Jennifer Lopez details 'tough time' after Marc Anthony divorce: 'I was really about to give up on it all'
Jennifer Lopez details 'tough time' after Marc Anthony divorce: 'I was really about to give up on it all'
Marina WattsMon, March 9, 2026 at 10:08 PM UTC
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Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez in Cannes, France in May 2010Credit: Dave M. Benett/VF1/WireImageKey Points -
Jennifer Lopez opened up about her divorce from Marc Anthony during her March 6 show as part of her Up All Night Las Vegas residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
She called the period "a really tough time."
Lopez and Anthony were married from 2004 until 2014, and share twins Max and Emme.
Jennifer Lopez is opening up about her divorce from Marc Anthony.
During the Friday, March 6 show at her Up All Night Las Vegas residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, the "On the Floor" singer told the audience "a little story" about the aftermath of her and Anthony's breakup.
"After my third divorce, that's when I really started getting good at it," Lopez joked at first, per a video shared on Instagram.
"It was actually a really tough time," she said. "I was really about to give up on it all. I mean, I was a single mom, with two 3-year-old twins." She and Anthony share twins Emme and Max.
Lopez, wearing a shimmery magenta gown with matching gloves and boa, said she called one of her mentors, the late self-help author Louise Hay, during this difficult period.
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony in New York City in June 2011Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage
"She said to me, 'Jennifer, you’re a dancer, right?'" Lopez said from the stage. "I said, 'Yes, I am.' And she said, 'When you're learning a dance and you get the steps wrong, what do you do?' I said, 'I just keep going until I get the steps right.' And she said, 'That's right Jennifer. Always keep dancing.'"
Lopez then addressed The Colosseum audience. "And I wish the same for each and every one of you — that no matter what life throws at you, that you dance, and you dance, and you dance, again, again and again."
"I love you so much!" she concluded.
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Lopez and Anthony wed in 2004 and welcomed Max and Emme in February 2008. Three years later, the couple announced their split in a joint statement to PEOPLE.
"We have decided to end our marriage," they said in July 2011. "This was a very difficult decision. We have come to an amicable conclusion on all matters. It is a painful time for all involved, and we appreciate the respect of our privacy at this time." Their divorce was finalized in 2014.
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"I went through a tremendous low," Lopez told PEOPLE in 2014 about the divorce process. "But I wouldn't change anything [about my past] because it made me who I am."
Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez in Washington, D.C., in September 2009Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage
Three years later during an appearance on Live With Kelly, Lopez gave an update on her relationship with Anthony. "I think we're really good the way we are," she said in March 2017. "Honestly, we're always gonna be great friends. I'm always gonna be there for him; he's always gonna be there for me."
Three years later during an appearance on Live With Kelly, Lopez gave an update on her relationship with Anthony. "I think we're really good the way we are," she said in March 2017. "Honestly, we're always gonna be great friends. I'm always gonna be there for him; he's always gonna be there for me."
Adding: "We share something very special in the kids, and we know that. We're there for them, and that's the main thing."
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