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Jennifer Lopez Says She Was Advised Against Joining 'American Idol' Panel
Jennifer Lopez was initially cautioned against joining ‘American Idol’ as a judge in 2011
Jennifer LopezFOX via Getty Images“I’ll do things that could be risky because I believe that they’re going to turn out OK. I’d done all these big movies and made these albums and now they’re asking me to do reality TV,” Lopez, 55, recalled to Nikki Glaser in an Interview magazine profile published on Wednesday, October 9. Lopez further claimed that certain members of her team, whom she declined to name, cautioned her against taking the judging role out of fears that she wouldn’t get hired to star in a movie “ever again.” American Idol is a staple in both the reality TV world and the music industry — but that hasn’t kept its judging table from becoming a revolving door of talent.
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