(1997) Jennifer Lopez interview in Spanish for Selena

Jennifer Lopez interview in Spanish for film "Selena" - oddity humor practical joke during interview co-star Jon Seda behind Jennifer Lopez making hand gestures

[@user-wk2yb3cv5n]

Her Spanish was way better back in the day

[@SupernaturalLove100]

You’re not the Spanish language gatekeeper, are you? She speaks the language coherently.

[@weareallinthis3668]

SupernaturalLove100 LMFAO.

[@JustMe-zq4bk]

If you really know Spanish, this isn’t that good 😅

[@nadiapitarch5870]

That answer was definitely rehearsed before, cause I've watched her speaking Spanish in more recent interviews and she struggles much more to express herself and to be fluent. You can tell that she understands Spanish 100%, but speaking doesn't come out natural for her, she probably isn't used to it.

[@snatched.8135]

@@nadiapitarch5870 I mean, this interview was 20 years ago so it's possible that her Spanish was better back then when she wasn't as big and still surrounded by her latina family often. The less you lose a language, the more likely you are to lose it. My Spanish was also way better when I was younger but now I know English more since it became my primary language

[@FemaleDallasTexas]

She spoke better Spanish here than she does now

[@puertorican5843]

She’s bilingual, most people can barely speak their native language correctly

[@Ky90804]

She probably doesn't like the way she speaks it. Probably self conscious now. Since people have made fun of her speaking spanish.

[@codingbrother3936]

⁠@@puertorican5843How is she bilingual when english is the only language she speaks fluently

[@puertorican5843]

@@codingbrother3936 she’s quite literally fluent in Spanish, loser

[@aquamarine2416]

se cree gringa poreso ahora no habla español

[@jujuthaboss_]

I’m Puerto Rican and bilingual. I can hear the boricua accent in her Spanish. Much better than how she speaks it today.

[@edgararturo4560]

Buen show!

[@ThePurpleyellowfan]

Gorgeous. Love curly hair

[@jillianelise5]

She is so stunning

[@jenniferxd8900]

I just watched an interview of her speaking Spanish and she lost the puerto rican accent, she speaks spanish like a white person now . This Spanish was way better , i can actually tell she is puerto rican here, she had the accent.

[@firthm2]

Interesting. It seems that in the decades since this interview, her Spanish has deteriorated. Probably because beck then she was recently living with her Puerto Rican family, but in her adult life she has been living and working primarily in an English setting. It just shows that adults can loose proficiency in their native language over time.

[@CalmCuB]

Jennifer xD no accent here

[@luisreloade16]

True. She lost the roots of the accwnt

[@darkmind3711]

Can I ask you what do you mean by speaking Spanish like a white person?

[@Es-yc6ev]

Alessandra Vivaldi As in she has an American accent when she speaks in Spanish (at least now she does - this interview was a long time ago when her Spanish was perfect and sounded like a native speaking)

[@ankitpant439]

I really thought she couldn't speak Spanish back then but people here are saying that her Spanish was better than it is now.

[@JairoOrtizT]

It's true thou. I'ma native Spanish speaker.

[@Jenna-tn9mw]

The fact that she has the courage to speak Spanish when she is not 100% fluent is great. Good on her

[@LL87]

😂😂😂😂😂 SHE IS LATINA Y POR SUPUESTO TIENE QUE HABLARLO BIEN NO ENTIENDO EL PORQUÉ NO

[@edving6784]

@@LL87she doesn’t speak it well anymore

[@edving6784]

@@LL87every latina doesn’t speak spanish

[@nodrvgs]

this comment is so backhanded 😂😂😂

[@milesfann33]

@@LL87 ma io posso parlare italiano

[@caterinadelgalles8783]

She is able to communicate and that's better than most Americans with Latin roots.

[@USAMex00]

Are you sure? 🤔 she hardly speaks it

[@hayhay-audios]

She is American with Latin roots

[@lilo7741]

Becoming an American means denying your background. America is a failed nation. You have wiped out all German speakers there too

[@hayhay-audios]

@@lilo7741 it’s really doesn’t, you’re just un-American

[@SaturnineXTS]

@@USAMex00 that's "hardly"? lol she's fluent

[@jossymolina]

SHE'S SOOOO CUTEEEEE💕💕

[@gabrieljohnson6309]

VERY

[@AndrewsOpinion15]

jennifer lopez role in 1997 selena film was great !!

[@h2odrew854]

She speaks spanish fine, why are people saying she speaks it badly

[@donnyc.3398]

Because this video was from awhile back, she lost her accent and when you grow up speaking Spanish and then living in the states, you start to forgot words in both languages and it never ends.

