Jennifer Lopez wanted to let Ayo Edebiri 'off the hook' for podcast remarks: 'She was so emotional'

Lopez tells EW that the comedian was eager to apologize for her previous comments while working together on "SNL."

Jennifer Lopez wants you to know that she was never upset about Ayo Edebiri's leaked remarks.

While talking to EW about her forthcoming musical film, This Is Me...Now, the multi-hyphenate addressed appearing on Saturday Night Live with The Bear star in the aftermath of Edebiri's previous remarks insulting Lopez resurfacing.

"She actually came to my dressing room, and she was very sweet," Lopez, who appeared as musical guest, tells EW of Edebiri, who was hosting. "She was like, 'Listen, I was young. I was on this thing. I said these things, and I am so sorry.' She had seen my soundcheck, and she's like, 'You are amazing. I'm watching you out there singing and doing your thing. And I'm sorry.' She was very gracious," Lopez says.

In the week leading up to their Feb. 3 episode of SNL, Edebiri's comments from a 2020 episode of the Scam Goddess podcast resurfaced. On the episode, the Emmy winner told host Laci Mosley that she views Lopez's career as "one long scam."

“I think she thinks that she’s still good, even though she’s not singing for most of these songs,” Edebiri said at the time. “A lot of the write-ups of the songs will be like, ‘J. Lo didn’t have time to make it to the studio.’ Like, ‘J. Lo was busy.’ Doing what? Not singing, obviously.”

Lopez stresses that she didn't think twice about Edebiri's remarks, understanding that we all say things we might later regret. "I said, ' Listen, I get it,'" she adds. "We all do things at times — by the way, you're entitled to your opinion — but also, we all do things at times that we don't know are going to come back and haunt us later. I get it. It's fine. I didn't make a big deal about it."

"She was so emotional," Lopez concludes. "I just wanted to let her off the hook. I was like, 'It's fine. Don't worry about it.' But she really wanted to make amends in that way, and I really appreciated that. And we went on to have a great show."

Edebiri also addressed the remarks during the SNL episode, appearing in a sketch as a contestant on aptly named game show, "Why'd You Say It?" where the guests had to account for their past cruel remarks on social media.

"Okay. We get it,” said Edebiri as a contestant named Annie, before offering a nod to the real-life incident. "It’s wrong to leave mean comments, or post comments just for clout, or run your mouth on a podcast, and you don’t consider the impact because you’re 24 and stupid. But I think I speak for everyone when I say from now on, we’re going to be a lot more thoughtful about what we post online."

This Is Me...Now, Lopez's new album and companion film, drop on Friday. A corresponding documentary is slated to arrive on Prime Video on Feb. 27.

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