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On the new cover of ELLE: J.Lo talks marriage, kids, glamour and what it's like to go back to the 'hood

Photos by Carter Smith

Photos by Carter Smith

Jennifer Lopez is on the October cover of ELLE magazine looking, let's face it, amazingly gorgeous, sexy and a whole helluva lot younger than her 39 years. In the accompanying interview, the singer seems relaxed and, weirdly, not all that guarded for a woman who's lived in the public eye for the past 15 years. And, even though there's nothing tremendously illuminating here, something about J.Lo remains really magnetic and likeable. It's as if you want her to be happy, perhaps because she seems so happily suited to celebrity and brings a glamorous, shut-up-and-smile, Old Hollywood sensibility to the role. After the jump, excerpts from the ELLE interview. You can read the entire story by clicking here.

On her style: I've always loved the glamour...I can't shy away from that. I've always been very girly.

On a recent shoot in Washington Heights with Oscar de la Renta:
We were in the hoody! All kinds of locals hanging around, eating out of paper bags, thinking, what is going on here? It was crazy.

On being pregnant and commissioning a book of photos of herself for Marc two weeks before giving birth
: I was like, How am I going to rock this moment of my life?...I felt very womanly. Marc was in a dream. He loved it.

On not being able to get pregnant right away: We knew nothing was wrong with either one of us. I had been checked, and he had kids already. I knew something is not ready here, in my head or in my life, and when it is, I know it's going to happen.

On first realizing she was pregnant: I was sitting down doing hair and makeup and I felt a flutter. The weirdest little flourish. My makeup artist said, "What's the matter?" I didn't say anything, but in my head, I was like, I have life inside me!

On her pregnancy: We came off tour and I said "I did the superwoman thing, I finished the tour-- now I need you to take care of me. I love doing things for you; if I am not cooking, then I am picking out a shirt. But this is the first time in my life where I am just going to be a little bit selfish. I don't know if I am going to have kids again, so I want it to be a beautiful experience. I don't want to have any drama. I want to just be smiling every day.
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  • aRe-yek's Avatar
    Posted by aRe-yek Fri Sep 5, 2008 1:30am PDT

    I have a BF but someone to destroy us... what should I do

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  • Erika K's Avatar
    Posted by Erika K Fri Sep 5, 2008 3:27am PDT

    jlo I don't know about her b/c its like her career went up up up then down down down . I think she should just stick to her clothes and perfumes and her traitor of a husband. who left such a beautiful woman for jlo. Amazingly she looks good on the cover bc the last picture i saw of her going out with her husband I was like WTF is up with her makeup. Jlo is funny bc she makes the best dressed and worse dressed list all the time, its like she doesn't know which one to be one lol. oh well

    to me she's overratted. There are many many more latina women out there that are way more beautiful than her, look at Roselyn Sanchez, Penelope Cruz and what makes them pretty is they don't even try to look sexy. JLO always does.

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  • MochaMama42's Avatar
    Posted by MochaMama42 Fri Sep 5, 2008 4:27am PDT

    Wow, what an inspiration.

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  • miss marsy's Avatar
    Posted by miss marsy Fri Sep 5, 2008 4:34am PDT

    I think jlo looks georgues on this photos,I used to like her so much more than now. It is obvious she likes to show off, she is not real.

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  • MelK's Avatar
    Posted by MelK Fri Sep 5, 2008 7:56am PDT

    LOL, she has been shying away from the media for awhile now, good to have her back. Showing off? How exactly? In the photos? Those are photo shoot sets...not her house, dear.

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  • Cynthia's Avatar
    Posted by Cynthia Fri Sep 5, 2008 7:57am PDT

    hi the picture i see about j.lo. she look great is more tham a cham, imore younger then her age.is 39 but dose not look like someone who is 39

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  • Cynthia's Avatar
    Posted by Cynthia Fri Sep 5, 2008 7:59am PDT

    hi the picture i see about j.lo. she look great is more tham a cham, imore younger then her age.is 39 but dose not look like someone who is 39

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  • sevsev's Avatar
    Posted by sevsev Fri Sep 5, 2008 8:05am PDT

    I love this woman because she is famous but still remains ever humble.

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  • VS's Avatar
    Posted by VS Fri Sep 5, 2008 9:28am PDT

    if she did not wear fur i would like her

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  • Sheccid's Avatar
    Posted by Sheccid Fri Sep 5, 2008 9:40am PDT

    I really admire her, for all she has accomplish. Plus her and Marc are soul mates and I am really happy they are together and have 2 beautiful kids....

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