Jennifer Lopez says being a single father or mother has sometimes made her query whether or not she is “enough” for her twins, Max and Emme.
J.Lo, 55, spoke about elevating her sixteen-year-old kids whereas discussing her new film, “Unstoppable,” a sports activities drama based mostly on the true story of wrestler Anthony Robles, who was born with one leg and made historical past when he received the 2011 NCAA particular person nationwide championship. Lopez performs his mom, Judy Robles.
“I’ve been a single mom at times in my life, and [I’ve asked,] ‘Am I enough for them?’ ” she advised Leisure Weekly. “And the truth is, all you need is really one good parent to love you.”
“You hear it in Anthony’s voice, and look what he’s been able to accomplish,” Lopez added of the wrestling champ.
“That’s what the movie gave me: You are enough.”
Robles’ actual mother praised Lopez’s efficiency.
“She was able to really take on how I felt — the highs and the lows,” Judy advised Leisure Weekly of J.Lo’s portrayal. “We long to be loved, and we want something impossible to work out. And even when we see it and we’re like, ‘But I’ve got to keep pushing’ — there’s always a little bit of hope.”
Lopez and her ex-husband Marc Anthony, 56, welcomed twins Max and Emme in 2008. The previous couple married in 2004, and Anthony filed for divorce in 2012. The couple finalized the dissolution of their marriage in 2014.
The “Enough” star has been prioritizing spending time together with her kids as of late.
Throughout an look on “The Graham Norton Show” final month, Lopez talked about canceling her “This Is Me… Live” tour in Could to spend the summer time with Max and Emme.
“I decided to take the summer off and be home with the kids and it was the best thing I think I’ve ever done,” Lopez stated on the episode.
“It’s not like me to do that and when it comes up, I like to apologize to the fans because I know a lot of them were coming out,” she added.
Lopez, who’s in the course of a divorce from husband Ben Affleck, 52, additionally hung out this summer time with Affleck’s three kids — Violet, 19; Seraphina, 15; and Samuel, 12 — whom he shares together with his ex-wife, Jennifer Garner, 52.
In Could, the “On The Floor” singer attended Violet’s highschool commencement occasion alongside Affleck, regardless of having separated in April. Although Affleck and Lopez spent the summer time aside, Violet visited her stepmom within the Hamptons in July.
The next month, Lopez was noticed taking her stepson Samuel out procuring in LA forward of Affleck’s birthday.
J.Lo and Affleck reunited their blended household in September for brunch at The Beverly Hills Resort, bringing all of their children besides Violet, who had already began her Freshman fall semester at Yale.
