During her new documentary, "Halftime," Jen Lopez talked about her relationship with her mom.
According to Lopez, her mother beat her and her sisters when they were young.
She acted with her daughter's best interests in mind.
In her new film, "Halftime," Lopez talked about her relationship with her mother.
The documentary focuses on Lopez's career from leaving home at 18 to performing at a president's inauguration.
The singer and her mom used to argue a lot.
She did what she had to do to survive, but it also made her tougher. She defeated us.
"I was not the perfect mother, that's for sure," she said. Everything I did was done with their best interests in mind.
Lopez explained in the documentary that she wanted to raise the singer and her two sisters so they wouldn't have to rely on men.
I always had high expectations of them. It wasn't important. You could do better, that's what it was for. I had the hardest time telling you the truth. We didn't like one another a lot.
Lopez said that she had to leave home at 18 because of a fight with her mother.
The actress said that her love for dancing distracted her from school.
Lopez said that his mother told him that he would get his education if he lived in the house. One night, we got into a fight and I left.
Lopez's reactions to her Oscars and Golden Globe snubs in 2020 are shown in "Halftime", as well as her thoughts about coheadlining the 2020 Super Bowl halftime show with Shakira.
It was the worst idea in the world to have two artists headline the event, according to Lopez.
The movie "Halftime" is available on the streaming service.
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