Spot the diva of the family! Jennifer Lopez is white hot in thigh-high coat as her casual mother and sister join her in New York
Jennifer Lopez turned her trip to New York into a family affair today.
The singer, who is on a promotional tour for her new album Love?, reunited with her mother Guadalupe and her younger sister Lynda as she left the BET Studios in Manhattan.
The 41-year-old opted for a white hot look in a trench coat and silver heels while the rest of her family kept it casual.
Lynda, 39, who is an Emmy Award winning television journalist, took along her daughter Lucie, who turns three in August.
Family affair: Jennifer Lopez was joined by her sister Lynda, mother Guadalupe and niece Lucie at the BET Studios in Manhattan today
Of course, Jennifer is no stranger to the Big Apple – she grew up in The Bronx and her debut album On the 6, was a referenced to the 6 subway line she used to catch when she was just starting out.
While the star is now close with her family, it hasn’t always been the case.
Jennifer and her mother, a former kindergarten teacher, have had a tumultuous relationship over the years and at one point the pair didn’t speak.
She left home at 17 because her mother was furious she had turned down a place in business college to pursue music.
‘I did not want this lifestyle for her,’ Guadalupe admitted in a documentary about her daughter last year.
Style idol: The singer and TV star looked sophisticated in a white coat and silver heels
Mother and daughter continued having a troubled relationship, even after J-Lo found fame, but a key emotional turning point came when Jennifer became a mother herself.
‘She gave me a card saying, “The way you feel about Max and Emme I feel about you”,’ Jennifer recalled.
Meanwhile, Jennifer today said her twins aren’t old enough to watch her raunchy music videos.
Her brand new video for the single I’m Into You features the 41-year-old beauty writhing on a beach with shirtless actor William Levy, 30, who is known as the ‘Brad Pitt of Mexico’.
Up close and personal: Jennifer Lopez is seen writhing in the sand in a sneak preview of her new music video I’m Into You
Look away now, kids! The singer says she doesn’t want her twins to see the clip
Still got it: The 41-year-old put on a raunchy show for the cameras
Hug it out: The man in her video clip is known as ‘the Brad Pitt of Mexico’
After showing a preview of the sexy video the host of US morning show The Today Show, Meredith Vieira, 57, said: ‘You are so funny because while we were watching that I was looking at the guy and you were thinking about your kids, your three-year-olds right?’
Lopez looked embarrassed and replied: ‘Yeah, they will not see that now. They can see that later when they are older.’
Defending Lopez the host said: ‘They will see that their mom is hot, what’s wrong with that?’
The star, who has twins Max and Emme with her husband Marc Anthony, 41, filmed the sensual beach scenes filmed at Turtle Beach in Mexico.
Lopez was recently voted People magazine’s Most Beautiful Woman.
She said she hopes to spend Mother’s Day, which falls on May 8 in the US, doing ‘nothing.’
‘I haven’t had a day off in months,’ said the American Idol judge.
‘I just want to be at home with my babies, doing nothing.’
Her new album Love? Is out now.
Embarrassed: The star said her twins can see the video ‘when they’re older’
