Jennifer Lopez reveals plans for first 'free and happy' summer since Ben Affleck divorce

Jennifer Lopez will 'celebrate being free and being happy' this summer.
The 55-year-old star is headlining WorldPride during June's Pride Month in Washington, D.C, and Jennifer can't wait to 'make people sing and dance' over the coming weeks.
The Jenny from the Block hitmaker told People: 'I'm excited to tour. I'm excited first to go do Pride. I'm super excited about that. I'm working on that show right now too as we speak, and crafting the tour as well. I'm excited to get back out there.'
Jennifer wants to ensure that her fans 'have a good time' this summer.
She said: 'It seems like a perfect summer to celebrate being free and being happy.
'Just everything in my life right now just feels really healthy and good, and I'm ready to get out there and make people sing and dance and have a good time. That's always my goal.'
The chart-topping star is also planning to spend some quality time with her 17-year-old twins, Emme and Max.
Jennifer shared: 'I think my kids are going to come to Pride because I'm doing more of a concert [at WorldPride], so I'm excited about that. They're sweet. They're the best.'
Emme and Max, however, won't be joining their mom for the AMAs.
'They have school, so they can't come. Sometimes I'll take them out of school for something special,' the proud mother of two said.
Her 2025 hosting gig at the AMAs comes 10 years after she made her debut as the host of the annual music awards in 2015.
This year, while rehearsing for the AMAs she fell and injured her face.
'I hurt my nose. I hit it in rehearsal and I had to get stitches,' told People.
'It was fine. A few of us have gotten hurt in rehearsals. We're doing a very high-energy athletic number so it's, I guess, bound to happen.'
Her red nose also appeared to be swollen after the injury, and she was dressed casually in gray sweats after a day of performing behind the scenes.
While an injury to her face could prove to be devastating for her hosting gig — as well as her career in general — she got some help from a popular medical provider in the nick of time.
The Hustlers star showed off a soft smile as she posed for a photo next to Dr. Jason Diamond, the Beverly Hills–based facial plastic surgeon who was one of the former stars of the reality series Dr. 90210.
A third post on Tuesday revealed that the rehearsal mishap had happened a week earlier, and J.Lo show that she was almost completely healed.
She appeared to have some mild discoloration over her nose where the gash had been, but for the most part she looked like her old self, and with nearly two more weeks to heal before the broadcast.
'Thank you for stitching me up Dr. Diamond,' she wrote in her caption. 'A week later and a whole lotta ice, I'm good as new.'
Last month, it was announced that Jennifer would be returning to host the AMAs a decade after she last helmed the awards show.
'We are thrilled to welcome Jennifer Lopez back to host the American Music Awards,' Jay Penske, the CEO of Dick Clark Productions, said at the time via a press release. 'Jennifer's incredible talent and incomparable stage presence make her the ideal host of the show. We know she will bring her one-of-a-kind energy to the official kick off celebration of summer.'
The If You Had My Love singer has been a performer at the AMAs more that ten times in the past after making her debut at the 2001 ceremony.
The AMAs will be broadcast on Memorial Day — Monday, May 26 — and are being broadcast from the new Fontainebleau luxury resort in Las Vegas. The ceremony will air on CBS beginning at 8 p.m. EDT/5 p.m. PDT, as well as on the Paramount+ streaming service in the US.

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