Jennifer Lopez Says Ayo Edebiri Tearfully Apologized For Insulting Her Singing

Jennifer Lopez says Ayo Edebiri delivered an emotional apology on the “Saturday Night Live” set after trashing her vocal expertise on an outdated podcast.

J Lo informed Selection about what the ‘Bear’ star mentioned to her within the wake of those outdated, ugly feedback surfacing the identical week they had been scheduled to be on ‘SNL’ collectively — and in line with her, Ayo had tears in her eyes when she got here to Jennifer’s dressing room.

Ayo was apparently “mortified and very sweet” and mentioned she felt “terrible” … that is how Jen’s characterizing it anyway. She says AE apologized for calling J Lo’s profession a rip-off, full-stop.

Bear in mind … Ayo was a visitor on a podcast in 2020 — lengthy earlier than she was a giant TV star — when she threw tons of shade at J Lo, notably ripping her vocal expertise within the sales space.

The feedback bubbled again up actually proper earlier than Ayo was set to host ‘SNL’ earlier this month, the identical night time Jenny was the musical visitor … after they’d be crossing paths.

Curiously, Jen now says Ayo truly apologized after she did her soundcheck … that means Ayo had the prospect to take heed to J Lo performing dwell. Speak about irony, proper?

Jennifer says Ayo informed her, “I’m so f***ing sorry, it was so awful of me.”

Following the dressing room apology, Ayo used a skit to challenge a public mea culpa. She did not point out J Lo by title however mentioned, “It’s wrong to leave mean comments or post mean comments just for clout, or run your mouth on a podcast and you don’t consider the impact because you are 24, and stupid, but I think, I speak for everyone when I say that from now on, we’re gonna be a lot more thoughtful about what we post online.”

Whereas it seems like J Lo appreciated the apology, it looks as if the entire scenario was a much bigger drag on Ayo … J Lo explains that the imply feedback did not have an effect on her as a result of she’s heard comparable issues mentioned about her all through her profession.