In the midst of a recent chat with Variety, Jennifer Lopez delved into the apology she received from The Bear actress Ayo Edebiri ahead of their Saturday Night Live performance earlier this month. Edebiri took on the role of hosting the live show while Lopez appeared as the musical guest.
Edebiri expressed remorse to Lopez for a comment she made during the Scam Goddess podcast in 2020. In the unearthed interview, she responded to the podcast host’s assertion that Lopez’s “entire career is one prolonged fraud.”
Edebiri shared: “Well, that’s the thing – she believes she’s on multiple tracks, but it’s not her. I think she believes that she’s still good, even though she’s not singing for most of these songs … A lot of the write-ups of the songs will be like, ‘J.Lo didn’t have time to make it to the studio.’ Like, ‘J.Lo was busy.’ Doing what? Not singing, obviously.”
Lopez mentioned that ahead of SNL’s live broadcast, Edebiri offered her apologies in her dressing room.
“She was mortified and very sweet,” Lopez told Variety. “She came to my dressing room and apologized with tears in her eyes, saying how terrible it was that she had said those things. She felt really badly and loved my performance because we had just done my soundcheck and she actually got to hear me perform. She was just like, ‘I’m so f—ing sorry, it was so awful of me.’”
Lopez added: “It’s amusing. I’ve heard similar things said about me throughout my career, so it really didn’t affect me.”
During SNL, Edebiri seemingly alluded to the resurrected jokes during a sketch, surprising the internet, which responded with, “Not Ayo Edebiri addressing her resurfaced jokes about Jennifer Lopez’s entire career being a scam…”
not Ayo Edebiri addressing her resurfaced jokes about Jennifer Lopez’s entire career being a scam during an SNL sketch lol
“Okay. We get it. It’s wrong to leave mean comments or run your mouth on a podcast and you don’t consider the impact because you’re 24 and stupid…” pic.com/BiRO5XT2j6
— Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) February 4, 2024
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