Jennifer Lopez had a “roller coaster” marriage to Marc Anthony

The ‘Love Don’t Cost a Thing’ singer announced the shock split from her musician husband of seven years last Friday (15.07.11), but friends admit they had fought with each other for some time.

A source told usmagazine.com: “They had a very up and down marriage, they would get into heated, horrible fights. “Then, they would also go through times where they were extremely loving and romantic. It was a roller coaster with them from the beginning.”

Another source said the last few months had put real strain on the couple, who have three-year-old twins Max and Emme together. A friend told People.com: “Marc and Jennifer decided it’s best to go their separate ways for the sake of their two kids, after months of nonstop arguing.”

The couple had reportedly “tried everything she could to make it work,” but not even therapy sessions helped. Another source said: “They went to marriage counselling. She was patient and loving and did everything he wanted her to. She exhausted all the possibilities.”

“She is devastated. Absolutely beside herself. This is someone she dedicated a long time to, and that she truly loved.” Jennifer, 41, is thought most likely to keep primary custody of the twins and is said to be trying to remain positive and keep herself busy with work – which includes her re-launched pop career and acting in new film ‘What To Expect When You’re Expecting’.

Another friend said: “She is looking forward to the future. She is jumping back into work and being a mom with all her energy and she is really excited. “She feels like she has grown leaps and bounds and is a new person now, better than ever.”

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Jennifer Lopez says giving birth is the most “empowering” thing she has done

The 41-year-old singer-and-actress was inspired to launch her own charitable organisation The Maribel Foundation – which is named after her husband Marc Anthony’s sister, who died from a brain tumour – after giving birth to twins Max and Emme, now three.

She said: “What’s the most empowering thing I’ve ever done? God. Probably giving birth. And as a direct result of that, setting up a charity with my sister Lynda.

“It was a dream we had for a long time. Once we had babies we were ready to say, ‘Let’s do it’. We’re not claiming to change the world in one day, we’re just going to do our little part.

“We always said we’d help women and children’s health and education and now it’s happening.”

Jennifer also believes that the more women are happy with themselves, the more likely they are to take in interest in their appearance.

She said: “A part of how you take care of yourself on the outside reflects how you feel within.

“If you become empowered on the inside, it will get reflected on the outside. I don’t believe for one second that’s a superficial thing, it is important.”

Lea Michele is to perform at next month’s Super Bowl

The ‘Glee’ actress – who plays Rachel Berry in the musical TV show – will sing ‘America the Beautiful’ before the NFL showpiece game on February 6 in Arlington, Texas.

The 24-year-old star joins Faith Hill, Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige, Marc Anthony, Ray Charles and Vicki Carr as the only artists to perform the song at the prestigious match.

As well as Lea, earlier this week it was revealed Christina Aguilera will sing the national anthem ahead of the match between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers.

In a statement released by the NFL, Christina said: “I have been performing the anthem since I was seven years old and I must say the Super Bowl is a dream come true. I am really excited to be part of such an iconic event.”

Black Eyed Peas will perform during the halftime interval and the ‘I Gotta Feeling’ hitmakers have also joined forces with Sports Illustrated magazine to host a star-studded bash for the event.

Singer Fergie - who is part owner of the Miami Dolphins – said: “As an NFL owner and a football fan, I cannot be more excited to join forces with Sports Illustrated for the hottest party of the season. It will be the kick-off to an amazing weekend in Dallas and we can’t wait to get it started.”

The game will attract a star-studded audience as well as one of the biggest TV audiences of the year.

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Jennifer Lopez is to be sued by her ex-husband’s girlfriend

Claudia Vazquez – who is in a relationship with Ojani Noa, the singer-and-actress’ spouse for just under a year until January 1998 – is planning to file a $10 million lawsuit against the star in Los Angeles later today (15.12.10).

The case will allege that Jennifer misstated facts to the court to obtain a restraining order against her former spouse – who she has been trying to prevent making their old home videos public – which then interfered with a motion picture contract between Claudia, Ojani and Ed Meyer, who had been set to produce the tapes.

Ed said: “We believe that this entire lawsuit against Ojani and I over the movie and the ‘Sex Tapes’ Home Videos enters around Jennifer Lopez’s hatred for Ojani Noa dating Claudia Vazquez.”

According to Ed, Jennifer – who has two-year-old twins Max and Emme with her current husband Marc Anthony – “hates” Claudia and embarked on her initial legal battle as a result of a personal vendetta against her.

He added to RadarOnline.com: “Vazquez has met Jennifer Lopez on many occasions. They hate each other. Jennifer Lopez called her a ‘w***e’ to a Univision reporter last year.

