They supported the career of the singer and actress from the first steps in the Bronx. One works in the shade, the other in the light. Express portrait of the most famous Jennifer’s parents.
In his new documentary. The greatest love story ever told (The greatest love story ever told, in French), Jennifer Lopez tells her story. He talks about his childhood in the Bronx and admits that he suffered from a lack of love from his parents, who divorced in the 1990s. Despite everything, JLo has a sense of family and never misses an opportunity to announce it. who, despite everything, was very close to his parents, Guadalupe Rodriguez and David Lopez, both of Puerto Rican descent.
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The “narcissistic” mother
Jennifer Lopez may have the perfect relationship with Ben Affleck, but she still relies on her mother to support her career from the start. Guadalupe Rodriguez, 78, has proven to be a pillar of support for the 53-year-old singer over the years. Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, he had a humble upbringing and worked hard to get by. As a young matriarch, she first made a living selling Tupperware before getting a position at a school, we read. Sun . Her fate changes when she meets David Lopez, whom she falls in love with. Within four years of their marriage, the couple had three daughters: Leslie, Jennifer and Linda. From that moment on, Guadalupe stopped working to devote herself to her family, who lived in a small apartment in the Castle Hill neighborhood of the South Bronx. David worked nights at Guardian Insurance Company before becoming a computer technician for the company. A pace of work that is not exempt from family.
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“I felt neglected by my father, because he always worked at night and slept all day, and I didn’t really feel that I had a connection with him,” says the singer. In the doc, she also returns to her position as a second child and the resulting emotional deprivation. “When I was growing up, I was always looking for someone to make me feel loved,” Jennifer Lopez admits today. The greatest love story ever toldas mentioned HollywoodLife . “I was the middle child, neither the child, nor the eldest… We get a little lost in the middle of it all,” continues the sister of Leslie and Linda, aged 56 and 52, respectively.
Jennifer Lopez is tougher on her mother. Evidence that the agreement was not always good. “My mother was a narcissist, always wanting to be the center of attention, the party type.”
Complex mother-daughter duo
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Years later, it was the girl who broke through Hollywood and became the center of attention. He will prove to Guadalupe that he did the right thing by dropping out of school. In her late teens, Jennifer Lopez actually cut ties with her mother for a while when she refused to go to university. “I wanted to try dancing full time… I started sleeping on the couch at the dance studio. I was homeless, but I told him. “This is what I have to do,” J. Loney recalled in an interview. W Magazine in 2013.
If Jennifer Lopez and Guadalupe Rodriguez seem closer than ever, all you have to do is see them together at public appearances or on Instagram. Jenny from the block already talked about his tender relationship with his mother in the documentary A break, which was released on Netflix in 2022. “She is a very complex woman. She had a lot of baggage to carry and she wanted us to be independent and never have to rely on a man. She did what she had to do to survive and it made her strong but also tough. He beat us hard.”
The wise Scientologist father
Like Guadalupe Rodriguez, David Lopez has always been there for his daughter. However, he prefers to work in the shadows, away from attention, unlike his ex-wife. JLo never hid his admiration for his father. He regularly posts announcements about himself on Instagram. “Dad, words are not enough to describe what you mean to me… I love you forever…” he wrote in June 2021, on the occasion of Father’s Day.
David Lopez, however, has raised concerns over his membership in Scientology. In 2007, Jennifer Lopez told CBS: “My father has been a Scientologist for twenty years. He’s the nicest person I’ve ever known in my life, so I find it strange that people want to portray him in a negative way.” Between divorces and disagreements, the Lopez family is a little like any other family.
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Source: Le Figaro
