Jennifer Lopez is one of the biggest forces in the entertainment industry. A popular singer, dancer, and actress, Lopez is a triple-threat entertainer. She is also one of the highest-paid Hispanic actress in the industry. But she once said some terrible things about Winona Ryder.
Back in the day, the ‘This Is Me… Then’ singer had attacked Ryder in an interview. Lopez, who was already an established name then, said some mean things about Ryder and other actresses. So let us find out what Lopez said about Ryder and the subsequent reactions.
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Jennifer Lopez Said No One Loves Winona Ryder In Hollywood
In 1998, Jennifer Lopez gave an interview with Movieline, where she talked about actress Winona Ryder who was her senior and a much-established name in the entertainment industry.
In the interview, she passed comments on Ryder, Madonna, Cameron Diaz, and Salma Hayek. Lopez said that she and Hayek are in “different realms” and said that Diaz is a “lucky model who’s been given a lot of opportunities.”
But things went from bad to worse when she started talking about Ryder. The ‘Anaconda‘ actress said that she was “never a big fan of hers.”
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Lopez Later Gave A Clarification
Discussing Ryder’s career, Lopez said: “In Hollywood she’s revered, she gets nominated for Oscars, but I’ve never heard anyone in the public or among my friends say, ‘Oh, I love her’.”
“She’s cute and talented, though and I’d like her just for looking like my older sister, Leslie,” Lopez added. However, the singer received backlash from Ryder’s fans and realized her mistake.
In a later interview, she gave a clarification stating that she was “misquoted and so taken out of context.” Lopez slammed the journalist who covered her story. “I don’t like to hurt anybody. I don’t like to hurt their feelings. I like to joke, so I do that sometimes. What they wrote in that article hurt people,” she said.
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