Given that it has just been announced that Jennifer Lopez will receive the People’s Icon Award at the 2020 E! People’s Choice Awards, it is safe to say that she is an extremely influential star. Of course, we didn’t really need this news to tell us that. After all, Jenny From The Block has sold millions of albums, had several huge singles, was the host of American Idol and a successful actor, has several beauty lines, models, is an icon of the fashionable and still looks outrageously attractive into her fifties. . Honestly, this is all stupidly impressive.
But there is one major celebrity who doesn’t think so … that would be the legendary radio show host, bestselling author, film producer, former America’s Got Talent host and the brilliant interviewer, Howard Stern.
Stern Show fans know Howard has been particularly brutal to Jennifer Lopez over the years. And he has very specific reasons why, both from an external judgmental position, as well as a one-on-one experience he had with her …
Howard hates his music
One thing we learned from Howard Stern’s radio show is that he’s not a fan of most modern music. He was recently conquered by Machine Gun Kelly, but he raves about very few modern artists except Lady Gaga, Adam Levine, Natalie Maines, Sia and Brandie Carlile. While Howard is obsessed with 90s rock and grunge namely Smashing Pumpkins and The Foo Fighters, he’s a Beatles man. He’s a Zeppelin man. And he’s a Rolling Stone guy … So J-Lo’s electronic pop music is just his thing.
That said, Howard has been drawn to a few singles in recent years in the pop genre. But they usually have more to say than Jennifer Lopez’s music.
In 2011, Howard and his longtime Stern Show co-host Robin Quivers dissected J-Lo’s hit “On The Floor”. As soon as he started listening to the beat, he laughed. He and Robin, who were watching the music video, thought it was clear that Jennifer Lopez was doing everything she could to show off.
“Is it a success somewhere?” Howard joked.
Robin started talking about the song, explaining its origins when Howard cut him off and said sarcastically, “Robin, you’re ruining the song. It’s so beautiful.”
Specifically, Howard mocked the pounding beat of the song, saying, “It’s the sound of me banging my head against the wall … at music time. Ouch!”
But it was Robin who claimed that radio stations were reluctant to play it because it hadn’t been on the charts for so long. But due to the fact that Jennifer was judging American Idol at the time, her name was relevant, so they sort of had to … The music video for the single even debuted on American Idol. A moment that Howard described as Jennifer being in love with looking at herself.
Howard also criticized the show’s performance at J-Lo’s 2019 Superbowl halftime 2020 as well as Jimmy Fallon’s praise. According to his radio show, Howard said he didn’t believe Jimmy was serious about it and that he would speak to him of meaning the next time they spoke.
He thinks she’s too much in herself
In an interview for America’s Got Talent, while serving as a judge, Howard criticized Jennifer’s judging style when she was on Idol: “I think a lot of judges aren’t that good at judging. more focused on promoting their careers. You know, I criticized, you know, J-Lo because I felt like she never said anything negative. that it had helped her career. She suddenly went a long way. She was back on the charts. The show was good for her and it became more J-Lo. “
At another point, according to E !, Howard said Britney Spears was potentially becoming a judge on X-Factor:
“I don’t expect big opinions from her. I think she’s going to sit there like J.Lo, ‘Oh, you are wonderful, you are wonderful. Do you think I can get perfume approval with that? ‘
Howard’s personal experience with J-Lo
Back in the days when Jennifer Lopez was married to singer-songwriter Marc Anthony, and before her American Ido and her big comeback, she had an argument with Howard Stern. The interaction took place at a private social gathering where a number of prominent celebrities were hanging out.
Howard has mentioned this interaction on his show a number of times over the years … so it’s clear that this is something he’s still angry about.
Basically what happened was Jennifer Lopez snubbed Howard. While Howard said he was hanging out with Marc Anthony, who he really got along with, Jennifer wouldn’t even give him the time of day.
Unlike his on-air personality, Howard Stern actually has an extremely positive on-air reputation. He’s quite shy, socially insecure, but very kind and charitable … So you can imagine that he tried to say hello and she shot him down.
It fueled the already established reputation she has in Hollywood … for being a little cocky and a total diva.
Howard’s dislike of J-Lo doubled when asked in an interview if she found Howard attractive … Instead of saying anything, she grimaced as if she was about to throw up. .
Since then, Howard has wasted no time poking fun at her attitude, music, and business endeavors every time she steps into a discussion on her show.
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