" I still feel like the same girl starting out , " she wrote . " So tippy , tenuous and sometimes frightened but always full of love on the interior . "
Jennifer Lopezwrote about being “tender, fragile and sometimes frightened” following her 55th birthday.
J.Lo celebrated the occasion with aBridgerton-themed party in the Hamptons,completewith choreographed dancing, a horse-drawn carriage, and a throne for the birthday girl. Notably, her husband,Ben Affleck, was not in attendance amidrumorsof marital problems.
In an Instagram post, J.Lo spoke to her fans by saying, “I’ve been seeing all of your birthday wishes, beautiful videos, and posts all last night and this morning from all over the world. I have laughed, smiled, shed some tears, and when I saw the billboard in Times Square, I was completely overwhelmed.”
Emphasizing how “blessed” she is to have her “amazing fans,” she continued, “It’s funny as I sit here contemplating on the most extraordinary journey I still feel like the same girl starting out so full of energy and bravado, so ready to take on the whole world on the outside and yet so tender, fragile and sometimes frightened but always full of love on the inside.”
“Besides my family and friends, you have always been there for me in the good times and in the tough times. I can always count on you. And I want you to know that you can always count on me,” she continued.
The post comes shortly after a source toldEntertainment Tonightthat Jennifer “is doing her best to stay positive and focus on the great things in her life.”
“It has been a hard year with some unexpected realizations, changes, and obstacles, but Jen is trying to view her 55th birthday as a fresh start,” the source continued. “She is trying not to let her situation with Ben bring her down.”
As for Ben, he was spotteddrivingaround LA on Friday.
