Jennifer Lopez Said Diddy Was First Boyfriend Who Cheated On Her In Resurfaced Interview
Jennifer Lopez's old interview about her breakup with Sean "Diddy" Combs has resurfaced amid the sexual assault and sexual trafficking allegations against the rapper.
Lopez and Diddy dated for two years, from 1999 to 2001. In a past interview with Vibe magazine, she shared that Diddy, also known as "Puff," "Puffy" and "Puff Daddy," was the first person she dated who cheated on her.
"It was the first time I was with someone who wasn't faithful," Lopez was quoted by Entertainment Weekly as saying in the interview. "I was in this relationship with Puff where I was totally crying, crazy and going nuts, it really took my whole life in a tailspin."
When they were still together, there were reports that she would hunt him down and knock on hotel room doors looking for him. When asked if those incidents happened, the "Marry Me" singer said she couldn't remember but also didn't deny it.
"I can't remember right now, but I won't say it didn't happen," Lopez replied. "I never caught him [cheating], but I just knew. He'd say he was going to a club for a couple of hours and then never come back that night."
Lopez and Diddy had an on-again, off-again relationship for two years, so the latter was reportedly in disbelief when the former left him for good in February 2001. The "On the Floor" singer admitted that she decided to move on because she realized one thing.
"I had to think, do I want to be home with kids in 10 years wondering where somebody is at three in the morning?" Lopez said.
Lopez and Diddy's past romance resurfaced amid the rapper's legal troubles because the singer-actress also released her new documentary "The Greatest Love Story Never Told," where she recounted her previous romances before she reunited and married Ben Affleck.
Lopez and the "Batman" actor first dated in early 2000, but they canceled their wedding in 2003, days before they were set to exchange vows. They reconciled in 2021 and married in July 2022.
"There were people in my life who said 'I love you' and then didn't do things that were kind of in line with the word 'love.' Being thrown around and manhandled like that is not fun," Lopez said in the documentary without dropping names, the New York Post reported.
"I mean, I was never in a relationship where I got beat up, thank God, but I've definitely been manhandled and a couple of other unsavory things. Rough. Disrespectful."
Some fans speculated that she was referring to Diddy.
"Considering a bunch of allegations of P.Diddy are coming out ... I wonder if there's a connection between to speaking out publicly now. Either way, I hope she's doing better now!" one netizen wrote on Reddit.
However, an unnamed source told the Daily Mail that Lopez wasn't referring to Diddy when she spoke about a "rough" and "disrespectful" romance from the past. It was allegedly a "subsequent relationship."
The Post reached out to Lopez's and Diddy's reps for comment but did not get an immediate response.