“She met Jennifer Lopez the first time when Jennifer walked in on Claudia Vazquez and Ojani Noa having sex in the Hancock Park mansion that Ojani lives in. Jennifer was dating Ben Affleck at the time.”

Ojani and Claudia have been dating for 10 years.

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Jennifer Lopez’s ex-husband is set to audition for her on ‘American Idol’

Ojani Noa, a former waiter from Cuba who became Jennifer’s first husband when they married in 1997, is planning to sing on the show in Los Angeles tomorrow (22.09.10), and will even serenade the rumoured judge her with one of her own songs.

The pop hopeful’s manager, Ed Meyer, said: “Ojani Noa will be in line at the Forum on September 22 to try out for ‘American Idol’ in front of his ex-wife.

“He escaped Cuba and married Jennifer Lopez, now he wants to be the American Idol. Of course he will sing a Jennifer Lopez song.”

Ojani’s stunt is set to take place on the same day as the new judging panel for the show is officially unveiled by host Ryan Seacrest, which is said to feature Jennifer – who has reportedly signed a $12 million contract to join the series – alongside original judge Randy Jackson and two other new panel members.

Ojani – whose marriage to Jennifer lasted less than a year – initially remained on good terms with the singer-and-actress after they split, but the former couple have fallen out in recent years, after Jennifer hired and subsequently fired Ojani as head chef of her now closed Latin restaurant, Madre’s, in 2002.

He has since been banned from publishing a tell-all book he wrote about the 41-year-old star by one court, and last year a judge ruled he was also not allowed to commercially release footage from the couple’s honeymoon.

Since divorcing Ojani, Jennifer dated rapper P. Diddy, married and divorced dancer Cris Judd, got engaged to actor Ben Affleck and finally settled down and married singer Marc Anthony, with whom she has two-year-old twins Max and Emme.

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The actress-and-singer had to film a racy love sequence for new movie ‘The Back-Up Plan’ – in which she plays a woman who is desperate to get pregnant – but banned Marc Anthony from the set on the day of the steamy shoot.

She said: “I didn’t want to torture the poor guy. He shouldn’t be watching when I’m seducing another man on a kitchen table. Personally I don’t like doing love scenes at all, because they make me feel uncomfortable.”

Although she didn’t want Marc to see her getting it on with another man in ‘The Back-Up Plan’, Jennifer wasn’t too nervous about baring her body on-screen because she is so pleased with her post-pregnancy figure.

The 40-year-old star – who has two-year-old twins Max and Emme with Marc – didn’t go on any fad diets to shift the weight and simply relied on discipline and exercise.

She told website Gala.de: “I worked out a lot. I struggled to get rid of the last 20 pounds. I had to change my eating habits after having the twins. I eat a lot less now than I used to. But I love bread and you’re not allowed bread with most diets.”

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Jennifer Lopez is not a diva.

The 40-year-old singer-and-actress claims she is not the difficult star many assume she is and admits she gets upset by the accusations.

She said: “I never like stories where people say I misbehave or act like a diva, because I don’t. Or that I make terrible demands, because those are always fabricated stories, and always have been.

“But they’ve become such a strong part of my image that I have no control over it. They’re not true, though, and that’s always bothered me.”

Despite her frustrations, the ‘Jenny from the Block’ hitmaker tries to ignore the more outlandish claims because she knows she is a good person.

She told the New York Daily News newspaper: “You have to keep a sense of humour. There’s something that people want about that diva idea, and I don’t understand it and it bothers me because it’s not the type of person I am, but what can I do?

“What’s always served me throughout my career is that when people get to know me, or talk to me, and they actually get a chance to see what I’m like, it combats the negative stuff – when they get a chance to see who I am as a person and what I’m about, and that I laugh and giggle and that I’m normal. The truth always comes out at the end of the day.”

Jennifer – who has two-year-old twins Max and Emme with husband Marc Anthony – also revealed her recent break from acting reinvigorated her career.

She said: “I feel like it’s a new beginning. It’s a bit like when I was a teenager about to embark on this career but it’s much more challenging, difficult and harder.

“I have so much more experience now but I feel just as fresh as I did back then and I’m excited about my life.”

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Jennifer Lopez feels like a “teenager” again.

The 40-year-old singer-and-actress is preparing to make a comeback with a world tour and new movie, ‘The Back-Up Plan’, two years after giving birth to twins Max and Emme – her children with husband Marc Anthony – and admits having such a long break has made her feel like she is starting out again.

She said: “I feel like it’s a new beginning. It’s a bit like when I was a teenager about to embark on this career but it’s much more challenging, difficult and harder.

