopez said, referring to the May 2024 cancellation of her This Is Me… Live tour. “I just decided to be home and sit in what had happened without running away from it through work, through another person, through anything — just sit.”
Lopez added, “I was just at a point where I was like, ‘What is going on with you?' Because I couldn't blame anybody else … so I really wanted to figure myself out.”
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