[@Anywho0o]

@@tayomatic yea she still speaks spanish good to me, its only when she is nervous that she messes up or stutters

[@xejelah]

@@tayomatic Actually, she might. Selena didn't grow up being fluent in Spanish either, she learned as she became famous. Sure, she still heard it around the house, but that's not the same as using it. Lopez had to move in with Selena's family for several months to learn about her mannerisms and how to properly mime for her songs - I'm sure she picked up the Spanish from them. That's probably why she's so much better here. I still find it strange she was married to Marc for all those years and it didn't improve even after touring and doing albums in the language.

[@catmiracle3666]

Estas Seguro?

[@jd6331]

I always thought she grew up in a Spanish speaking household... I'm confused. My boyfriend is from the Bronx too, he's Dominican, and his mom doesn't speak good English so he grew up speaking Spanish and still speaks it well. This seems just odd. She doesn't seem like she stays in touch with her roots. 🤔

[@santiagosancho2317]

She is clearly not a native speaker, but her Spanish was really fluent back in the day. As a Spanish teacher I can see some mistakes like 1:23 she says "los fans lo iban a disfrutarlo..." so double "lo" and that kind of things, but she sounded pretty fluent!

[@user-sl9wt9qz1s]

Why do you say clearly not native? Because of the accent or something else?

[@eddielover80]

​@@user-sl9wt9qz1s he literally explained why in the next sentence lmao

[@AndyB1286]

I've never quite been bilingual (English/German), but it's true that sometimes when you grow up with two cultures and two languages, you feel like something's missing. I've known about people who felt that way growing up in the UK or US. When they went back to their other home, things clicked into place more.

[@michellejimenez783]

A qui hablo bien el español sele olvido con los años (mi gente latino)😅😅 vaya se ve humilde y simpatica y pesar que hoy es despota sangrona y soberbia al grado que no le gusta que la gente la vea a los ojos, Ojala y tuviera un poco de humildad hoy de la que tuvo en ese entonces.

[@user-jq2ud5yf6s]

She's gorgeous

[@aurelsmarterazo8221]

Me parece que hablaba mejor su español antes que ahora. Será porque en ese momento gracias a la película de selena y a la enorme influencia latina que eso representaba, llevaba a que ella hablara español casi obligada. Luego de la película de selena ya toda su carrera se enfocó en el cine 100% americano así que no había una motivación para que ella hablara español.

[@javiercamacho1369]

En ese momento ella vivía en New York aún con sus papas puertorriqueños y su abuela puertorriqueña y en todos los hogares boricuas por más inglés que se aprende en la casa se habla español tal vez es esa la razón. Ya luego ella hizo su vida y lo más que habla es inglés suele pasarle a mucha gente. Yo nací y me crié en Puerto Rico pero a veces cuando hablas tanto inglés el español se te olvida un poco y pierdes hasta el acento boricua.

[@rosaska4354]

@@javiercamacho1369 no, yo tengo otra teoría 😀: yo diría en aquel tiempo hablaba como podía: muy natural, no pensaba mucho solo "como puedo terminar esa frase". Pero hace unos 8 años se dió cuenta que no hablara como los boricuas y desde entonces finge ese acento "comíendose" las s al final porque quiere demonstrar su pertenencia a esa cultura [boricua]. [Si ella no fue crecida bilingüe es solo una "decisión cognitiva" como quiere hablar]. Hoy en día de vez en cuando en sus entrevistas puedes observar como por descuido le sale una s en vez que "tragarla". Eso la delata que solo finge su "nuevo" acento y el "precio" es que le cuesta una gran porción de concentración hablar con su "nuevo" acento y ese esfuerzo causa pequeñitas pausas cuando habla. Por eso - para mis oidos! - su español suena hoy mucho menos fluido [que antes] aunque con los años si ha ampliado mucho su léxico y habilidad de poderse expresar.

[@cielenviolet9912]

En 2004 se junto con Marc Anrhony que habla 100% español de igual manera no mejoro, pero aquí si lo habla mucho mejor, ahora lo habla horrible y lo mezcla con ingles

[@fearnero179]

@@javiercamacho1369 eso no se va nunca 🤣🤣😂😂🤣

[@SS-qg9jk]

Love her!!

[@elviratrejo186]

Bravo , sigue igual de bonita su interpretación EXELENTE

[@jessicagaribay3648]

Que bella y talentosa y todavia una diosa.

[@rachelstum]

No matter what Jennifer does people criticize her. She admits English was what she spoke growing up. She is doing her best and communicates well, I think. Maybe commend her for trying and doing the interview in Spanish. Marc Anthony, I think, grew up speaking more Spanish and I have seen him struggle at times. It is true you lose it if you do not use it. I took many years of Spanish in high school and in college, but since then have not used it. I still understand very well but have a very hard time speaking it.

