Jennifer Lopez gives rare shout out to Ben Affleck during emotional MTV Awards speech
hellomagazine.com"Thank you to the people who gave me this life, the people who gave me joy, and the ones who broke my heart," she continued, adding: "The ones who were true and the ones who lied to me.
Thank you to disappointment and failure for teaching me to be strong, and to my children for teaching me to love."To cheers from the audience at Santa Monica's Barker Hangar, she shared: "I want to thank all the people who told me to my face and behind my back I couldn't do this - I really don't think I could have done this without you."Jennifer also gave a shout out to her manager Benny Bedina for "believing in me from the beginning" before apologizing for being "so emotional"."It is an honor to be able to connect with audiences and you guys, and because of you I will continue to do justice to that honor as long as I am around.
Thank you so much. And to Ben and everyone at home, wait for me to have dinner. I will be home by 7!"The If You Had My Love hitmaker had a surprise moment earlier in the show when she also received the golden popcorn trophy for Best Song.
Taking to the stage to accept the accolade for her song On My Way from her film Marry Me, the actress was clearly surprised and touched by the honor."Guys, thank you so much for this," she said. "I didn't expect this, I was here for later," she quipped, to the amusement of the audience."On My Way is a song that means a lot to me, it's a really personal song.
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