J.Lo breaks down over Oscars snub: Gave me ‘low self-esteem’

nypost.com:

put on a brave face after failing to nab a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 2020 Oscars. But the superstar was secretly devastated by the snub after wowing critics with her role as a scheming stripper in “Hustlers.”The full extent of Lopez’s sorrow is revealed for the first time in the Netflix documentary “Halftime,” set for release next month.

In a new trailer for the doc that dropped Wednesday, the actress is seen sobbing in bed after being overlooked for the honor by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. “It was hard.

I just had a very low self-esteem,” Lopez lamented in a voiceover. “I had to really figure out who I was and believe in that and not believe in anything else,” she forlornly added.

Lopez has long struggled with self-doubt about her career, telling The Post in 2018: “Everybody was like, ‘She can’t sing. She can’t dance.