J.Lo breaks down over Oscars snub: Gave me ‘low self-esteem’

Jennifer Lopez placed on a courageous face after failing to nab a nomination for Finest Supporting Actress on the 2020 Oscars.

However the celebrity was secretly devastated by the snub after wowing critics along with her function as a scheming stripper in “Hustlers.”

The total extent of Lopez’s sorrow is revealed for the primary time within the Netflix documentary “Halftime,” set for launch subsequent month.

In a new trailer for the doc that dropped Wednesday, the actress is seen sobbing in mattress after being neglected for the dignity by the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences.

“It was laborious. I simply had a really low vanity,” Lopez lamented in a voiceover.

“I needed to actually determine who I used to be and imagine in that and never imagine in the rest,” she forlornly added.

Lopez has lengthy struggled with self-doubt about her profession, telling The Publish in 2018: “All people was like, ‘She will’t sing. She will’t dance. She will’t act. She’s only a fairly face or her butt is massive,’ or no matter they have been saying about me. I began considering, ‘Yeah, that’s true,’ and it actually damage me for a very long time.

“Regardless of the damage and the ache, I simply saved going. I simply couldn’t enable myself to let that turn into who I used to be,” she added.

Jennifer Lopez is seen sobbing in her new Netflix documentary “Halftime,” with the footage purportedly filmed simply after she was snubbed for a Finest Supporting Actress nomination for her function in “Hustlers.”

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Lopez was thought-about a certain factor for a Finest Supporting Actress nod after wowing critics along with her function as a scheming stripper named Ramona.

Lopez has lengthy struggled to be taken critically as an actress, regardless of acclaimed roles in “Out of Sight” and the cult basic “Selena.” She is pictured in “Hustlers.”

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Lopez was thought-about a certain factor for a Finest Supporting Actress nomination after wowing critics along with her function as a scheming stripper named Ramona.

Nevertheless, the starlet missed out on the extensively anticipated 2020 nom, with Laura Dern, Kathy Bates, Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh and Margot Robbie named because the 5 finalists.

Dern went on to win the Oscar for her function in “Marriage Story.”

Lopez has lengthy struggled to be taken critically as an actress, regardless of acclaimed roles in “Out of Sight” and the cult basic “Selena.”

The starlet additionally appeared in rom-com staples “The Marriage ceremony Planner” and “Maid in Manhattan,” however these movies did not impress critics.

In the meantime, her display screen profession suffered a severe setback after she starred alongside husband-to-be Ben Affleck in 2002’s “Gigli,” which was extensively panned by a number of critics and even deemed one of many worst motion pictures of the last decade.

Lopez’s new documentary will see her mirror on her milestones and evolution as an actress and artist.

“Halftime,” is about to premiere at New York’s Tribeca Pageant on June 8 earlier than arriving on Netflix on June 14.

The doc will see the star mirror on her milestones and evolution as an actress and artist, together with her Tremendous Bowl 2020 half time present and her look at President Joe Biden’s 2021 inauguration.

Lopez’s documentary was first introduced in February after she signed a multiyear, first-look deal with Netflix involving her Nuyorican Productions final yr.