Jennifer Lopez is not a diva. The 40-year-old singer-and-actress claims she is not the difficult star many assume she is and admits she gets upset by the accusations. She told the New York Daily News newspaper:

“I never like stories where people say I misbehave or act like a diva, because I don’t. Or that I make terrible demands, because those are always fabricated stories, and always have been.

“But they've become such a strong part of my image that I have no control over it. They're not true, though, and that's always bothered me.�

“You have to keep a sense of humor. There's something that people want about that diva idea, and I don't understand it and it bothers me because it's not the type of person I am, but what can I do?

“What's always served me throughout my career is that when people get to know me, or talk to me, and they actually get a chance to see what I'm like, it combats the negative stuff - when they get a chance to see who I am as a person and what I'm about, and that I laugh and giggle and that I'm normal. The truth always comes out at the end of the day.�

Jennifer - who has two-year-old twins Max and Emme with husband Marc Anthony – also revealed her recent break from acting reinvigorated her career.

“I feel like it's a new beginning. It's a bit like when I was a teenager about to embark on this career but it's much more challenging, difficult and harder. I have so much more experience now but I feel just as fresh as I did back then and I'm excited about my life."

When you think of Jen, do you picture her as a diva?
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