‘Getting up there’: Interviewer calls out Jennifer Lopez

“Did he really just say that?” An interviewer stunned audience members when he made a very awkward remark to Jennifer Lopez’s face.

An interviewer stunned audience members when he joked about Jennifer Lopez “getting up there” in age during a panel Sunday night.

The actress and singer, 55, sat down with Variety’s senior awards editor, Clayton Davis, for a Q&A at the Los Angeles screening of her latest film, Unstoppable.

The entertainment journalist reflected on Lopez’s career and pointed out that the 30th anniversary of her breakout role as Selena Quintanilla-Pérez in the 1997 biopic Selena is approaching.

“You’ll be 60 by then …” he said.

Lopez softly smiled and said, “Wow!”

Variety Senior Awards Editor Clayton Davis sits down for a Q&A with Jennifer Lopez. Picture: Jerod Harris/Variety via Getty I

“ … which is getting up there,” Davis jokingly added.

The Wedding Planner star did not appear to be bothered by the remark, as she laughed and nodded while saying, “I am.”

However, one audience member was overheard asking, “Did he really just say that?” in a video obtained by TMZ.

Lopez even went so far as to reply, “It’s funny when you say that I’m ‘getting up there.’”

Davis quickly interjected and clarified that his comment was “a joke,” insisting he “would never talk to” the star like that.

But J.Lo remained unfazed as she transitioned into thanking fans for supporting her for “a long time.”

“What a journey this has been, and I honestly feel that the best is yet to come,” she shared.

Lopez explained that as she gets older, she is able to go “deeper” into who she is — both “as a person” and “as an artist.”

J Lo didn’t seem to take offence – they even posed for photos together. Picture: Variety via Getty

He was asking about the next big anniversary of her classic film Selena. Picture: AP

“These types of roles change you in a way when you allow them to, because they come to you at times in your life when you need them, and they help you grow, and they heal you in a way,” she said of Unstoppable.

The sports drama, which Lopez’s estranged husband, Ben Affleck, co-produced, begins streaming on Amazon Prime Video on January 16.

This is the second time Davis has interviewed the Grammy nominee in recent weeks, as she appeared on his Awards Circuit Podcast at the end of November.

Following Sunday’s eyebrow-raising Q&A, the journalist posted photos on Instagram raving about the experience.

“Jennifer Lopez career retrospective was a delight. