“I get really hurt but I have to let myself go”: Jennifer Lopez Admits She Often Makes One Mistake in Her Relationships That Costs Her Dearly

If even Jennifer Lopez is color-blind to red flags, is there any hope for the rest of us?

Jennifer Lopez once admitted to making a common mistake in relationships that we are all guilty of.
Lopez stated that she often rushes into things and ends up ignoring the red flags.

Everyone has relationship problems; it doesn’t matter if you’re Jennifer Lopez or just an average Joe. Heartache is a universal experience that transcends fame and fortune. Jennifer Lopez knows what it’s like to have her heart broken given the fact that she has been in many relationships and marriages that did not work out with her. She is currently married to Ben Affleck, but even that has its ups and downs.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck in Gigli (2003) | Sony Pictures Releasing
Before finding Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez did not give up on hope that the perfect man was still out there. Despite having been defeated in love quite a few times, she did not give up. However, she did come to a realization that she makes a particular mistake in her relationships that many of us can relate to.

Jennifer Lopez’s Regret When It Comes to Relationships

Jennifer Lopez in This Is Me…Now: A Love Story | Prime Video
In an old interview with Elle (via Her), Jennifer Lopez admitted that she rushes into things and eventually gets carried away in a relationship. This causes her to make a common mistake we are all guilty of – ignoring the red flags.

We can all agree that love tends to turn us blind and Lopez, despite her popularity and success, is no exception to the rule.

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She opened up about her mistake, stating,

Everybody has seen that I make mistakes. I rush in, I get swept up and I ignore the signs. But so many of us are guilty of these things.

After a break-up, Lopez takes the time out to do some introspection and ask herself the important questions.

Each time it goes wrong, it’s hard. I get really hurt but I have to let myself go: ‘What did I do? What can I learn?’ And as hard and as hurtful as things get, I want to believe I will be able to go one step higher.

And despite having fallen down many times in her love life, she was not one to give up. Lopez always kept the hope alive in her heart that she would find her prince charming soon enough.

I’ve got to hope that if I keep going I will eventually get it right. I still believe in love. The nirvana man, he’s out there somewhere. But you just have to work at it. You have to work at everything.

She is currently married to Ben Affleck. The duo reconciled after a break-up that lasted for several years.

Ben Affleck is the Love of Jennifer Lopez’s Life

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck in a still from The Greatest Love Story Never Told (2024) | Prime Video
Bennifer has once again been caught in a wave of separation rumors, but there is nothing we can say with certainty as of now. However, before the couple started making headlines for all the wrong reasons, Lopez knew that Affleck was the love of her life.

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In an interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music (via Harper’s Bazaar), Lopez got candid about her third studio album, This Is Me…Then. She stated that the songs in the album represent the moment when she fell in love with Affleck.

Lopez said,

That album, This Is Me… Then, really captured a moment in time where I fell in love with the love of my life. It’s all just right there on the record and I didn’t even realize what was happening or what I was doing. It was just every day going from the set to the recording studio, doing the thing, being in love, him coming into the studio. When I listen to the lyrics now, I didn’t even realize that I was writing some of our story that would happen, which was sick. … I didn’t even realize it was kind of prophetic in a way.

Unfortunately, the couple broke up in 2004, and the songs on the album became impossible for her to perform due to the heartbreak linked to it. Well, we are glad the two made their way back to each other and hope it all works out for them in the end!