Jennifer Lopez Says Ayo Edebiri Apologized For Resurfaced Comments

Jennifer Lopez has revealed that Ayo Edebiri “apologized with tears in her eyes” over comments she’d previously made about Lopez’s singing ability.

They appeared together on Saturday Night Live’s Feb. 3 episode, Edebiri as host and Lopez as musical guest. In the week before the show, a 2020 episode of the Scam Goddess podcast began circulating online. In the episode, Edebiri agreed with host Laci Mosley’s claim that Lopez’s “whole career is one long scam.”

“That’s the thing — she thinks she’s on multiple tracks, but it’s not her,” Edebiri said, referring to previous accusations that Lopez’s voice isn’t always featured on her own songs. “I think she thinks that she’s still good, even though she’s not singing for most of these songs,” Edebiri continued. “A lot of the write-ups of the songs will be like, ‘J.Lo didn’t have time to make it to the studio.’ Like, ‘J. Lo was busy.’ Doing what? Not singing, obviously.”

In an interview with Variety, Lopez said that the actor apologized to her in the SNL dressing room. “She was mortified and very sweet,” she told the outlet. “She came to my dressing room and apologized ... saying how terrible it was that she had said those things. She felt really badly.”

Lopez added that Edebiri later made time to stop by her SNL soundcheck and “loved” her performances of “Can’t Get Enough” and “This Is Me…Now.”

“She actually got to hear me perform,” she told Variety. “She was just like, ‘I’m so f****** sorry, it was so awful of me.’”

Sharing her final thoughts on Edebiri’s past comments, Lopez said that she finds the claims about singing voice “funny,” adding, “I’ve heard similar things said about me throughout my career, so it really didn’t affect me.”

SNL Poked Fun At The Drama

While Lopez didn’t appear in any SNL sketches on Feb. 3, one segment titled “Why’d You Say It” referenced the podcast.

“OK, we get it,” Edebiri joked in the skit. “It’s wrong to leave mean comments or post comments just for clout or run your mouth on a podcast and you don’t consider the impact because you’re 24 and stupid. I think I speak for everyone when I say from now on, we’re going to be a lot more thoughtful about what we post online.”