“I have so much more experience now but I feel just as fresh as I did back then and I’m excited about my life.”

Despite enjoying her time at home with her family, Jennifer insists she has no plans to ever give up working.

She added in an interview with the Daily Mirror newspaper: “I won’t stop doing what I do. Maybe I’ll get to a point where I’m tired and feel I’ve done enough, but right now I see myself always working and expressing myself – whether in music or movies or fashion or whatever. That’s what I love to do.”

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Jennifer Lopez’s children beg her not to go to work.

The ‘Back-Up Plan’ actress admits she is finding it difficult juggling her career with her home life now that Max and Emme – her two-year-old twins with husband Marc Anthony – are getting older.

She said: “They’re at the point now where they’ve come to the door and started yelling, ‘No, no, Mommy, don’t go!’ And I was like, ‘Whoa, this is bad’.

“That’s really tough. So I’m just going to have to figure it out as I go along. I keep trying to explain to them, ‘I’ll be home and the sun will still be out!’”

The 40-year-old singer-and-actress – who plays a woman who uses artificial insemination to get pregnant in ‘The Back-Up Plan’ also revealed she is unsure how she would cope without Marc’s help and support.

She added to UsMagazine.com: “It’s just too hard. Honestly. I have so much respect for single moms or anyone who finds themselves a single mother – but to choose to be a single parent is courageous. It’s such a hard job to raise a child and to be everything to that child without a partner… I don’t know if I could do it on my own, I really don’t.”

The couple had tried for a long time to conceive before learning they were expecting twins, and Jennifer says she and her husband had very different reactions when they were told they were having two babies.

She said: “I was in denial that I was even pregnant at first, so when I found out I was having twins, I just kind of laughed like, ‘Of course this would happen!’. And then I started giggling.

“Marc started crying. It was a joyous time. We were happy… He’s emotional! He just couldn’t believe it was happening.”

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Jennifer Lopez is putting her home life before her career for the first time.

The actress-and-singer – who has two-year-old twins Max and Emme with husband Marc Anthony – has enjoyed spending time away from the spotlight and thinks it has helped her realise what’s important to her.
She said: “I think you have to know what is most important to you. And I think you have to realise that as much as you put into work, you have to put into your relationship and your children – but more so. That is how you balance it.
“For me, my family is the most important thing and everything else comes after that. It is hard to do everything, but you just have to. You have to make that effort. I have put so much time into my career in the past, so much time trying to get ahead and all that. But you have to do as much and then more for your home life too.”
The 40-year-old beauty – who is set to release a new album in the summer and stars in the romantic comedy ‘The Back-Up Plan’ – admits she is still on a “learning curve” as a mother.
She said: “I try to spend all my free time with Marc and the babies. It’s all a learning curve really. The last year has been an amazing time for us, me and Marc. I just wish I could be in two places at once. I would rather be at home now with my babies if I could be.”

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The singer-and-actress says having 21-month-old twins Max and Emme – her children with husband Marc Anthony – have made her look at her life and make positive changes to herself.

She said: “To a certain extent, having children did change me, but it made me want to look at the places that I wasn’t great and learn to love myself and take care of myself more.”

However, the star insists she wouldn’t be the person she is without Marc and admits he boosted her confidence enough to wear a daring gold dress at the Golden Globe awards earlier this year.

Jennifer wore a revealing gown on the red carpet, which she had not trod for some time.

She said: “I hadn’t worn a dress like that since I’d had the babies. I still wasn’t back to my normal self,

“But I knew Marc would be the most honest with me and he said, ‘You want to wear that, you should — you look beautiful.’”

The 40-year-old star also said that she is no longer so desperate to keep a trim figure.

She added to Allure magazine: “I’m not the monster I used to be in the exercise department. You get past your 20s, you’ve got kids, you’re kind of unmotivated.

“You want to be healthy and look good, but you want to do the least amount to maintain that.”

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The singer-and-actress and her husband Marc Anthony are obsessed with their 21-month-old children, son Max and daughter Emme, and show photos of them to everyone they meet.

She explained: “When Marc and I are out we get out our phones and show everyone pictures of our kids. We probably do that a little too much. You always think you are not going to be that person – but then you are. We are just normal I guess.”

The 40-year-old beauty also spoke about how the twins are the most important thing in her life.

She said: “Our babies are our priority, they are just everything and they come first. They just make everything better.”

The ‘I’m Real’ star recently revealed she sings lullabies to the tots and whispers how much she loves them to help them drift off to sleep.

She explained: “I sing little lullabies to them to help them go off to sleep some nights. But I like to whisper in their ear and that works even better. I have done that since they were tiny babies. I whisper to them how much I love them.”

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