--- description: The couple had been married for eight years when they split in 2011, but she says it was “the better choice” for the family. title: Watch: J-Lo Talks About Divorce From Marc Anthony image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrity](/tag/celebrity/) ## celebrity Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # J-Lo: Divorce From Marc Anthony 'Better Choice' For Her Family by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 8, 2014 3:20 PM CUT by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 8, 2014 3:20 PM CUT Jennifer Lopez is speaking out about her divorce from ex-husband Marc Anthony. The couple had been married for eight years when they split in 2011, but she says it was “the better choice” for the family. Lopez and Anthony remain friends, Lopez says. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/92424/j-lo-divorce-marc-anthony/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/92424/j-lo-divorce-marc-anthony/"},"headline":"J-Lo: Divorce From Marc Anthony 'Better Choice' For Her Family","datePublished":"2014-05-08T15:20:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:43:46.954Z","description":"The couple had been married for eight years when they split in 2011, but she says it was “the better choice” for the family.","url":"https://time.com/92424/j-lo-divorce-marc-anthony/","keywords":["celebrity","celebrities","Jennifer Lopez"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"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":"/tag/celebrity/","name":"celebrity"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/92424/j-lo-divorce-marc-anthony/","name":"J-Lo: Divorce From Marc Anthony 'Better Choice' For Her Family"}}]}] ```