Lopez recently opened up to comedian Nikki Glaser about why she waited months to file for divorce and simultaneously reveal her breakup to the public, addressing how she let rumors run rampant as she vacationed in Europe and the Hamptons.
"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,'" the "On the Floor" singer explained. "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."