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That didn’t take long!

For the first time, Jennifer Lopez opens up to Vanity Fair about her failed marriage to Marc Anthony. The divorce was announced pretty recently, so the timing seems very convenient for the pop singer.

According to Lopez, she tried her best to keep her relationship from falling apart, but soon realized that it was so over.

“That was my biggest dream, and I really worked hard at it,” says Lopez. “We both did. Sometimes it doesn’t work-and that’s sad. But I remain an eternal optimist about love. I believe in love. It’s still my biggest dream. I am positive-determined to move forward with my life, bring up my babies, and do the best job I can as a mother, entertainer, and person. I now look forward to new challenges. I feel strong.”

Despite the breakup, Lopez claims that she holds no grudges against Anthony. “I will always respect Marc as a singer and performer,” she explains. “We actually work great together, and he was always very supportive. Together we could make magic-and we did. He will always be in our lives. He will always hold a special place in my heart as the father of my children.”

Source Noche Latina

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Ben will always be in Jen's corner.

Although Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck famously called off their engagement and 18-month romance in January 2004, the actor was happy to help as his ex's 7-year marriage to Marc Anthony was falling apart.

Guadalupe Lopez, the singer-actress's mother (and plus-one at the July 9 BAFTA bash with the royals in Hollywood), sought Affleck's advice on July 12, multiple sources confirm in the new Us Weekly, out Wednesday. "Guadalupe reached out to Ben over email. She wanted advice for Jennifer," reveals a source.

"She always liked and trusted him. [Ben] replied back on email, wished her well and offered what he could," the source says of Affleck, 38, now happily married with two daughters to Jennifer Garner. (Lopez, now 41, wed Latin crooner Anthony, 42, just months after she and Affleck split.)

Three days after that secret email exchange with Affleck, Lopez and Anthony announced the end of their union in a joint statement. "It was a very bad marriage, and Jennifer got the courage to end things," an insider says, adding, "[Marc] was a terrible husband."

At issue: Anthony's raging jealousy over Lopez's career, his compulsion to control everything from her business endeavors and even her famous wardrobe, and, according to multiple sources, at least one extra-marital affair in 2009.

And despite her ultra-glamourous, ultra-confident persona in the public eye, Lopez "actually has low self-esteem," one pal explains. "And Marc really played into that insecurity. That's why she put up with his abuse for such a long time."

For much more on the shocking split -- what's at stake, their money squabbles, who will get 3-year-old twins Max and Emme and whether she's ready to date again -- pick up the new Us Weekly, out today.

Source Usmagazine

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