Jennifer Lopez Describes Hospitalization After 98 Days Without Rest

After working continuously for 98 days on her film and music endeavors, Jennifer Lopez experienced a sudden health crisis that left her unable to move and temporarily blind, leading to a hospital visit.

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On the SmartLess podcast, Lopez discussed the toll of relentless work, recalling, “When I was doing Enough, I think I had done like four movies in a row, and I had recorded my second album or something like that, so the JLo album, which was really big. And I was working, filming every day, as you guys know what that is, you know, all the hours.”

She added that her schedule extended into nights and weekends with junkets and video shoots, and she became so absorbed in her work that she nearly forgot she had not taken a single day off during those 98 consecutive days.

Lopez recounted the moment on the set of Enough when she began feeling a “pitter-patter” in her heart. “And finally, it got to the point I was like, I really feel nervous, and I had the little girl in Enough. And I was like, ‘I’m sorry, sweetie, I feel a little weird today.’ I said, ‘I’m a little tired or something,’ and she was like, ‘It’s okay, you’re going to be alright’… but I wasn’t alright,” she said.

The singer explained that after returning to her trailer, she suddenly lost her sight briefly. “I went back to the trailer, and I sat down, and all of a sudden, like, I just couldn’t see. Like, it was almost like I couldn’t see clearly, like something just went over my eyes, and I couldn’t move,” she described.

Lopez then contacted her assistant, who has been her friend since childhood, to inform her about the situation. Initially, her friend told her not to scare her, but Lopez insisted she was unable to move and asked for help.

She recounted going to the hospital and asking the doctor, “Am I going crazy?” The doctor reassured her, saying, “No. You’re not crazy,” explaining that her body had temporarily “shut down” due to extreme exhaustion.