Jennifer Lopez is clapping back at people who were criticizing her for launching her new alcohol brand and claiming she doesn’t drink. She recently fired back, “I actually do drink, but I don’t drink to get sh*tfaced.”
Before her recent clap back at fans, in early April, J.Lo posted a video of herself announcing her new brand of alcohol called, Delola. She captioned the post, “The secret is out!!! I’m proud to share with @Delola … my new collection of unique, mixology-level ready to enjoy spritzes. More is #OnTheJlo. Let’s live the #DelolaLife together.”
After sharing her big announcement, fans quickly jumped into the singer and actor’s comment section to criticize her and express how they were deeply “disappointed” and “confused” at how a person who claimed they didn’t drink was launching an alcohol brand. Others pointed out how her husband, Ben Affleck is sober, yet she’s got a new drink brand.
As a refresher, Affleck is a recovering alcoholic, which, reportedly, is partly said to have caused his split from his ex-wife Jennifer Garner. Affleck has been open about his struggles with alcoholism, especially after he sought treatment in 2001 and would continue to have several publicized incidents related to alcohol since.
Then in 2017, he shared that he had completed treatment for alcohol addiction, then admitted to relapsing. In 2018, he again sought treatment and has been in recovery ever since.
One person slamming J.Lo wrote, “Wow. I’m so disappointed and confused by the narrative that she is putting out about how she doesn’t drink alcohol and all the benefits from not drinking. And her partner is sober? It doesn’t matter what type of ‘good for you ingredients’ and ‘healthy labels’ (gluten free) is in alcohol it’s still a carcinogenic toxin.”
Another person criticizing her wrote, “Oh wow. This is disappointing. Why not create a NA brand considering you’ve been outspoken about the negative affects of alcohol and that you yourself don’t drink? This feels so off-brand for you, genuinely curious why you’re selling alcohol.”
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Since announcing her new alcohol in April and having fans criticize her ever since, Lopez is now clapping back at critics, as she took to Instagram to share a video.
On Tuesday (July 4), Lopez said, “You know what, I know that a lot of people have been talking about, ‘Oh, she doesn’t even drink, what’s she doing with a cocktail line?’ And to tell you the truth, for a long time I didn’t drink. Years back, as you will see from several photos of me out, over the past 10, maybe 15 years, I have been, you know, having the occasional cocktail. I do enjoy the occasional cocktail. I do drink responsibly, I don’t drink to get sh*tfaced. I drink to be social and to have a nice time and just kind of relax and let loose a bit, but always responsibly.”
As she continued to clap back, she added, “I have to tell you, I’ve tried a lot of different things, cocktails, I was into white Russians at one point. I was into like Rosé. But, I never found anything that I really love. And so, like anything else in my life, I created it myself. I created Delola. And Delola is really about a healthier way, something I found to fit in my life the way that I like. The way Jennifer drinks.”
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