Jennifer Lopez Talks Being Empty Nester After Kids Max, Emme Go to College

Indeed, Lopez—who finalized her divorce from Anthony, 58, in 2014 after 10 years of marriage—devoted many hours to parenting duties when her kids were living at home. As she previously admitted, she sometimes felt she “had very little help.”

“Now, I can really look at my life, appreciate it for what it is and what I’ve created for myself and be really happy,” she said on a June episode of the SmartLess podcast. “Both my kids got into all their colleges. They both got scholarships and they’re going where they want to go.”

And to celebrate, she and her kids enjoyed a European vacation together before the start of the school year. 

“I was thinking about this summer and what a great summer it was,” Lopez said in a Sept. 25 Instagram video. “We got to go away together. I spent as much time with them as I could.”

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