Jennifer Lopez<\/strong><\/a> suffered a facial injury while rehearsing for the upcoming 2025 American Music Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n The \u201cLove Don\u2019t Cost a Thing\u201d singer took to her Instagram Stories<\/a> in the late hours of Tuesday, May 13, to share photos taken one week prior that captured the extent of the incident.<\/p>\n Sharing a snap of herself holding an ice pack to her right eye, Lopez, 55, wrote, \u201cSo this happened\u2026\u201d before posting a second image that revealed a swollen nose and cut that ran across it. Her right eye also appeared to be bruised, with Lopez captioning the photo, \u201c(During @amas rehearsals).\u201d<\/p>\n The second image also showed redness under Lopez\u2019s right eye and over her right cheek.<\/p>\n A third Story confirmed that the musician required stitches to aid her recovery, with Lopez sharing a photo of herself with a Beverly Hills-based facial plastic surgeon and captioning it, \u201cThank you for stitching me up Dr. Diamond. A week later and a whole lotta ice, I\u2019m good as new.\u201d<\/p>\n In the final photo, Lopez is smiling at the camera without a single flaw in sight, seemingly on the mend and putting the incident behind her as she focuses on her hosting role at the 2025 AMAs, set to be broadcast from Las Vegas on Memorial Day.<\/p>\n This is not Lopez\u2019s first AMAs-related health incident. In 2009, she suffered bruising<\/a> following a fall while performing at the event. Addressing the fall on the Ellen Show<\/em> later, she told host Ellen Degeneres<\/strong> that she was \u201cmessed up\u201d from the accident and suffered a \u201cbruised bone.\u201d While she didn\u2019t specify which bone she injured, Lopez explained how the mishap went down.<\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n \u201cOne of the dancer\u2019s backs was slippery from sweat and lights and everything,\u201d Lopez recalled of her bare-chested crew at the time. \u201cWe never bargained for that, because they always had t-shirts on in rehearsal. So they were barebacked, didn\u2019t have shirts on for the performance and when I stepped on their backs my feet got wet. So when I landed it just slipped from under me.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to fulfilling her second-time hosting duties, Lopez is scheduled to perform at this year\u2019s May 26 event. According to Billboard<\/em><\/a>, Lopez is only the fourth music artist in history to host the AMAs twice, following Lionel Richie<\/strong>, Diana Ross<\/strong> and Pitbull<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Prior to her new injury Stories, Lopez had kept a continuing stream of AMAs promotional videos flowing via the social media platform. On April 23, after news of her hosting gig went public, Lopez shared a promotional image via her Instagram grid, captioning the teaser post, \u201cWaiting for AMAs night \u2728\ud83d\udc9a.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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