Jennifer Lopez reflects on how she overcomes ‘hardships’ amid ongoing Ben Affleck divorce

Jennifer Lopez’s year 2024 was a learning year.

The actress and singer, 55, who was spotted doing holiday shopping on Friday, opened up in an interview about how she has dealt with her problems. British Vogue.

In a conversation with Judy Robles, whom she portrays in Unstoppable, the tireless performer spoke about her biggest challenges as a parent and as a newly single woman.

“I think the way I overcome things is not by thinking they’re happening to me, but they’re happening for me and what is the lesson to be learned at that moment,” she told the 52-year-old Robles.

“When I think about things that way and have a more positive attitude about it, it’s easier to embrace it for the lesson that it is.”

The Billboard Icon Award winner has been married four times and filed for divorce from Ben Affleck, 52, in August after two years of marriage.

Lopez claimed that when she encounters a problem, she tries to figure out, “What am I supposed to learn here?”

“There are no such things as coincidences,” she claimed. “This doesn’t happen, you know, just randomly. It happens for a reason.”

The entertainer concluded by asking, “What can I learn and how can I come out the other side from this point better, stronger and more informed and evolve and grow?”

When discussing how to deal with the aftermath of challenges and possible regrets from past choices, Lopez said, “You have to kind of go,” that’s where I was at the time… there was a part of my soul that had to grow. ‘, and it grew in its perfect timing in its perfect way, when I was ready.

“I think that’s part of the journey of life and healing those parts of ourselves that sometimes we don’t understand.”

Lopez said motherhood helped her step into Robles’ shoes because of the emotional role of being a mother in an abusive marriage while trying to help her son, who was born with only one leg, achieve his dreams.

“I think it was the basis of this role, the relationship between” Robles and her eldest Anthony.

‘Being a mother and knowing what it is to want to give your children the best and always want to put your best face forward for them, but also to struggle as a woman and in relationships and in life and with your own dreams. …and what that feels like, I think, was the most important thing for me.”

In a conversation with Judy Robles, who she portrays in Unstoppable, the tireless performer spoke about her biggest challenges as a parent and as a newly single woman while being featured by British Vogue.

Lopez’s performance in Unstoppable received positive reviews, but she was overlooked when the nominees for the Golden Globe Awards were announced earlier this month

“I think the way I overcome things is not by thinking they’re happening to me, but they’re happening for me and what is the lesson to be learned at that moment,” she told Robles, 52, and later added, “This is not so. happens, you know, just randomly. It happens for a reason’

Another challenge for the actress and singer was the end of her marriage to Ben Affleck, 52. After months of speculation, Lopez filed for divorce in August, on the second anniversary of their wedding (pictured in Los Angeles in March)

The Emmy nominee shares her twins Emme and Max, 16, with her former husband, singer Marc Anthony, 56.

Lopez’s performance in Unstoppable received positive reviews, but she was overlooked when the nominees for the Golden Globe Awards were announced earlier this month.

Lopez will next be seen on the big screen when Kiss of the Spider Woman debuts at the Sundance Film Festival in January.

The film is based on the novel and musical of the same name, and the role gives the multi-hyphenate the chance to use not only her acting skills, but also her singing and dancing talents.