Jennifer Lopez: ‘It hurts’ to be a Hollywood ‘underdog’ and ‘not be included’
nypost.comupbringing in the Bronx prepared her for Hollywood, and why she still feels that she had to fight for approval from her peers.The “Marry Me” actress, 52, opened up to Rolling Stone in a new cover story about how her mom, Guadalupe Rodríguez, instilled a sense of toughness in her to conquer the entertainment industry.“Listen, my mom was also a fun mom.
My mom was also the mom who got me into musicals and introduced me to all kinds of music. I am an entertainer because of my mom,” Lopez said. “But I’m also able to survive the things I’ve survived in this business because my mom was tough.
I don’t think she could realize what she was preparing me for, but she did.”Lopez added that having little knowledge of Tinseltown has sometimes made her feel like an “underdog.”“I always feel like I was scrapping from the bottom.
Always. I always felt like I wasn’t the one that was supposed to be in the room,” the “I’m Real” songstress said. “That’s part of being Puerto Rican and from the Bronx and a woman.”She continued, “You know what I mean?
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