A Hollywood insider who once worked for Jennifer Lopez has spoken out about the star’s connection to Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs amid her disgraced ex’s sex trafficking charges. Thea de Sousa, who worked on Lopez’s 2002 rom-com Maid In Manhattan, took to social media to blast speculation that the star may have known Diddy’s wrongdoings.
‘If you knew Jennifer Lopez, if you ever worked with her like I did, or if you were close with people who are like family to her like I am, you would know she did not have any idea about Diddy,’ de Sousa posted on Threads.
‘She barely drinks, she is not a partier, she isn’t a good time girl, she is a workaholic who uplifts woman and who was charmed by him for a brief time in her life.’ She finished by saying that the I’m Real hitmaker, ‘does not deserve to be conflated with [Diddy’s] shocking and criminal misdeeds.’
In addition to Lopez, de Sousa previously worked with A-listers like Julia Roberts and Keanu Reeves and was also a crew member on Seinfeld. Lopez has previously spoken about her ‘tempestuous’ and ’emotionally exhausting’ two-year romance with the rapper, 55, who she split with over his infidelities.
JLo and Diddy were one of the most high-profile couples of the late 90s and early noughties, dating between 1999 and 2001. Previously speaking on their romance, Lopez said: ‘And we broke up many times before that, and got back together and broke up again, and nobody knew about it.
‘It was very tempestuous. Towards the end it was emotionally exhausting. It was good that I was young.’ The singer’s first husband, Ojani Noa, blamed Diddy for their split during an interview with Despierta America. The 50-year-old actor reflected on the end of his relationship with the superstar as he alleged that ‘part of that divorce’ was the hip-hop mogul’s ‘fault.’
