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Or sign-in<\/a> if you have an account.<\/p>\n All Jennifer Lopez wanted to do was wish her 35-plus million followers on X<\/a> a Merry Christmas.<\/p>\n Advertisement 2<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY<\/p>\n Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.<\/p>\n Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account.Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on.Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists.Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists.Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword.<\/p>\n SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES<\/p>\n Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.<\/p>\n Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account.Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on.Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists.Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists.Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword.<\/p>\n REGISTER \/ SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES<\/p>\n Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.<\/p>\n Access articles from across Canada with one account.Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments.Enjoy additional articles per month.Get email updates from your favourite authors.<\/p>\n THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK.<\/p>\n Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.<\/p>\n Access articles from across Canada with one accountShare your thoughts and join the conversation in the commentsEnjoy additional articles per monthGet email updates from your favourite authors<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Instead, the singer and actress found herself getting roasted online for posting a selfie many claimed she altered using a photo editing tool on her phone.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n In the snap, the bedazzled 56-year-old was seen with her hair pulled back as she posed in a red dress that boasted a plunging neckline.<\/p>\n \u201cMerry Christmas one and all!\u201d a smiling Lopez captioned her photo that was viewed more than 20 million times.<\/p>\n But her well wishes were brushed aside quickly by followers who accused Lopez of Photoshopping her picture when they noticed her orange iPhone appeared to be curved, implying that it had been modified.<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t unsee that curved iPhone,\u201d one person wrote<\/a>, kickstarting the debate over \u201cfilters gone rogue.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHow\u2019d you get the phone to bend like that?\u201d another asked<\/a> innocently, with a second questioning<\/a>: \u201cWhy is your iPhone doing Bend It Like Beckham?\u201d<\/p>\n Your Midday Sun<\/p>\n Thanks for signing up!<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Advertisement 3<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n One critic declared Lopez the \u201cXmas flopqueen<\/a>,\u201d while another swiped, \u201cGetting poor at the filter game in your old age JLo<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n X\u2019s Grok chatbot said<\/a> that the photo was warped \u201cdue to possible lens distortion from the selfie camera or image editing effects.\u201d<\/p>\n Others brushed off the gaffe, wishing Lopez a happy holiday and all the best in the new year.<\/p>\n One person offered a helpful tip for Lopez heading into 2026. \u201cI love you, girl. But you\u2019ve got to double check for unintended distortion in any photo you edit \u2013 before posting,\u201d they suggested<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lopez didn\u2019t ask Santa to deliver her Mr. Right for Christmas<\/p>\n Nearly a year after finalizing her divorce from Ben Affleck<\/a>, Lopez wasn\u2019t hoping Mr. Right would come knocking on her door during the holidays.<\/p>\n Advertisement 4<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n According to a newly published report by PEOPLE<\/a>, Lopez is \u201cnot dating\u201d and her life nowadays is \u201call about work and the kids\u201d (she shares 17-year-old twins Maximilian \u201cMax\u201d David Muniz and Emme Maribel Muniz with her ex-husband Marc Anthony).<\/p>\n \u201cShe seems happy and content,\u201d a source told the outlet this month.<\/p>\n After her split from Affleck, Lopez told comedienne Nikki Glaser she was looking forward to being single again.<\/p>\n \u201cNow I\u2019m excited, when you say you\u2019re just going to be on your own,\u201d Lopez said in October 2024. \u201cYes, I\u2019m not looking for anybody, because everything that I\u2019ve done over the past 25, 30 years, being in these different challenging situations, what can I f***ing do when it\u2019s just me flying on my own \u2026 what if I\u2019m just free?\u201d<\/p>\n Advertisement 5<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Speaking to Howard Stern earlier this fall<\/a>, the mother of two insisted that she wasn\u2019t the problem during her four failed marriages.<\/p>\n \u201cI learned that it\u2019s not that I\u2019m not lovable, it\u2019s that they\u2019re not capable \u2026 They don\u2019t have it in them,\u201d Lopez said. \u201cThey need to appreciate the little person inside of them. They need to love them.\u201d<\/p>\n Lopez also told Stern that getting divorced from Affleck last year \u201cwas the best thing that ever happened to me.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNow I\u2019m able to sit here in a much more self-assured, self-aware way of the things that have happened to me \u2026 how I learned to love, how I felt neglected \u2014 all the things that are in your head as a person \u2014 and know who I am and just really appreciate that person,\u201d she said. \u201c(I) feel really comfortable and good in being myself, all the good parts and all the kind of complicated things.\u201d<\/p>\n mdaniell@postmedia.com<\/a><\/p>\n Read More<\/p>\n Jennifer Lopez ‘not looking for anybody’ after Ben Affleck split<\/p>\n <\/a> Jennifer Lopez makes a dig at Ben Affleck; admits she’s never felt truly loved<\/p>\n <\/a> Kylie Jenner accused of Photoshopping bikini photo<\/p>\n <\/a> Kim Kardashian mocked over latest Photoshop fail: ‘Why she got alien fingers?’<\/p>\n![\"Jennifer](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JLO-Holiday-Snap-e1767125663134.jpg\")
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