unilad homepage
unilad homepage
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • World News
    • Crime
    • Health
    • Money
    • Sport
    • Travel
  • Music
  • Technology
  • Film and TV
    • News
    • DC Comics
    • Disney
    • Marvel
    • Netflix
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Archive
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
Jennifer Lopez claims she’s never felt truly loved and explains why her exes weren’t 'capable'
Home>Celebrity>News
Published 12:04 17 Oct 2025 GMT+1

Jennifer Lopez claims she’s never felt truly loved and explains why her exes weren’t 'capable'

The Marry Me actor shared her thoughts on love a year after her split from Ben Affleck

Emily Brown

Emily Brown

google discoverFollow us on Google Discover
Featured Image Credit: YouTube/The Howard Stern Show

Topics: Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck, Sex and Relationships, Celebrity

Emily Brown
Emily Brown

Emily Brown is UNILAD Editorial Lead at LADbible Group. She first began delivering news when she was just 11 years old - with a paper route - before graduating with a BA Hons in English Language in the Media from Lancaster University. Emily joined UNILAD in 2018 to cover breaking news, trending stories and longer form features. She went on to become Community Desk Lead, commissioning and writing human interest stories from across the globe, before moving to the role of Editorial Lead. Emily now works alongside the UNILAD Editor to ensure the page delivers accurate, interesting and high quality content.

Advert

Advert

Advert

Jennifer Lopez has opened up about love and relationships in a new interview a year after she filed for divorce from Ben Affleck.

Not only has she been in the spotlight for her music and acting roles, but JLo has frequently found herself at the center of attention thanks to her romances with other famous faces.

Obviously her lengthy love story with Affleck is one of the best known, but over the years Lopez has also shared her life with producer and Millionaire Matchmaker star Ojani Noa, controversial rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs and former Yankee Alex Rodriguez.

In a new interview with Howard Stern, Lopez was asked about her relationships and admitted it was 'difficult' to be in love while under a 'microscope'.

Advert

JLo and Ben Affleck divorced in January 2025 (Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)
JLo and Ben Affleck divorced in January 2025 (Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

Stern asked the star whether it felt like everything was 'doomed from the beginning' when she found herself in a new romance, to which Lopez responded: "No, no I don't feel that...

"I wanted to share my life with someone, I want someone to be there when I'm having my big, important moments on the red carpet, I want someone to be there when... we're going to the store, whatever it is."

While Lopez said she previously wanted to 'share' all of those moments with the public, she admitted she's changed her mind in recent years and now wants to keep things 'more quiet'.

"The truth is when you're in this type of career and you have the type of level of fame that we're talking about, there is a compromise," she continued.

The host then went on to get straight into the nitty-gritty, asking Lopez: "Do you think you've truly been loved?"

"No," Lopez responded. However, she believes she 'really has experienced loving someone'.

"What I learned, it's not that I'm not loveable, it's that they're not capable... they don't have it in them," Lopez claimed.

"They need to appreciate the little person inside of them... and they gave me what they had, they gave me all of it, every time," the singer said, before agreeing with Stern's claim that despite all of that, they didn't truly love her - and she 'didn't love' herself.

While Lopez doesn't appear to be publicly dating anyone at the moment, she told Stern she doesn't plan to use the exclusive dating app Raya to help find her next love.

"I don't want that," she said, adding: "I don't know. I'm just old-fashioned, I guess."

Choose your content:

2 hours ago
3 hours ago
5 hours ago
13 hours ago
  • Charley Gallay/Getty Images
    2 hours ago

    Paris Jackson earns huge $625,000 win in legal battle over Michael Jackson's estate

    The daughter of Michael Jackson had raised a complaint over bonus payments made out by the estate's executors

    Celebrity
  • Michael Tullberg/Getty Images
    3 hours ago

    Pam Grier, 76, shares candid admission about experiencing orgasms that last three days

    Pam Grier explained what she meant by experiencing orgasms that last three days in a recent podcast

    Celebrity
  • Taylor Hill/FilmMagic
    5 hours ago

    Kylie Jenner reveals the one thing she 'often' talks about with Kendall regarding their 'wild' childhood

    Kylie Jenner has opened up about growing up in the spotlight, having been on TV since the age of nine

    Celebrity
  • Jake Giles Netter/Disney via Getty Images
    13 hours ago

    LeAnn Rimes shares health update as she admits she’s still ‘raw’ after cancelling multiple shows

    The latest update comes just weeks after she pulled out of her tour due to a 'severe' illness

    Celebrity
  • Jennifer Lopez explains why she isn't 'looking for a man' amid 'embarrassing' Ben Affleck divorce
  • Jennifer Lopez opens up on 'embarrassing' Ben Affleck divorce with savage admission
  • Jennifer Lopez calls out interviewer after being asked uncomfortable question about Ben Affleck divorce
  • Body language expert claims Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck still have ‘love for one another’ in red carpet appearance amid divorce