By any standards, Jennifer Lopez lives a charmed life.
J.Lo has a reported net worth of $400 million, a fairytale marriage to Ben Affleck, and two beautiful children, 14-year-old twins Emme Maribel and Maximilian David Muniz, who she shares with ex-husband Marc Anthony.
We don’t even get to talk about the hit songs and blockbuster movies she acquired.
Yet despite her longest-running No. 1 hit being a song called “I’m Real,” Lopez, 53, is a nightmare to work with — and we’re not just talking about the usual A-list celebrity demands.
Here are 6 rules J.Lo has for his team.
1. Jennifer Lopez prohibits staff from talking to her or making eye contact.
If there is any rumor that Jennifer Lopez became famous for, this is it.
The rumors peaked in 2012 when Lopez was building a palatial new home in the Los Angeles suburb of San Fernando.
A source told The Daily Star, via the Huffington Post, that she has set a clear boundary for the people working at the property.
Lopez stressed that while working on her mansion, “if any of the contractors, drivers or housekeepers make eye contact or speak to her, she won’t be impressed” – despite the fact that they would stay on the site for an entire year.
Severe.
Speaking of talking to J.Lo…
2. Lopez will get you fired if you ask for an autograph.
Lopez once played a struggling hotel maid swept off her feet by an internationally famous millionaire in the movie “Maid in Manhattan,” but if you thought the maid—er, did—she empathize with them, think again.
According to German newspaper Bild, via Radar Online, when hotel maid and J.Lo superfan Pray Dodaj waited for Lopez during a 2012 tour stop in Germany, she couldn’t help but ask the star for an autograph. – and it cost him his job.
Dodaj was fired the next day after Lopez complained to management about the request.
3. Lopez refuses to work with Virgos.
Heather Morris got her big break on Ryan Murphy’s Fox series “Glee,” but before that, she was just a lowly dancer auditioning – and she had a huge falling out with J.Lo.
In an appearance on the August podcast, Morris relayed his experiences during a test day for one of Lopez’s tours in which all the Virginians were fired.
Morris stated that after eight hours of searching for a spot on the tour, Lopez asked all the dancers to raise their hands if they were Virginians and sent them home.
What does J.Lo have against Virgos?
Who knows, but there’s one Virgo that Lopez, a Leo, definitely didn’t like — her ex-husband Marc Anthony, born September 16th.
4. Jennifer Lopez makes insane demands about being surrounded by the color white.
After Lopez’s various tours and hotels went viral multiple times – for all the wrong reasons, of course – revealing just how obsessed with the color white she is.
Leaked documents reveal that Lopez’s spaces are to be painted entirely white, with white linens, curtains, furniture and even candles – as long as they’re Jo Malone’s grapefruit or linden blossom scents.
The flowers she insists on must be white as well – although she does allow “red trimmings” on certain types of roses.
How forgiving.
In case there’s any confusion about how serious Lopez is about her white rules? She gave birth in a white fur coat, so don’t try.
5. Lopez has her personal assistants talk to the service staff and flight attendants for her.
It’s not just construction crews that Lopez doesn’t let her talk to.
Lopez went viral years ago for allegedly refusing to speak to a United Airlines flight attendant who asked for her drink order.
Instead, Lopez turned to her personal assistant and said, “Please tell him I’d like a Diet Coke with lime.”
It seems like maybe “just Jenny from the block” was a catchy pop hook and nothing more.
6. Lopez has a history of not paying his employees.
Lopez was sued by a number of people who worked with and for her – including a driver who claimed she refused to pay the agreed sum.
They settled out of court.
But even its high-level agents and managers have struggled to meet its exacting standards.
Lopez’s manager, Benny Medina, has long been one of the most powerful men in Hollywood and made her a household name in the ’90s and ’00s.
But when he accused her of not paying him properly, she promptly accused him of lying and mismanaging his money, dragging him to court and then firing him.
The drama led to Lopez splitting with her agent at Hollywood mega-agency William Morris Endeavor as well — though who fired who depends on which part you’re asking.
In Medina’s case, at least, Lopez has patched things up — he’s been her manager again since 2008 and is even the godfather to her children.
All in one day’s work for one of the biggest stars in the world, it seems.
John Sundholm is a news and entertainment writer covering pop culture, social justice, and human interest topics.
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