Jennifer Lopez followers have been left shocked on the screening of her newest film “Unstoppable” when an interviewer determined to deliver up one in every of Hollywood’s greatest taboos: age.

Try the video — J Lo was in L.A. Sunday with Selection’s Senior Awards Editor, Clayton Davis, who gushed about her 30 years within the biz, jokingly including the 55-year-old was “getting up there” — a remark which did not land too properly with some within the crowd.

You may hear somebody off-camera gasp, “Did he simply say that?” — whereas others chuckled alongside, clearly not considering it was a giant deal.

Clayton’s age remark wasn’t random, as Selection’s J Lo Profession Retrospective was all about celebrating her onerous work from day one, main as much as her present challenge, “Unstoppable.”

And J Lo evidently did not take it personally herself, flipping the remark right into a win, and utilizing it as the right cue to thank her followers for being so good to her over time.

Value noting, Jen was in all probability prepped for Clayton’s type of questioning, particularly since he’d already interviewed her for Selection’s Awards Circuit podcast final month. Additionally judging by how snug he appeared along with her to speak about age, it’s clear they’d developed a strong rapport beforehand.

However the one takeaway? Age-related matters are nonetheless a little bit of a hot-button challenge. So, different interviewers, take word — tread rigorously when bringing it up subsequent time!

So, we gotta ask…