Jennifer Lopez tells Kelly Clarkson she had ‘deep fears of being alone’ before ‘twist’ that led her back to Ben Affleck: ‘I had to work on being by myself’

Jennifer Lopez sat down with Kelly Clarkson her talk show Monday morning.

The 54-year-old Bronx-born diva was chatting about her new film, documentary and album, all titled This Is Me… Now.

And with that, she revealed a new fact: before she got back together with Ben, her former fiancé from twenty years ago, she was afraid she would end up alone.

The crooner also said that the return to the Oscar-winning Affleck was a “plot twist” that she shares in her new film.

“This isn’t a fairy tale… this is a real story,” the former Fly Girl said.

Jennifer also said that she thinks she has really “grown as an artist and as a person.”

Lopez then dissected the lyrics to her new songs – one of which is titled Can’t Get Enough.

And the Latin American viewer bonded with Kelly over their “yin-yang” view of relationships.

Kelly said she is afraid of being in a relationship because she is losing herself, but Jennifer is afraid of being alone.

“We may have the same issues, but we went different paths,” Kelly said.

Clarkson then admitted that she targets men.

Lopez said, “I don’t know if it’s because I was the middle child or because we had one bed and we shared a bed with my sisters, so I was used to bodies around me,” she laughed.

“I felt very comforted by that and I liked that feeling,” Jennifer said.

The star then said she had to learn to be alone and be “my own best friend.”

She added: ‘I’m much better at it now and it took a lot of work, it takes a lot of work to change something about yourself and the patterns – that’s what the film is about, changing patterns.’

In celebration of Lopez’s new album This Is Me…Now, Jennifer took on Kelly in an ultra-competitive game of “Throw Me A Line!

And as a nod to her guest, Clarkson and My Band Y’all played Lopez’s hit Let’s Get Loud during Kellyoke.

This comes after Jennifer thanked fans for joining her new project.

She appeared on Instagram in a new video, thanking her followers for supporting her latest endeavors.

“I just had to say how much I love you and thank you,” she began. “The time has finally come, I know you’ve been waiting a long time.”

Before signing off, she added, “We’re going on tour, we’re doing this, it’s going to last all summer, all of us together.”

The clip comes after Jennifer teased that the This is Me… Now Tour, a 34-date series of North American arena concerts this summer, could be her “one last hurrah.”

During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the singer talked about what to expect during the tour, which kicks off June 26 at the Kia Center in Orlando, Florida.

The actress stated that her goal in performing has always been to provide her fans with an exciting and thrilling show.

“That’s my goal when people come to my show,” she said. “I always want people to walk away and say, ‘That’s the best show I’ve ever seen!’ One last hurray!’

In regards to her albums, she said she wasn’t considering creating a ‘Now’ when she recorded and released ‘Then’.

But looking back, she expressed a sense of destiny, describing it as “meant to be,” as both albums are dedicated to her husband, Ben.

“Sometimes you have those moments in your life where you think, ‘Oh, this had to be like this somehow,’” she said. “And I didn’t know that at the time, when I decided to call it This Is Me… Then.”

“I didn’t even realize it captured a moment when I first fell in love that way and wrote this whole album,” she continued.

‘And it was just that thing, and I thought, “Oh, I’m calling it This Is Me… Dan.” And then, you know, as fate would have it – 20 years later – here we are,” she said, referring to her romantic reunion with Affleck.