Wednesday 18 May 2022 06:34 PM Jennifer Lopez CRIES over not being Oscar nominated for Hustlers trends now
Jennifer Lopez was heavily buzzed about for an Oscar nomination for her dazzling turn as stripper turned con artist Ramona in the hit film Hustlers.
But when the 52-year-old singer, dancer and actress did not get included on the list, she broke down in tears, adding she felt like she had to rethink her Hollywood career, it was revealed in a teaser for her new Netflix documentary Halftime that was shared on Wednesday.
Also in the clip she is seen cussing before her Super Bowl halftime show saying she wants to do more than shake her 'ass.' And another bonus is that her fiancé Ben Affleck is seen commenting on the enormous shaming the former Fly Girl has been hit with over the decades.
Tears over the snub: Jennifer Lopez did not receive an Oscar nomination for Hustlers which caused her to break down in tears, it was revealed in a teaser for her new Netflix documentary Halftime that was shared on Wednesday
She poured her heart (of gold) into the role: Lopez was heavily buzzed about for an Oscar nomination for her dazzling turn as stripper turned con artist Ramona in the hit film Hustlers
The Oscar snub is a big highlight of the clip because it was not known how much being left out affected her.
Lopez sees articles that predict that she will get Oscar nominated for her role as a pole dancer in Hustlers. She seems to light up at the possibility of getting that level of recognition and tells a reporter she 'hopes' she makes the list.
But then comes the bad news that she did not get nominated in 2020.
'It was hard,' she says in voice over as she is seen in bed wearing a black robe. 'I just had a very low self esteem.'
Jennifer is then seen working out in a gym as she says, 'I had to really figure out who I was and believe in that and not believe in anything else.'
Buzzy: The Oscar snub is a big highlight of the clip because it was not known how much being left out affected her. Lopez sees articles that predict that she will get Oscar nominated for her role as a pole dancer in Hustlers. She seems to light up at the possibility of getting that level of recognition and tells a reporter she 'hopes' she makes the list
A big no: But then comes the bad news that she did not get nominated in 2020. 'It was hard,' she says in voice over as she is seen in bed wearing a black robe. 'I just had a very low self esteem'
Moving on: Jennifer is then seen working out in a gym as she says, 'I had to really figure out who I was'
Healing: And she added, 'And believe in that and not believe in anything else.' Here she is seen with daughter Emme
She told Elle in 2021: '[My production partner] Elaine [Goldsmith-Thomas] made a post where she listed all the things I had been nominated for and won that season. And when it came to the Oscars, it was so obviously absent. It was a sting.
'I was like, "Okay, when you’re supposedly in everybody else’s mind supposed to be nominated and you’re not, what does that mean? Is it really real? Are the other ones real and this one isn’t?" It came to a point where I was like, "This is not why I do this. I don’t do this to have 10 Oscars sitting on my mantel or 20 Grammys."'
In her show Halftime, she added that she did not work so hard to get awards, but rather she worked hard so her fans
