Jennifer Lopez is turning 57 on July 24 and celebrating a new chapter after her 2024 divorce from Ben Affleck . In recent interviews, Lopez said heartbreak helped her become more self aware and that she now sees being single as a reason to celebrate, not a setback. Lopez started her birthday festivities early with a European “double birthday sister trip” alongside Lynda Lopez , who turned 55 on June 14. In Paris, Jennifer Lopez attended a dinner party wearing a reported 400 carats of diamonds, proving that her version of low key birthday energy still comes with serious sparkle. Why Is Jennifer Lopez Celebrating the Breakup? During a June episode of Kareem Rahma’s SubwayTakes , Jennifer Lopez argued that ending a relationship can be a launchpad rather than a failure. Lopez said her biggest emotional and psychological growth spurts came after heartbreak because those moments forced her to examine what happened, what she could change, and why certain patterns kept repeating. “If you’re the one who’s being heartbroken, you’re the winner,” Lopez said, adding that she has experienced both sides of that equation. Jennifer Lopez has been divorced four times and admitted during a May appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that she wishes she had embraced single life earlier because she had been “doing it all wrong.” Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck finalized their divorce in 2024 after two years of marriage, following the couple’s 2021 rekindling after Lopez’s engagement to Alex Rodriguez ended. While promoting Kiss of the Spider Woman on CBS Sunday Morning last September, Lopez said surviving the split helped her grow into a different person; her comments arrived eight months after the divorce was finalized and while Affleck was attached to the film as a producer.