From all points of view, Jennifer Lopez leads an enchanted life.
J.Lo has a reported net worth of $400 million, a fairytale marriage to Ben Affleck and two beautiful children, 14-year-old twins Emme Maribel and Maximilian David Muniz, whom she shares with ex-husband Marc Anthony.
We haven’t even started talking about the hit songs and hit movies she got herself.
However, despite her longest running No. 1 hit being a song called ‘I’m Real’, Lopez, 53, is by all accounts a nightmare to work with – and we’re not just talking about the list. Has usual celebrity demands.
Here are 6 rules J.Lo has for her staff.
1. Jennifer Lopez forbids staff from talking to her or making eye contact.
If there’s one rumor that Jennifer Lopez became famous for, it’s this one.
The rumors came to a head in 2012 when Lopez was building a lavish new home in the Los Angeles suburb of San Fernando.
A source told the Daily Star, via the Huffington Post, that they have set a clear boundary for people working on the property.
Lopez pointed out that while working at her mansion, “if any of the contractors, drivers or domestic help makes eye contact or talks to her, she won’t be impressed” – despite the fact that they would be on the scene for a while. whole year.
Hard.
Speaking of talking to J.Lo…
2. Lopez will get you fired if you ask for an autograph.
Lopez once played a struggling maid taken away by an internationally renowned millionaire in the movie ‘Maid in Manhattan,’ but if you thought the maid – uh, made her empathize with them, think again. .
According to German newspaper Bild, via Radar Online, when hotel maid and J.Lo superfan Pray Dodaj waited for Lopez during a 2012 tour stop in Germany, she didn’t couldn’t resist asking the star for an autograph – and it cost her some work.
Dodaj was fired the next day after Lopez reportedly complained to management about the request.
3. Lopez refuses to work with Virgos.
Heather Morris got her big break on Ryan Murphy’s Fox series “Glee,” but before that she was just a humble dancer auditioning — and she had one hell of a run-in with J.Lo.
During a podcast appearance in August, Morris recounted his experiences during an audition day for one of Lopez’s tours in which all of the Virgins were fired.
Morris claimed that after eight hours of sabotage for a spot on the tour, Lopez asked all the dancers to raise their hands if they were Virgins, then sent them all home.
What does J.Lo have against Virgos?
Who knows, but there’s one Virgo Lopez, a Leo, definitely hasn’t hit it off with — her Sept. 16-born ex-husband Marc Anthony.
4. Jennifer Lopez makes insane demands to be surrounded by white.
After Lopez’s various tours and hotels have repeatedly gone viral — for all the wrong reasons, of course — revealing how obsessed she is with the color white.
Leaked documents reveal that Lopez’s spaces are to be painted entirely white, with white linens, curtains, furniture and even candles — as long as they’re Jo Malone’s grapefruit or linden scents.
The flowers she insists on must also be white – although she does allow “red pruning” on certain types of roses.
What indulgence.
In case there was any confusion about how serious Lopez is about her white period? She gave birth in a white fur coat, so don’t try it on.
5. Lopez makes her personal assistants speak to service personnel and flight attendants for her.
It’s not just construction crews that Lopez won’t allow him to talk to.
Lopez went viral years ago for allegedly refusing to speak to a United Airlines flight attendant who asked her to order drinks.
Instead, Lopez turned to her personal assistant and said, “Please tell her I’d like a diet coke and lime.”
Sounds like maybe “just Jenny from the block”, was a catchy pop hook and nothing more.
6. Lopez has a habit of not paying his staff.
Lopez was sued by a litany of people who worked with and for her, including a driver who claimed she refused to pay him the agreed amount.
They settled out of court.
But even his top agents and managers have struggled to meet his exacting standards.
Lopez’s manager, Benny Medina, was long one of Hollywood’s most powerful men and made him a household name in the 90s and 2000s.
But when he accused her of not paying him properly, she quickly accused him of lying and mismanaging his money, dragging him to court and then firing him.
The drama also led Lopez to part ways with her Hollywood mega-agency agent William Morris Endeavor — although who fired that depends on which party you ask.
In Medina’s case, at least, Lopez has since patched things up — he’s been her manager again since 2008 and is even godfather to her children.
All in a day’s work for one of the world’s biggest stars, it seems.
John Sundholm is a news and entertainment writer who covers pop culture, social justice, and human interest topics.
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