--- title: Jennifer Lopez Dating Younger Men Ellen Degeneres description: Find out what Jennifer Lopez told Ellen Degeneres about why she dates younger men, including Drake and Casper Smart. canonical: https://time.com/4676787/jennifer-lopez-dating-younger-men/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-21T14:17:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:52.514Z og:title: Jennifer Lopez Thinks Age Is Just a Number When It Comes to Dating og:description: 'If they’re younger, they’re younger' og:url: https://time.com/4676787/jennifer-lopez-dating-younger-men/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2561875f696650a/6988bb1186f68ee6a26e3930/jennifer-lopez-younger-men.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: The 59th GRAMMY Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jennifer Lopez Thinks Age Is Just a Number When It Comes to Dating twitter:description: 'If they’re younger, they’re younger' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2561875f696650a/6988bb1186f68ee6a26e3930/jennifer-lopez-younger-men.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jennifer Lopez Thinks Age Is Just a Number When It Comes to Dating > Sponsored content. 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It is a free newsletter available at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-worth-2026q3/newsletters?i=44ddf226-b05d-4538-9e13-09885bf74e9f&cr=time-nl-worth-2026q3-v1) by [Karen Mizoguchi / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Karen Mizoguchi / People Contributor Feb 21, 2017 2:17 PM UTC  LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Singers Jennifer Lopez and Keith Urban arrive at The 59th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Dan MacMedan/WireImage) LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Singers Jennifer Lopez and Keith Urban arrive at The 59th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Dan MacMedan/WireImage) Dan MacMedan—WireImage by [Karen Mizoguchi / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Karen Mizoguchi / People Contributor Feb 21, 2017 2:17 PM UTC Age is just a number for [Jennifer Lopez](http://people.com/tag/jennifer-lopez/). The multi-hyphenate superstar set the record straight about her relationship status and revealed that she has no preference when it comes to how old a significant other is. “I don’t date younger men. It’s not like you have to be younger, it’s not about that. You just meet people and if I go out with them, I go out with them,” Lopez, 47, told [Ellen DeGeneres](http://people.com/tag/ellen-degeneres/) during an appearance on her show, airing Tuesday. “If I like them, I like them and if I don’t, I don’t. It’s just about the person. It’s about who they are, it has nothing to do with age,” the mother of two explained. Lopez’s last serious relationship was with 29-year-old dancer/actor Beau “Casper” Smart, whom she [split from](http://people.com/celebrity/beau-smart-cheated-on-jennifer-lopez/) in August after dating on and off for [five years](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20562641,00.html). “I dated Beau and he was younger and that was the first guy ever dating younger than me and then I got labeled right away,” Lopez said about her dating life. “If they’re older, they’re older. If they’re younger, they’re younger. It doesn’t matter. It’s whether or not I’m attracted to them or not, attracted to their spirit their soul, whatever their energy is,” she clarified. Most recently, Lopez was linked to rapper [Drake](http://people.com/tag/drake/) but the _Shades of Blue_ actress insisted it was strictly a music collaboration. “We’re just hanging out,” she said when the daytime talk show host projected a [super cuddly photo](http://people.com/music/drake-jennifer-lopez-cuddle-instagram-photo/) of the pair that prompted DeGeneres to ask, “Is that how you write a song?” “Actually he sent me a song he wanted me to be on. Yeah, we have a song together. I don’t know what he’s going to do with it,” Lopez shared. _This_ [_article_](http://people.com/celebrity/jennifer-lopez-talks-dating-younger-men/) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://people.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4676787/jennifer-lopez-dating-younger-men/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4676787/jennifer-lopez-dating-younger-men/"},"headline":"Jennifer Lopez Thinks Age Is Just a Number When It Comes to Dating","datePublished":"2017-02-21T14:17:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:52.514Z","description":"'If they’re younger, they’re younger'","url":"https://time.com/4676787/jennifer-lopez-dating-younger-men/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2561875f696650a/6988bb1186f68ee6a26e3930/jennifer-lopez-younger-men.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Karen Mizoguchi / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2561875f696650a/6988bb1186f68ee6a26e3930/jennifer-lopez-younger-men.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 59th GRAMMY Awards - Arrivals","caption":"The 59th GRAMMY Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Dan MacMedan—WireImage","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":"https://time.com/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4676787/jennifer-lopez-dating-younger-men/","name":"Jennifer Lopez Thinks Age Is Just a Number When It Comes to Dating"}}]}] ```