Jennifer Lopez says that whoever wants to have her heart next has to "earn it."
During a show in Las Vegas for her ongoing residency on Jan. 3, the singer addressed her love life after she sang her 1999 hit song, "If You Had My Love.” Lopez revealed that she initially sang the song with hope, but over the years, that changed — first when she was sad, and now she does so from a place of power.
"Because the truth is, if you wanted to have my love, you would have to earn it,” said Lopez to the crowd, per TMZ. “You would have to treat me right. You would have to respect me. You'd have to accept me for all that I am. You'd have to love me if you wanted my love."
Though she admitted that, she did end up claiming soon after that love comes with a price. “You can’t have love without heartbreak,” Lopez said.
Lopez’s recent comments come days after she opened up about her “happy era” on the opening night of her residency at The Colosseum Theater at Caesars Palace. During the show, she addressed her divorce from Ben Affleck last year.
"It's over, and we just, boom, and it’s fine. It’s all good,” Lopez said of the split. “The good news is that I’m learning and I’m growing. We’re in our happy era right now."
Last July, Lopez playfully addressed her four divorces when a fan held up a sign that read “J Lo, marry me?” while she performed in Bilbao, Spain. The singer playfully denied the proposal, saying, “I think I’m done with that. Yeah, I tried a few times.”
