Wanted to grow from it,says Jennifer Lopez on divorce

“It was hard. When Marc and I decided to separate,I thought,’I’m not going to let this turn me into someone who doesn’t believe in love anymore’. I didn’t want to just survive it,I wanted to grow from it,” she said.

The 43-year-old star feels women need to realise they can love themselves before anybody else and should hold themselves in a much higher regard.

“I did learn a lot. Most importantly,to love myself first. As women,I don’t think we do that enough. We always love somebody else more than ourselves. I did that for a long time and I couldn’t understand why things weren’t working. Then I realised I wasn’t valuing myself in the way I deserved.”