--- title: Jennifer Lopez Talks About #MeToo, Being Asked to Go Topless description: Jennifer Lopez opened up about her own #MeToo moment, when a director asked her to go topless and said she was "terrified." canonical: https://time.com/5202236/jennifer-lopez-me-too-director-misconduct/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-15T21:26:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:18.436Z og:title: Jennifer Lopez Speaks Out About Her Own #MeToo Story og:description: "In my mind I knew the behavior wasn’t right" og:url: https://time.com/5202236/jennifer-lopez-me-too-director-misconduct/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0b547b7008b5389/69892afe929fad17b7beff8b/jennifer-lopez-me-too-moment.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Photo Op For NBC's "World Of Dance" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jennifer Lopez Speaks Out About Her Own #MeToo Story twitter:description: "In my mind I knew the behavior wasn’t right" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0b547b7008b5389/69892afe929fad17b7beff8b/jennifer-lopez-me-too-moment.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'I Was Terrified.' Jennifer Lopez Opens Up About Her #MeToo Moment ## Video: TIME Person of the Year 2017: The Silence Breakers [Watch (HLS stream): TIME Person of the Year 2017: The Silence Breakers](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/jbtW5SvJ.m3u8) (5:02)  _Published 2017-12-06. For giving voice to open secrets, for moving whisper networks onto social networks, for pushing all of us to stop accepting the unacceptable, the Silence Breakers are the 2017 Person of the Year._  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 15, 2018 9:26 PM UTC  UNIVERSAL CITY, CA - JANUARY 30: Jennifer Lopez attends a photo op for NBC's 'World Of Dance' at NBC Universal Lot on January 30, 2018 in Universal City, California. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images) UNIVERSAL CITY, CA - JANUARY 30: Jennifer Lopez attends a photo op for NBC's 'World Of Dance' at NBC Universal Lot on January 30, 2018 in Universal City, California. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)Neilson Barnard—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 15, 2018 9:26 PM UTC [Jennifer Lopez](http://time.com/4326642/jennifer-lopez/) is weighing in on the [#MeToo movement](http://time.com/5180877/oscars-2018-times-up-red-carpet/), speaking out about the time that a director asked her to take off her shirt while she was starting her career. In an interview with [_Harper’s Bazaar_](https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a19181340/jennifer-lopez-interview-2018/), the actress and singer shared that while she feels she hasn’t experienced sexual misconduct to the extent that others have in the industry, it was still difficult for her to speak up about an inappropriate situation. “I haven’t been abused in the way some women have,” she said. “But have I been told by a director to take off my shirt and show my boobs? Yes, I have. But did I do it? No, I did not.” Lopez said that she was scared to speak up when it happened because of the impact it could have on her career, but she ultimately knew that his behavior was not right. “When I did speak up, I was terrified,” she said. “I remember my heart beating out of my chest, thinking, ‘What did I do? This man is hiring me!’ It was one of my first movies. But in my mind I knew the behavior was wrong. It could have gone either way for me. But I think ultimately the Bronx in me was like, ‘Nah, we’re not having it.'” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5202236/jennifer-lopez-me-too-director-misconduct/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5202236/jennifer-lopez-me-too-director-misconduct/"},"headline":"'I Was Terrified.' 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