It has been ten years since Jennifer Lopez released her last album, A.K.A., in 2014. Now, the singer is back with her ninth studio album titled, This Is Me…Now. She will also be going on a concert tour to promote the album. If the album and the tour were not enough for her fans, Jennifer Lopez is also starring in an actual movie, This Is Me…Now: A Love Story, which will be based on her recent album.
The film is going to be as star-studded as possible with artists like Post Malone, Keke Palmer, and even Neil deGrasse Tyson having some cameo or the other. However, some big names in the industry were approached to be a part of the romantic drama but refused the offer citing one reason or the other. As Jennifer Lopez addressed this exact thing, she became the target of some intense trolling online.
Artists Who Refused Jennifer Lopez’s Invite
Apart from Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, This Is Me…Now: A Love Story is filled to the brim with popular names including but not limited to, Jay Shetty, Trevor Noah, Sofia Vergara, and Post Malone, who are a part of something called the ‘Zodiacal Council.’
J-Lo’s team wanted to bag a few more names for the film, as revealed in the behind-the-scenes documentary, The Greatest Love Story Never Told. From Taylor Swift to Ariana Grande to Lizzo, many artists declined to be a part of the film.
In the documentary, one of her producers goes, “Taylor Swift is a no.” Another adds, “Jason Momoa is not available; Jennifer Coolidge not available; Lizzo not available.” The producers also revealed that Grande and Snoop Dogg were also unavailable.
Lopez got candid with Entertainment Weekly about the whole fiasco stating that she wasn’t disappointed that all these celebrities couldn’t make it to the movie and that she was excited about the final result.
“This is a council of people who I want to be very diverse. I want all different kinds of people. These are people with all different personality traits from all different walks of life,” Lopez continues. “But they all have something that affected me in some way — their philosophy on life, on love, on the universe, on music. That was the list that I made. These are people with all different personality traits from all different walks of life. But they all have something that affected me in some way — their philosophy on life, on love, on the universe, on music. That was the list that I made…
…The casting director and the other producers came in and they were like, ‘How about this person? This person’s not available’…If you see me sitting there, that’s not what I want. What I want is people who represent a certain thing, who could understand what I’m trying to do here. And that’s what it took, because they needed to trust me, and at the end of the day. I think it was a big leap of faith for some of them.”
It looks like Lopez is perfectly content with how her film turned out to be, despite not reeling in some of the hottest names in the industry!
Jennifer Lopez Gets Trolled on The Internet
While J-Lo is okay with the group of celebrities who are a part of her film, it didn’t take long for the Internet to troll the Ain’t Your Mama singer. According to the fans, the artists who declined citing unavailability were not really unavailable; they simply didn’t want to be a part of her film. A fan even stated that artists like Swift and Grande were not in the mood to do “charity” by making a cameo in her musical film.
Take a look at what fans have to say about it all:
They don’t give charity
— S♡NE_Sep ⸆⸉ 🍉🫒🇸🇩🇨🇩 (@SepEun7) February 28, 2024
they were not busy at all i just know 😭😭
— ethan 💋☀️ (@eth4nsrem) February 28, 2024
They weren’t unavailable they just didn’t want to do it 😭
— ☁️ (@insomniaticbaby) February 28, 2024
i just know they were both doing NOTHINGGGGG 😭😭😭😭
— John (stan account) (@jps_aririah) February 28, 2024
They were so real for declining
— Barbie Dangerous (@ReinaZolanski) February 28, 2024
Jenny plzzzzz 😭😭😭 they don’t have time for you maam pic.twitter.com/YWvKvAO6mD
— max 💋 (@vytabutera) February 28, 2024
Yikes! That was a bit harsh now, wasn’t it? Whether the stars were actually busy or just didn’t want to do the film is a question that will remain unanswered.
You can stream This Is Me…Now: A Love Story and The Greatest Love Story Never Told on Prime Video.
