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Where Did It All Go Wrong for J.Lo?


Weak tour sales, a baffling album-movie-documentary, and general online mockery—why does everyone seem to have a problem with Jennifer Lopez?

https://www.theringer.com/music/2024/4/10/24125732/jennifer-lopez-this-is-me-now-tour-documentary-controversy

From the article:

But J.Lo is a talented entertainer, undeniably, even as she struggles to narrow her ambitions in response to that pesky, inevitable question: talented at what, exactly?

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She's a talented dancer?

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She has name recognition but is not the star she was 20 years ago. And she can't understand it. She is popular with tabloids. But not among public. No one cares.

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She's worth $400M. Imagine being concerned about her success.

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The widely panned and ridiculed movie "Gigli" in 2003 was when it all fell apart. Before that film, she was white-hot, and she had a strong 7-8 year run as a singer and actress from 1995-2002

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I remember that she was very famous in the late 90s, early 2000s, but then her popularity dropped off when she got involved with Ben Affleck. At the time, she was openly cheating on her husband, and he was openly cheating on his current girlfriend, and it outraged a lot of people.

Age and not starring in more films probably also played a part. She got older and became less relevant with the Gen Y's after the early 2000s, and unless you listened to her music (which isn't actually that noteworthy compared to thousands of other pop stars of the millennium), you didn't hear much about her in the news.

Jen also appears to have very poor taste in men. She always goes for the ones who are bad for her, and never learns her lesson. It's why she's been through so many boyfriends and husbands over the years.

That, and fame changed her, made her into a control freak. She isn't much fun to work with in person, whether it be on movie sets, music video sets, or in recording studios. She is very demanding. Being a control freak is partially what drove away many men from her, including Ben Affleck, twice!

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