Jennifer Lopez has admitted she was left disappointed when she didn’t receive an Oscar nod for her role in “El Cantante.” The star appeared in the 2006 movie alongside her now former husband, Marc Anthony, playing Puchi Perez, the wife of Hector Lavoe. Lopez opened up about her lack of recognition from The Academy while speaking to Latina in 2010, admitting she didn’t feel anyone who votes for the awards even saw it. “It is a little bit frustrating. When the Oscars were on, I had just given birth on the 22nd, and the Oscars I think were a day or two later,” she said (via Daily News). “I was sitting there with my twins — and I couldn’t have been happier — but I was like, ‘How dope would it have been if I would’ve won the Oscar and been here in my hospital bed accepting the award?'”
That confession didn’t exactly go down too well with plenty of media outlets. Los Angeles Times pointed out that the movie wasn’t exactly the most well received with critics and was even accused of exploiting the memories of the characters involved. Lopez had a message for all the naysayers at the time though, hitting back, “I don’t know what movie they want to see, because this is the truth.”
Nicki
