Jennifer Lopez had “very little help” raising her and Marc Anthony’s twins.
Jennifer Lopez reflects on having ‘very little help’ raising her and Marc Anthony’s twins
The 56-year-old singer and actress feels “really happy” with her life, and is particularly pleased that her and Marc’s 18-year-old twins Max and Emme got into college.
And the On The Floor hitmaker feels proud of the huge part she played in bringing them up.
Speaking on the SmartLess podcast, she said: “Now, I can really look at my life, appreciate it for what it is and what I’ve created for myself and be really happy.
“Both my kids got into all their colleges. They both got scholarships and they’re going where they want to go.
“I was like, ‘You did that s*** all by yourself.’ “That’s great. Like, ‘You had very little help,’ you know?”
Jennifer recently admitted she had “never thought” about what her home life will look like without her twins there, ahead of the pair leaving for college in August.
Speaking on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, she said: “It’s an emotional time. It’s been the three of us.
“People have come in and out of my life, but it’s been the three of us. They’ve always been there, and I’ve always been there.
“I just never thought they would not be there.
“I just never thought that far ahead. I thought, too, that they’re so independent. I’ve given them roots and wings.”
Jennifer also told how she has tried to teach Max and Emme right from wrong over the years, and she wants to give them as much advice as possible before they fly the nest.
She said: “They do what they see you do. It’s not so much what you tell them all the time.
“Even though I’m trying to download everything I’ve ever learned in my life, every lesson I’ve ever [learned], to them right now before they leave in August … I still feel like who you are as a person, how you act, what they see you do, if you work hard, they become more hard workers.
“They mimic you in this weird way and learn from you, even though they act like they’re opposite [to] you.
“My kids [are like], ‘I don’t want to be anything like you. I want to have my own path.’
“They see this persona and it’s such a thing, But I also see them … not mimic, but just pick up things that are the good traits about you.”
