Jennifer Lopez defiantly hits back at critics as she breaks silence on Ben Affleck divorce

Jennifer Lopez is refusing to hold her tongue amid her messy divorce from Ben Affleck, issuing some sharp words towards her critics.

J.Lo filed for divorce on 20 August this year, following months of rumours regarding an impending split.

The date of separation was listed as 26 April 2024.

The reason for the divorce filing was 'irreconcilable differences'.

J.Lo and Ben were married for two years in a high profile reconciliation following two decades apart, having previously been engaged in the noughties.

As if splitting from somebody you love isn't hard enough - when you're famous, you also have to deal with online critics.

In a recent interview, the 'Jenny From the Block' singer clapped back at the haters.

Speaking to Nikki Glaser, J.Lo told Interview Magazine: "I know that everything that’s being written and said about me, and all the conjecture of who I am as a person, is not who I am. I learned that a long time ago."

She continued: "And social media, because it came along after I had been in the public eye for a while, I don’t take it as seriously as everybody else."

The 55-year-old star then mused upon her life as a mother to twins Max and Emme, who she shares with ex-husband Marc Anthony.

J.Lo said she knows she's a 'good person' (Presley Ann/Getty Images for LACMA)

She said: "I know I’m a good person.

"I know I’m a good mom. I know who my friends are. I know my friends know who I am, my mom, my dad, all that stuff. If you hope to have a long career, you have to learn how to deal with that part of the business."

She then acknowledged that 'some people are going to love you and some are not going to understand you, and some people just want to hate you to hate you, and none of that really matters'.

Elsewhere in the interview, J.Lo revealed the process of learning to survive alone, outside of romantic relationships.

J.Lo and Ben Affleck split after two years of marriage (Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

She explained: "You have to be good on your own. I thought I learned that, but I didn’t. And then, this summer, I had to be like, 'I need to go off and be on my own. I want to prove to myself that I can do that'.

"It feels lonely, unfamiliar, scary. It feels sad. It feels desperate.

"But when you sit in those feelings and go, 'These things are not going to kill me', it’s like actually, I am capable of joy and happiness all by myself."

She added that being in a relationship 'doesn’t define' her, stating: "I can’t be looking for happiness in other people. I have to have happiness within myself.

"I used to say I’m a happy person, but was still looking for something for somebody else to fill, and it’s just like, 'No, I’m actually good'."