Jennifer Lopez once said “men under 33 are… useless”, but Jennifer Lopez herself has been conquered by younger men many times, and she even dated men 17 years younger twice.
Jennifer Lopez once said “men under 33 are… useless”
Singer Jennifer Lopez (now 51 years old) made a shocking statement in 2018. At that time, she thought that men under 33 were “useless” in terms of love. In a dating advice program, Lopez was tasked with advising a woman, and she suggested that age was a criterion: “Men over 33 are usually… useless”.
Although Lopez’s advice at that time did not convince the woman, her opinion still attracted a lot of attention from the media and the public. According to her personal experience, Jennifer Lopez said: “Men under 30 are still too confident and aggressive, while women at this age still have many insecurities, not necessarily mature and confident in themselves.
But when they reach youth, everything is reversed, men begin to have insecurities because they gradually absorb life, while women become more comfortable and confident after the experiences they have had, this also contributes to helping mature women become more attractive.”

In another conversation on a TV talk show, Jennifer Lopez shared more about her views on dating “young men”, because the public noticed that Lopez tends to date many younger men: “First of all, I do not actively date “young men”. It’s not that I set the criteria that the other person must be younger than me.
Age is not a problem for me, I only care about whether I am attracted to the other person or not, I care about their spirit, soul, and energy”.
In 2011, Jennifer Lopez was 42 years old, she surprised everyone when she dated dancer Casper Smart, who was only 25 years old at that time. The age gap between the two made this relationship receive a lot of attention.
In an interview with Vanity Fair magazine in 2017, Lopez explained that the constant attention and scrutiny of her private life also made her relationships difficult, difficult to sustain over time, sometimes under too much pressure, emotions lost and everything suddenly became empty.
As an artist, Lopez also always puts pressure on herself to produce quality music products and roles. The pressure in both work and private life has caused Lopez to encounter many difficulties and ups and downs in her love life.
Jennifer Lopez and her ostentatious love affairs with “young men”
Throughout her career, Jennifer Lopez’s private life has received a lot of attention. She has gone through love affairs that have “wasted ink” in the media. However, Lopez’s relationships often do not lead to a happy ending or a lasting commitment.
Having gone through 3 failed marriages and many serious relationships, Jennifer Lopez is still “drowning” in love.

Talking about finding a long-lasting, lasting love, Jennifer Lopez shared with Harper’s Bazaar magazine in 2019: “For me, the emotional journey has been full of ups and downs. But I understand more about the things I need to deal with myself, that’s how I recognize myself.
If you don’t love yourself first, you won’t be able to love anyone else sincerely. Once you know how to love and cherish yourself, it will be easier to have relationships built on love and respect. Such relationships will help both sides feel stable and motivated.
After going through emotional stories, I also changed and became better. I feel that I am much better now than before”.
Jennifer Lopez was married to actor Ojani Noa (5 years her junior), they were briefly together from 1997 to 1998. Her second marriage to actor Cris Judd also lasted from 2001 to 2003. Her third marriage to singer Marc Anthony lasted from 2004 to 2014, the two had twins – Max and Emme.
In addition, Lopez has gone through two divorces. The first time was with actor Ben Affleck (3 years her junior) in a relationship from 2002 to 2004. The second time was with former baseball player Alex Rodriguez (6 years her junior), they were together from 2017 to 2021.
Despite many broken relationships, Lopez affirmed in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar in 2018 that she has not given up on finding a love… forever: “I believe in the value of marriage. I always hope that I can grow old with a man in a committed and responsible relationship”.
Below is Lopez’s “love history”, from marriages to engagements…




But just a few days before the official wedding, the couple announced that they would postpone the wedding and then decided to break up in January 2004.
Jennifer Lopez once shared about her relationship with actor Ben Affleck, that she had “lost herself” in this relationship, lost her independence and ego. For his part, actor Ben Affleck also admitted that this love affair made both sides feel overwhelmed and pressured due to the great attention that the media and public gave them.


In a 2016 interview with W magazine, Lopez shared that she knew from the start that the marriage would not last: “When my marriage ended, it was not easy to seek forgiveness. It would have been easy to fan the flames of hatred and resentment, but Marc is the father of my children, and that fact will never change, so I had to work to make things work. It was by far the hardest thing I’ve ever done.”

Lopez later hired Smart as creative director of her Las Vegas shows. The couple hit a rough patch in 2014 after rumors of Smart’s infidelity, splitting shortly after, but then getting back together and then breaking up again, before finally splitting up in 2016.

