Jennifer Lopez reveals terrifying health scare after working 98 days straight: ‘I couldn’t move’
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Jennifer Lopez has opened up about a serious health issue she faced after working “98 days in a row.” The A-list star made the revelation during a recent appearance on the ‘SmartLess’ podcast.
The ‘Office Romance’ star shared that she “didn’t realize my limits” early in her career and worked for “98 days in a row without taking a day off” before eventually landing in the hospital.
Jennifer Lopez says overwork triggered heart palpitations
Lopez said on Monday, June 15, “When I was doing ‘Enough,’ I think I had done like four movies in a row, and I had recorded my second album or something like that, so the ‘JLo’ album, which was really big.”
However, the overwork eventually caught up with her while she was on the set of the 2002 film ‘Enough.’
“Every time I walk to the set, I start getting a little pitter-patter in my heart; it’s like rising. And finally, it got to the point I was like, I really feel nervous,” the mother of two explained.
Jennifer Lopez recalls health scare from overwork
The singer also disclosed that she opened up about her uneasiness to her young co-star, Tessa Allen, telling her that she felt “a little weird” from being “tired” and knew she “wasn’t alright.”
“I went back to the trailer, and I sat down, and all of a sudden, I just couldn’t see. It was almost like I couldn’t see clearly, like something just went over my eyes, and I couldn’t move,” Lopez recalled.
The ‘The Boy Next Door’ actress claimed she felt “paralyzed” before going to the hospital with the help of her friend and then-assistant, Arlene. There, she asked the doctor, “Am I going crazy?” and he replied, “No. You’re not crazy.”
The early 2000s were a busy period in Lopez’s life, during which she starred in films such as ‘The Cell,’ ‘The Wedding Planner,’ ‘Angel Eyes,’ ‘Monster-in-Law,’ and ‘Maid in Manhattan.’ During the same period, she also released three albums, ‘J Lo,’ ‘Rebirth,’ and ‘J to tha L–O! The Remixes.’
Jennifer Lopez reflects on life after divorce
Elsewhere during the podcast interview, Lopez stressed the importance of self-reflection while speaking with hosts Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes about her life following her divorce from Ben Affleck.
“After my last divorce, I just sat there and I was like, I canceled my tour and I sat there and I was just like, 'You need to figure yourself out. What is going on with you? Forget about everybody else. There's nobody to blame here except yourself, in a certain way,’” she added.
