Jennifer Lopez is absorbing summer along with her mini-me.
Lopez shared a selfie taken by vocal coach Stevie Mackey of her and Emme, 17, sitting within the backseat of a automobile within the Hamptons on Sunday, August 24, via Instagram. Within the image, Emme placed a hand on Lopez’s shoulder because the duo smiled for the camera.
Lopez, 56, also uploaded several images of her in an all-white outfit while posing on a motorbike. “Le Sunshine ☀️,” Lopez captioned her post. “🚲 @BlueJayBikes.”
Lopez shares Emme and twin Max with ex-husband Marc Anthony, whom she was married to from 2004 until the exes finalized their divorce in 2014. She went on to reconnect with Ben Affleck, tying the knot with the actor in 2022. The pair finalized their divorce earlier this yr.
Months later, Lopez reflected on her yr and her strong bond along with her children. “I had a extremely tough yr. Unexpected things happened. And so, I read plenty of books. I did plenty of self-introspection,” she said in an interview with El País published in May. “I did meditation. I prayed rather a lot. I wanted to enhance my relationship with God. I desired to form of really solidify the family unit that’s me and my two children, my twins.”
Lopez noted that she sat her children down when she filed for divorce from Affleck, 53, in August 2024.
“I said, ‘I promise you, this can be a difficult time, but you’re going to see that I’ll come out the opposite side stronger and higher.’ I promised them that and I did it,” she explained. “They usually feel it now. That offers me a terrific sense of peace in my life.”
She continued, “I read plenty of books on childhood, marriage, relationships, different forms of love, the brain, science … And through the years, I’ve done individual therapy, couples therapy, family therapy. I’ve had every thing, I’m all the time form of searching. I believe it’s all about learning about yourself. It’s all about knowing yourself. You will have to be ready for that. And you’ve got to want it. And, even whenever you want it, it’s hard to alter certain things. But you’ll be able to.”
Lopez shared that she’s “happier” that she’s “a step further along” than she was years ago.
“I’m happy with myself for that and I’m proud that I used to be in a position to navigate my children through difficult times, that they’re stronger and higher due to it,” she said. “So, it’s a terrific time to go on the market and dance and sing and have a very good time with everybody.”