Jennifer Lopez summed up 2020 for all folks when she took the stage at the E! People’s Choice Awards Sunday night
“Oh, my God 2020 man, 2020 was no joke, right?” Lopez said while accepting the Icon Award. “I mean, before 2020 we were obsessing about winning this award, getting nominated for that award, we were trapped on who sold the foremost records or who had the most important box office opening or crazy stuff. This year was the good leveler. It showed us what mattered, what didn’t and on behalf of me , reinforced what matters most, people.”
Lopez had a couple of surprises before she began her speech. Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger and her children were among those that appeared virtually to share their admiration
“Helping one another , loving one another , being kind to every other. and therefore the importance of that connection, that human touch and that i realize it’s what I strive for in everything I do, to succeed in people, to the touch people. i think that’s what we all want, shared experiences, to understand that we’re not during this alone,” Lopez went on to mention . “Your belief and your faith in me motivates me to stay going and sometimes when I’m tired or beaten down sort of a lot folks are this year, it’s my family, my friends, my babies and my fans, you guys, who have lifted me up once I couldn’t lift myself.”
Lopez, who began her career as a dancer on “In Living Color” before finding success as an actor, singer and producer, spoke about perseverance
“As a Latina and as a lady , we've to sometimes work twice as hard to urge the chance . Sometimes my big dreams and my ambitions made the people around me nervous people would say you’re a dancer, you can’t be an actress. The more they said I couldn’t, the more I knew that I had to,” she said. “So now here I stand, so very grateful, knowing that truth measure of my success isn't in box office numbers or records sold but from the love that I feel from all of you and yes, I feel it.”