Jennifer Lopez is getting candid about a side of herself fans rarely hear about. During a recent podcast appearance, the music star made a surprising confession about her attraction to darker, more emotionally complicated love stories, even admitting one particular movie awakened what she described as the “dark side” of herself.
The revealing moment came while Jennifer Lopez appeared on “Films To Be Buried With,” the podcast hosted by actor Brett Goldstein, her co-star in the upcoming romantic comedy “Office Romance.”
While chatting with Goldstein, Lopez was asked to name “a film you found arousing that you weren’t sure you should.” The singer and actress did not hesitate.
Instead of naming a conventional romance, Lopez pointed to Quentin Tarantino’s cult classic “True Romance,” the violent 1993 film centered around obsessive love, crime, and dangerous chemistry.
“I would have had sex with any one of them,” Lopez admitted about the cast. “Which says a lot about me… maybe like the dark side of me.”
For those unfamiliar, “True Romance” is far from a traditional love story. Written by Tarantino and directed by Tony Scott, the film follows Clarence Worley and Alabama Whitman as their romance spirals into violence, chaos, and crime.
Lopez Was Drawn To The Film’s Dangerous Chemistry
Lopez specifically pointed to a memorable scene involving Patricia Arquette’s Alabama and James Gandolfini’s mobster character, Virgil.
Despite the brutality of the sequence, Lopez admitted she found the emotional and physical intensity strangely compelling. “[Alabama] has a blown-up face for the rest of the movie, but she’s still s-xy. You still want to kind of kiss her on the lips,” Lopez said.
The conversation became even more revealing when Lopez named the 1986 erotic thriller “9½ Weeks” starring Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger as “the sexiest movie” she had ever seen. The film follows a mysterious Wall Street trader who pulls an art gallery employee into an emotionally consuming and psychologically complicated romance.
“[Basinger’s character] knew that it was dark and no good and so mysterious but that’s what made it s-xy and good but also knew it was toxic… You want her to get out of it, but I didn’t want her to get out of it. I loved every moment,” Lopez admitted.
Jennifer Lopez Previously Opened Up About Difficult Relationships
Lopez’s comments come after years of being open about the complicated nature of love in her own life. The actress and singer, who has been married four times and engaged six, previously acknowledged that some of her past relationships crossed troubling boundaries.
“I was never in a relationship where I got beat up, thank God,” Lopez said in her Amazon Prime documentary “The Greatest Love Story Never Told.” “But I’ve definitely been manhandled and a couple of other unsavory things. Rough. Disrespectful.”
In the same documentary, Lopez also reflected on her upbringing and how it shaped the way she searched for love. “I felt very ignored by my dad,” Lopez admitted while discussing her childhood. “I didn’t feel like I had enough of a connection with him.”
“When I was growing up, I was always looking for somebody to make me feel loved,” she added.
Lopez Says Emotional Moment With Father Helped Heal Her
Despite years of heartbreak, Lopez recently revealed that one deeply emotional moment with her father helped her heal in unexpected ways. During the podcast interview, Lopez recalled watching the Brazilian drama “I’m Still Here” with her father while recovering from the flu and navigating the aftermath of her split from Ben Affleck.
As emotions unexpectedly surfaced, Lopez said her father noticed her crying. “Oh baby, what’s wrong?” he asked. “I love you,” he later told her. “I always loved you.”
“It healed a part of me,” Lopez admitted, explaining that the moment helped her move on from “those type of relationships.”
Jennifer Lopez Is Entering A New Chapter After Ben Affleck Divorce
The candid confession arrives during a period of major change for Lopez, who is preparing for an empty nest as twins Max and Emme approach adulthood while continuing to focus on new projects, including music, film, and her next chapter following her divorce from Affleck.