Jennifer Lopez Shares Rare Footage of Her and Her Twins Emme and Max for Their fifteenth Birthdays
Jennifer Lopez’s two children, twins Emme and Max, turned 15 today, and their mother gave her hundreds of thousands of followers an intimate look into their life together. Lopez shared an Instagram Reel, set to Taylor Swift’s “Fifteen (Taylor’s Version),” featuring footage from throughout Emme and Max’s lives. Lopez shares her twins with ex-husband Marc Anthony.
“Completely satisfied birthday to my beautiful, sensible coconuts 🥥🥥 ,” Lopez wrote. “I’m so pleased with you each in each way. You bring a lot joy and happiness to my heart and soul. I really like you beyond endlessly 🤍🤍♾️♾️ HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎂🎂 #Twins”
Lopez reflected on how being a mother modified her and what she looks for in relationships in an interview published this December in Vogue. “I just didn’t understand what it was to look after myself, to not put any person else’s feelings and desires—and your need for them to like you—in front of caring for yourself,” she began. “You switch yourself right into a pretzel for people and think that that’s a noble thing, to place yourself second. And it’s not. Those patterns turn out to be deep patterns that you just carry with you, after which at a certain point you go, Wait, this doesn’t feel good. Why am I never glad? I actually felt that way for a very long time. And eventually I used to be identical to, Ugh! It’s time to figure me out because I must be good for these babies. And even from there, with all of the willingness I had, it took years and years to essentially put the pieces together, like, Oh, this thing I do for this reason, that thing I do because that happened to me at this age.”
She reflected on her kids and their peers, saying, “This generation is beautifully aware and involved and brave, and they’re going to call bullshit on stuff really quick. I would like my kids to get up for themselves and the things they care about. I would like all of the little girls on the earth to get loud. Get loud! Say it when it’s mistaken. Don’t be afraid. I used to be afraid for a very long time: afraid to not get the job, to piss people off, afraid that individuals wouldn’t like me. No.”
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Alyssa Bailey is the senior news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). She previously held positions at InStyle and Cosmopolitan. When she’s not working, she loves running around Central Park, making people take #ootd pics of her, and exploring Recent York City.
