Jennifer Lopez has admitted she’s been crying for months as her teenage twins prepare to leave home for university. The superstar singer became emotional while discussing Max and Emme’s upcoming move during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
When the host brought up the fact that the pair are graduating and heading off to college, Lopez immediately warned him not to continue. ‘Don’t talk about it, I’ll start crying,’ she said.
Lopez shares the 18-year-olds with former husband Marc Anthony. The twins attended different schools and will also be heading to different colleges, though she said she’s fully supportive of their plans. ‘I want them to be happy. Go where they want to go, do what they want to do,’ she told talk show host Kimmel.
For most of the past year, Lopez believed she’d cope perfectly well with the idea of her children moving out. Friends kept warning her that it would be difficult, but she insisted that she wanted them to pursue their ambitions and start their own lives.
That confidence lasted until she was asked to write messages for a school yearbook. The task proved unexpectedly emotional. Lopez said it took her two days to finish because she kept breaking down in tears while trying to put her thoughts into words. ‘When I tell you, the tears,’ she said. ‘Two days it took me to write those things!’
Kimmel jokingly asked whether she had simply written one message and used it twice. Lopez quickly pointed out that despite being twins, Max and Emme are very different people.
Although the move is approaching quickly, Lopez isn’t planning to stay on the sidelines. Asked whether she’d help the teenagers move into their dorms despite the attention she attracts wherever she goes, she gave a straightforward answer. ‘Absolutely,’ she said.
The singer added that there won’t be much last-minute preparation required because the twins already have everything they need. The plan is simply to pack up their rooms and move their belongings to campus.
At the same time, she understands why they’re eager to leave. Reflecting on her own late teens, Lopez said she couldn’t wait to get out into the world and do her own thing. Lopez suspects they may get a surprise once they arrive. She joked that they’ll probably discover their dorm rooms are much smaller than expected and start missing home before too long.