[@dannyparada6399]

Love you JLO you the best always.

[@josejesuslopez8050]

Angel y diosa ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@Denise-ob8dk]

Ummmm guys Selena didn't speak Spanish perfectly either it was mentioned in the movie. She won people over though.

[@bbygrlpt2]

Her Spanish was so good and cute back then wth happened lol

[@PopCultureCarnivore1]

Always beautiful

[@MsJanetWood]

Father Time is so cruel! People forget how beautiful, she was 30 years ago! 🧐

[@Moonlight-mz7mu]

She’s so beautiful!!!!!!

[@victoriuscisney6075]

wooo!! 😍😍😍😍😘😘❤❤ me encanta

[@abibaghoubali3975]

Very beautiful !

[@kemenyistvanne1617]

Gyönyörű ❤

[@AngelSanchez-xc5ue]

😯🤯🤤🥰😍 she's so beautigul

[@rebecasolorzano2989]

Jon seda 😍

[@paolacorrea546]

Quiwn es?

[@rebecasolorzano2989]

@@paolacorrea546 El actor que hizo de Chris

[@kristycaminero4653]

Love you jlo !

[@dannyparada6399]

Love you JLO. Honest Real and Humble.

[@fernandohurtado2854]

Que hermosa

[@kristycaminero4653]

She is so beautiful

[@musiclover777A]

Her spanish was good

[@stephaniemaldonado2672]

Que humilde JLo

[@aphroditedaughter2003]

Cuando era humilde😂😂😂

[@claudiopistigliucci4999]

Grenoble

[@renny5226]

Aquí hablo muy bien el español

[@Nazaba09]

As a fluent native speaker I honestly think her Spanish is better now. She had the accent back then of course because she probably realized for her career it was going to be beneficial but she clearly didn’t grow up speaking it.

[@Anywho0o]

She grew up speaking it. Her grandma didnt know english at all and she said her grandma helped raise her. She just understands it better than she can speak it

[@Nazaba09]

@@Anywho0o no she never did. She said her grandma didn’t speak English but neither does my grandma and my cousins barely speak Spanish. They can’t communicate.

[@masilomorake2876]

She is an amazing artist.

[@RickiiTensee]

Damn her Spanish was on point here for a EEUU. Her Spanish now has dwindled

[@LuStevens]

She was probably a pretty cool person back then

[@vicol93]

Que loco. En esa época hablaba mejor español que ahora.

[@realitycheck2051]

Se hace pendeja…es toddo

[@jevom]

Pasamos de esto a mi gente latino

[@jevom]

@@tayomatic no creo que finja no hablarlo. Cuando uno no práctica el idioma, se olvida. Eso le pasó a ella

[@shein988]

Oh! She is so cute 😍❤️

[@jonnygarcia6155]

que joven

[@polianasantos3471]

Loka❤

[@annan4843]

Su español es muy bueno aquí

[@casual_dropoutyt2912]

😍

[@Jay1830_]

Wow she was actually good here with her spanish.

[@kasabannserifi7502]

Allah'ım bu NekadaR güzel bir yüz 💐👈

[@marianaf9360]

What a difference comparing to her interview with Shakira

[@jaramilloaguedo1249]

My queen, you speak Spanish well, dear, blessings. ❤

[@jaramilloaguedo1249]

💚🌹👌

[@xmuta]

Mi gente Latino

[@hyeni100]

wow her spanish is pretty fluent here

[@rosiemelendez2432]

Hoy no habla mejor Espanol porque hoy hay plata

[@djwalkerfemaledj]

I wish there was subtitles

[@monnikhan1000]

A lot more humble back then lol

[@shannonstewart4792]

You and me the only one's who noticed lol. I can't take her now. She need to sit and chill with her kids. She got enough money already. Soon her kids gonna be like mom you doing the most lol. I wonder what they will say about her dating and marriages.

[@imanmukhlis5241]

She doesn't age

[@rosauraestrada6071]

She was humble back in those days and she new that she needed to speak Spanish to get fans. Now that she made her name thanks to that movie she is no longer interested is speaking Spanish. She doesn't care for the Latin community

[@ibrahimhaneef6684]

Funny

[@DjDobleU809]

Sorry Lord for I will sin.

[@albertweedsteinthethuggeni7797]

Left hand on the keyboard right hand on the... Bible ?

[@fayelisa6454]

Fun Fact : Ben Affleck speaks better Spanish than she does..

[@misslunaria8325]

Obviamente si un idioma no se practica se pierde, o se cambia el acento. No entiendo porque tanto escándalo sobre el acento de JLo.

[@lisacangini4983]

Alguien sabe qué dice después de "el loco", cuando está el chico?

