--- description: Jennifer Lopez opened up about her relationship life on Chelsea Lately Thursday, saying "I don't really plan things out." title: See what's next for JLO's love life image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta695a639877dd729/6986a098810bbb1f9ac9321e/jennifer-lopez1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See What's Next For Jennifer Lopez's Love Life by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 22, 2014 1:33 PM CUT  Recording artist Jennifer Lopez onstage during FOX's 2014 Teen Choice Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on August 10, 2014 in Los Angeles. Recording artist Jennifer Lopez onstage during FOX's 2014 Teen Choice Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on August 10, 2014 in Los Angeles.Kevin Winter—Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 22, 2014 1:33 PM CUT Jennifer Lopez opened up about her relationship life on _Chelsea Lately_ Thursday. Lopez told outgoing E! host Chelsea Handler, “I don’t really plan things out” when referring to her love life. Lopez also confirmed her status as being single, despite the rumors that she may be back together with her actor ex-boyfriend Casper Smart. Prior to her relationship with Smart, Lopez was married to musical artist and television producer Marc Anthony. Lopez told [_People_](http://www.people.com/article/jennifer-lopez-calls-divorce-from-marc-anthony-tremendous-low "undefined") in May in an article about her divorce that she “went through a tremendous low, but I wouldn’t change anything \[about my past\] because it made me who I am.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3158913/jennifer-lopez-relationship/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3158913/jennifer-lopez-relationship/"},"headline":"See What's Next For Jennifer Lopez's Love Life","datePublished":"2014-08-22T13:33:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:48:23.219Z","description":"The 45-year-old actress told Chelsea Handler, \"I need to plan better\"","url":"https://time.com/3158913/jennifer-lopez-relationship/","keywords":["Television","celebrities","Late Night","Hollywood","relationships","Love","chelsea handler"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta695a639877dd729/6986a098810bbb1f9ac9321e/jennifer-lopez1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta695a639877dd729/6986a098810bbb1f9ac9321e/jennifer-lopez1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Teen Choice Awards 2014 - Show","caption":"Teen Choice Awards 2014 - Show","creditText":"Kevin Winter—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3158913/jennifer-lopez-relationship/","name":"See What's Next For Jennifer Lopez's Love Life"}}]}] ```