J.Lo left home at the age of 18, after frequent quarrels with her mother, about her future
For the difficult relationship she had with her mother spoke the Jenifer Lopez, revealing that he “hit” her when she was a child, but now they have found their balance.
The pop superstarmakes the revelation in his new documentary Netflix for her life entitled «Halftime»talking about the complicated relationship with her mother Guadalupe Lupe Rodriguez.
«She did what she had to do to survive and that made her strong, but it also made her tough. He was hitting you wildly“, The 52-year-old singer typically states in one scene.
Her 76-year-old mother also appears in the documentary and admits that she was harsh with Lopez, but also her two sisters, Leslie and Linda. Her mother – who immigrated from Puerto Rico – raised her three daughters in the Bronx with her husband David, with whom she divorced when the girls grew up.
«I always had the highest expectations of them. I did this just to show you that you can do better. “, Rodriguez seems to say in the film. And it continues: “Jennifer, to tell you the truth, made it more difficult for me. We argued often».
J.Lo left home at the age of 18, after frequent disputes with her mother, about her future. His singer «Love Don’t Cost a Thing» confessed that she was not focused on school, typically saying that the dance it distracted her, something that caused tension in their relationship.
«My mom used to tell me: “If you want to live in this house, you will be educated”“, Lopez remembers. «One night we had a bad fight and I left». Rodriguez said she always wanted her three daughters to gain knowledge and finish their education so that not to depend on men.
«I was far from being the perfect mother“, He seems to admit in the documentary. «The only thing I can always say is that what I did, I did for their good». Lopez describes her mom as a “complicated” person in the new documentary, but the two women now have a much smoother relationship.