[@elvisvargasmontes9857]

que paso que paso (What happened)

[@Unknownuser-mw8td]

Wow su español era más mejor antes 😮

[@katg5547]

Cuando Jennifer era latina 😂 ahora es "Jenny (not so much) from the Block"

[@claudiopistigliucci4999]

The Queen foto me

[@monicacampos3260]

She seemed more humble here 🙌🏼 Fame changed her 👎 ANYTHING FOR SELENA 🙌🏼 ❤️

[@ThickBarbie-qu6ep]

Netflix enough with this Selena the Series Bull Shit!! Just upload the Selena movie!! Us fans will be siento muy excited if you did!

[@zskt4205]

its on Hulu 🌹

[@ryulver3633]

yall are so negative

[@samueledouardd.2613]

She was less self-conscious.

[@fernandohurtado2854]

Hermosa divina

[@TopFlightSecurity415]

god she was fine

[@Olione_Lara]

I thought Jon and Selena were really cute

[@sergiosanchez2095]

Mi gente latino

[@gripopiMEX]

Diablos. Sí habla español. No sabía jaja.

[@tobyx3718]

mi gente latino

[@zilvannaforever8628]

Siento que su español era más fluido antes

[@AndrewADeMuthIII]

hold up she spoke actual spanish???

[@Blue_ocean66]

Do women this beautiful actually exist anymore? 🤔

[@Parax94]

How is her Spanish? I would like for a native speaker to tell me if it’s good or bad please

[@user-ym2jd8sq1q]

Not as good as a native speaker, she struggles

[@dariocastiella5860]

Her spanish is actually quite flawless. She struggles sometimes for certain words (which I guess is just lack of practice). She has a central american accent that I cannot distinguish (I'm not from that area). I didn't investigate much in her past, but if someone came to me speaking like that, I would say they were either born and raised in a spanish speaking country and lived the rest of their lives in an english speaking country, or they were born in an english speaking country and raised by spanish speaking parents.

[@Parax94]

Darío Castiella thank you to you both but you are literally saying opposite things :(

[@dariocastiella5860]

@@Parax94 What is Bohr?

[@Parax94]

Darío Castiella i meant "but" sorry

[@claudiopistigliucci4999]

Dragone Red alla guida

[@Thotialan]

I think it’s the accent that she has a hard time with… she can speak it but it’s gonna sound puelto rican choppy

[@alidhere9806]

She speaking very fluent here!! What happened to her 😢😢

[@krmi_svv]

opportunity

[@BiggBoricua]

😞😞😞

[@cambaGang]

Cuando hablaba bien español ahora de hace la loca

[@alexandraquintero1257]

Es verdad se hace la que no sabe hablarlo

[@florenciaarcas6107]

@@alexandraquintero1257 no se hace la que no sabe, ella vive en Estados Unidos y se acostumbró a hablar inglés dejen de decir estupideces

[@USAMex00]

La película le ayudó!

[@alejandracorrearamos2058]

Jajajajajajja

[@Arieleldivo]

Hablaba mejor antes que ahora

[@SebastMorillo84]

She was so cute... today he lost her spanish and she looks very arrogant

[@el.c.8858]

she lost her*, i wouldn’t say she’s arrogant though

[@mysisterisafoodie]

She couldn’t speak it then either. Lol. She’s bluffing her way through it. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 you can see her nervous laughing, and from sentence construction she’s thinking in English and translating it to Spanish, that’s why it sounds strange.

[@mariaperez7361]

Se ve muy linda en ese tiempo no como hoy día q solo es puro maquillaje acartonada y además se ve con muchos años encima claro q en la entrevista se ve más descomplicada más juvenil claro q en esa época tenía juventud y menos poetisa con infulas de diva

[@sandiego4428]

Callate estupida

[@flower5396]

...la envidia...

[@florenciaarcas6107]

Lo que es la envidia

[@crystalfalconer942]

She got a Italian accent

[@DosSantos.00]

Madonna la Isla bonita 🤣🤣 rotten jlow can dream ...

[@katriana_young]

She doesn’t have her accent now because she was trained to lose her accent. All actors that come from cities, countries, cultures that have distinctive accents are given vocal coaches so that they have a higher chance at being cast for more roles. Same reason Millie Bobbie Brown sounds more US American in her interviews now, although she’s from the UK. It’s more marketable for them to blend in.

[@SophiaFerro]

It’s a shame her kids don’t the language……..

[@edrodriguez4822]

Ben Affleck speaks better Spanish and he's not a latino

[@rosaska4354]

because he spend one year in mexiko as a child - that's the reason.

[@usedcondom8481]

i feel weird saying that her selena was cuter than the real one lol but she cute too