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(NewsNation) — Friends of Jennifer Lopez (the few who are not on her payroll) are concerned for the multihyphenate dancer/singer/actress, especially after her appearance at awards show parties last weekend.
Her gaunt appearance at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, where she was presented with the Legend and Groundbreaker Award at the brunch ceremony, shocked people, and while she looked better that evening at the Amazon MGM Studios x Vanity Fair party dressed all in white, her friend sighed to me: “She wasn’t nominated for (a Golden Globe) so why is she going to these parties? She needs to just stay home for a long while. It’s getting ridiculous.”
Despite being panned for “The Greatest Love Story Never Told” and the ensuing doc “This Is Me… Now”, Lopez’s performance in “Unstoppable” was lauded — even though it bombed at the box office, making only $5,000 on its opening weekend.
”Seriously — every day there is another ‘sexy’ photo on Instagram, she’s still ‘mysteriously’ photographed everywhere she goes, including at a random store in Aspen next to Kevin Costner… which people then used to try and allude that she was dating (Costner). It’s just getting silly. No one else — including far more famous people than her, are being photographed like this,” the source said.
“She doesn’t get it. She showed everyone everything this year with her ridiculous movies and album… and the fans, everyone rejected it. She needs to just go away for a bit, fire anyone who told her these projects were a good idea, and maybe get a real therapist — not Fat Joe (who played her therapist in ‘The Greatest Love Story Never Told’).”
Jennifer Lopez’s team drops another ‘exclusive’
Jennifer Lopez at the 15th Governors Awards held at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood on November 17, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images) 
Angela Patton, Jennifer Lopez, Natalie Rae at the IndieWire Honors 2024 held at Citizen News on December 05, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/IndieWire via Getty Images) 
Jennifer Lopez at the IndieWire Honors 2024 held at Citizen News on December 05, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/IndieWire via Getty Images) 
CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 15: Jennifer Lopez attends 2024-2025 Variety Screening Series Presents “Unstoppable”, Part of a Jennifer Lopez Career Retrospective at The Culver Theater on December 15, 2024 in Culver City, California. (Photo by Jerod Harris/Variety via Getty Images) 
ASPEN, CO – DECEMBER 27: Jennifer Lopez is seen on December 27, 2024 in Aspen, Colorado. (Photo by BKNY/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) 
ASPEN, CO – DECEMBER 27: Jennifer Lopez is seen out and about on December 27, 2024 in Aspen, Colorado. (Photo by MEGA/GC Images) 
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 04: Jennifer Lopez attends Variety presents The Creative Impact Awards and 10 Directors To Watch Brunch at Parker Palm Springs on January 04, 2025 in Palm Springs, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Meanwhile, Lopez’s team thinks differently — as they dropped yet another “exclusive” to People magazine, claiming Lopez, “who is in a really good place,” just wants to “close the door” on her marriage to Ben Affleck.
“The fairy tale she was promised turned out to be a nightmare in the end,” a source told People on Tuesday.
My source added, “No one promised her a fairy tale except herself.”