Jennifer Lopez Recalls Losing Her Sight After Working Nearly 100 Days in a Row ‘Without a Day Off’
Lopez said filming, recording and weekend promotions left her exhausted and triggered panic attacks after nearly 100 straight workdays.
- On Monday, June 15, Jennifer Lopez recalled being hospitalized during the 2002 filming of "Enough" after working 98 consecutive days without a break, causing her body to physically shut down.
- While appearing on the "SmartLess" podcast with hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett, Lopez explained her grueling schedule included filming all day and recording music at night, with weekends offering no reprieve.
- Describing the incident, Lopez said, "I just couldn't see," noting she felt "paralyzed" before doctors told her that her body had "shut down" from exhaustion.
- The experience forced Lopez to learn her "limits" the hard way, triggering panic attacks as she realized her life had changed in a way she "couldn't control anymore."
- Now 56, Lopez continues appearing on screen, most recently starring in "Office Romance" alongside Brett Goldstein, and has since spoken about the importance of balance after pushing herself to such extremes.
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Jennifer Lopez Recalls Losing Her Sight After Working Nearly 100 Days in a Row ‘Without a Day Off’
Jennifer Lopez learned her “limits” the hard way in the early 2000s. “When I was doing Enough, I think I had done, like, four movies in a row, and I had recorded my second album or something like that,” Lopez, 56, recalled during a Monday, June 15, episode of the “SmartLess” podcast. While trying to balance music and acting, she recalled filming all day long and then going to the recording studio at night. Weekends were no break to Lopez …
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“I couldn’t see, I couldn’t move”: Lopez recalls health scare after relentless work stretch
Jennifer Lopez opened up about a losing her vision and mobility during a grueling stretch early in her career after working 98 straight days.
Jennifer Lopez Reveals Scary Health Crisis That Sent Her to the Hospital
Jennifer Lopez opened up on the SmartLess podcast about a frightening episode during the filming of her movie Enough. Lopez said she did not realize how long she had been running on empty. “I remember not clocking that I had worked like 98 days in a row without taking a day off,” she said. While working on the thriller, Lopez began feeling strange each time she headed to set. “Every time I walk to the set, I start getting a little pitter-patter …
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