'The Bear' star's past comments about J.Lo resurfaced ahead of both of them appearing on 'Saturday Night Live.'
Jennifer Lopez says that Ayo Edebiri's past comments weren't anything she hasn't heard before -- and that everything is all good between her and The Bear actress.
In a new interview with Variety, the "Jenny From the Block" songstress reveals that Edebiri offered a sincere apology, prior to their appearance together on Saturday Night Live earlier this month.
"She was mortified and very sweet," Lopez says about the moment. "She came to my dressing room and apologized with tears in her eyes, saying how terrible it was that she had said those things. She felt really badly and loved my performance because we had just done my soundcheck and she actually got to hear me perform. She was just like, 'I’m so f**king sorry, it was so awful of me.'"
Lopez, 54, admits that she took the comments all in stride, because it's something that she has heard throughout the duration of her decades-long career.
"It's funny. I've heard similar things said about me throughout my career, so it really didn't affect me," she adds.
Shortly after it was announced in January that Edebiri would be the guest host and Lopez would appear as the evening's musical guest, a clip from Edebiri's interview on the Scam Goddess podcast resurfaced.
In the clip, Edebiri tells host Laci Mosley, that she believes J.Lo's career is "one long scam."
"Today I was actually thinking about one of my favorite scams of all time because J.Lo is performing at the Super Bowl Halftime Show," she said. "Her whole career is one long scam."
She went on to add, "Well, that's the thing. She thinks she's on multiple tracks, but it's not her. I think she thinks that she's still good even though, like, she's not singing for most of these songs."
Ahead of their time together on SNL, neither Lopez nor Edebiri publicly addressed the comments. The pair appeared alongside each other during promos. During the episode, Edebiri briefly touched on the resurfaced clips in a sketch titled, "Why'd You Say It," where a game show host questions internet trolls about their mean comments.
"It's wrong to leave mean comments or post comments just for clout, or run your mouth on a podcast because you don't consider the impact because you're 24 and stupid," Edebiri quipped as the audience cheered.
Lopez -- who took the stage to perform "This is Me...Now" and "Can't Get Enough" -- didn't mention the comments during her time onstage.
Following the evening, a source told ET how the "All My Love" singer and the Emmy-winning actress each handled their shared time in Studio 8H.
"Ayo was really nervous when her previous comments about J.Lo started resurfacing before hosting SNL," a source told ET at the time. "She felt bad and awkward about it but did her best to make light of the situation and not harp on it too much."
As for how Lopez handled the criticism from the Bottoms star, the source told ET, "Jennifer wasn't bothered by the comments and didn't care. She kept it professional."
For now, Lopez is focused on the release of her ninth studio album, This Is Me...Now, and the complementing Prime video musical experience, This is Me...Now: A Love Story, both out on Feb. 16.
In a conversation with ET, Lopez revealed that this new batch of music may be her last, as she is ready to close the chapter on something that has taken so much out of her.
"Don't tell Benny [Medina] that that’s what I'm thinking --- this might be my last album ever," she quipped. "I feel like it’s the end of a kind of an era for me and the beginning of a new one, so I would never say never, but right now I feel like I really put my heart and soul into this and I'm very excited and it definitely took a lot out of me."
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