For a time, Jennifer Lopez and Sean “Diddy” Combs were one of the most famous couples on the planet — and since their split, Lopez has shared the rare quote about her ex-boyfriend.
The duo dated for about twoyears after meeting on the set of a music video in 1999. Throughout their time together, the former couple experienced some major highs and lows in the public eye.
During the early days of their relationship, Diddy and Lopez were arrested on weapons and bribery charges following a New York City nightclub shooting in December 1999. While the charges against Lopez were dropped, Diddy was acquitted in 2001.
The duo broke up in February 2001, after infidelity rumors started to swirl. (Lopez has since confirmed that Diddy was unfaithful during their time together.)
Jennifer Lopez and Diddy’s Relationship Timeline: The Way They Were
While that was a lowpoint of their relationship, Diddy (then known as Puff Daddy) was also Lopez’s date to the 2000 Grammy Awards where she wore the iconic green Versace dress that is still referenced all these years later.
Fans are scrutinizing everything in Diddy’s past 4 after the rapper’s houses were raided by Homeland Security in connection with a federal sex trafficking investigation. (Accusations which he’s since denied.)
“There were people in my life who said ‘I love you’ and then didn’t do things that were kind of in line with the word ‘love.’ Being thrown around and manhandled like that is not fun,” Lopez said in her 2024 documentary, The Greatest Love Story Never Told.
Without identifying who she was referring to, she added, “I mean, I was never in a relationship where I got beat up, thank God, but I’ve definitely been manhandled and a couple of other unsavory things. Rough. Disrespectful.”
While they were together — and since they’ve split — Lopez has, however, offered more details about her time with the music mogul. Keep scrolling to read her quotes about Diddy:
Reflecting on Her Arrest
“It was a complete nightmare from beginning to end,” Lopez recalled to Elle in July 2000. “I was scared to death in the car. I had absolutely no idea what was going on. No one did.”
