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'What block?' The tide is turning against Jennifer Lopez.

Did you have Jennifer Lopez getting cancelled on your 2024 bingo card? 

If not, prepare to learn all about the reason the public — or namely people on TikTok — has swiftly turned on the singer, actor, and businesswoman

This shift in public opinion comes as Lopez has recently released an album and accompanying film This Is Me…Now: A Love Story, along with a behind-the-scenes documentary, The Greatest Love Story Never Told.

The film was self-financed with the 'Get Right' singer reportedly spending $20 million of her own money to fund the project. This Is Me…Now: A Love Story was a chaotic-albeit-endearing dedication to Lopez's search for true love which she ultimately found with her husband, Ben Affleck. 

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The film itself was released to largely positive reviews, but it was a different story for the accompanying documentary. 

One particular clip has gone viral where Lopez stares at her reflection in the mirror, as she tousles her hair and speaks about growing up in the Bronx.

"I like taking my hair out like this," she says. "It reminds me of when I was 16 in the Bronx, running up and down the block. Crazy little girl who used to f***ing be wild and no limits, all dreams."

It's worth noting that at this time, Lopez's main acting credits were for Selena and Anaconda

Others have called out Lopez for being notoriously rude or unpleasant to fans and staff, although most of these alleged encounters with the Maid In Manhattan star have gone unsubstantiated. 

But the criticism on TikTok has since spiralled to attacking her character and her talent. Some have said her new movie proves how much she is a self-absorbed diva and there's a rising consensus on the platform that she cannot sing.

A resurfaced clip has been doing the rounds of Ashanti saying in an interview that she wrote and even provided vocals for Lopez's 2001 hit, 'Ain't It Funny'. 

For millennials and baby boomers, this discourse is nothing new. 

Lopez being known as a diva who doesn't possess a particularly outstanding singing voice has been an ongoing joke for decades. But it was always been just that: a joke. 

These claims were as much a part of Lopez's brand as her fragrance empire, stunning fashion moments, iconic music videos and her penchant for shouting 'the block!' at any given moment.

For older generations, Lopez was not someone worth getting angry at. She is who she is. And there's a reason that she still manages to get people worked up. 

Throughout it all, Lopez has continued to release chart-topping music, make box-office gold, win countless accolades, build a beauty empire, and all before she turns 55 later this year. 

She's Jennifer-f**king-Lopez. 

But the mood has clearly shifted. Off the back of her album, movie and documentary, Lopez announced her first North American tour in five years, but had to cancel seven shows reportedly due to weak ticket sales.

She's also rebranded the tour as a show dedicated to her entire discography rather than her latest album, which has failed to set the charts alight. The tour was initially called 'This Is Me… Now' tour but is now being branded the 'This Is Me… Live | The Greatest Hits' tour. 

Sadly for Jenny, this might be her now, but after almost 30 years of being in the public eye, her days on the Block have lost relevancy since becoming a multimillionaire. 

The public have evidently been... fooled by the rocks that she's got. 

Feature Image: Getty. 

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v123 a month ago
I wonder how the diddy stuff will impact her.
rush a month ago
@v123 I mean, they broke up in 2001, I wouldn't have thought she'd get much flack about a guy she dated over two decades ago...
mamamia-user-482898552 a month ago 1 upvotes
@rush Depends on what she knew, and/or how she was involved, when she was dating him.