Jennifer Lopez’s 2025 AMAs Opening Act Was Extra Embarrassing Than Her Ben Affleck Break up

Jennifer Lopez hit the stage at Fontainebleau Las Vegas on Monday, Might 26, 2025, to kick off the American Music Awards with a giant, showy opening quantity jam-packed with hit songs and PDA. The “On the Ground” songstress returned to host this 12 months’s present for the second time — after first internet hosting in 2015 — and opened the present with a dance routine set to a mega medley of 23 completely different songs that included “Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish, in addition to “Die With a Smile” by Girl Gaga and Bruno Mars, “Pink Pony Membership” by Chappell Roan, and Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” to call just some.

Lopez — who isn’t any stranger to sexy, borderline-inappropriate outfits — clearly needed to slather on the sexiness in a glowing bodysuit, sci-fi-tinged helmet, and seductive choreography. The sultry efficiency additionally included Lopez full-on making out with a number of completely different backup dancers in between bouts of sensual gyrating. The crystal-covered, skin-tight physique go well with shimmered within the vibrant spotlights as Lopez strutted across the stage and continued to randomly make out with different dancers, each female and male alike.

Lopez clearly needed to stage a memorable second. Sadly for the “On the Ground” songstress, some followers weren’t fairly bought on the efficiency and took to X (previously Twitter) to specific their disappointment. “What on earth was that opening act by Jennifer Lopez to start out AMAS,” one user wrote, whereas one other quipped, “Why is jennifer lopez doing an interpretive dance for me on the #AMAS?” Nevertheless, amid the criticism, there have been nonetheless a slew of followers praising the songstress for being an “icon.”

Jennifer Lopez’s two-year marriage to Ben Affleck — which was reportedly filled with bouts of jealous rage — got here to an finish lower than a 12 months in the past. After separating, Lopez filed for divorce from the “Argo” star in August 2024, and their divorce was finalized this previous January. Nevertheless, again in October, Lopez made one in all her first post-split appearances on the American Music Awards fiftieth Anniversary Particular, and that brief stunt flopped hard as well.

Whereas followers needed to see the songstress take the stage and carry out a few of her hits, particularly after she cancelled her long-awaited tour in May 2024 amid swirling divorce rumors. As a substitute, she appeared solely within the type of a pre-taped video message wherein she reminisced about a few of her favourite previous AMA moments. It was throughout this transient and disappointing drop-by cameo that she first hinted about internet hosting the present once more, and that promise has now paid off.

Whereas Lopez’s opening quantity wasn’t a smash hit for everybody, it definitely wasn’t one of her most controversial moments. Actually, fairly just a few of Lopez’s diehard followers took to X to sing her praises as host of the evening’s star-studded ceremony. “Jennifer Lopez is actually one of many best performers of all time,” X consumer @EricUnedited wrote. “This woman is nearly 56 years previous and performing higher than folks half her age. Rattling. Rattling. DAMN.” One other X consumer celebrated her legacy writing, “30 years of dancing, 55 years previous, Jennifer Lopez STILL GOT IT!!! She’s going to without end be an icon.”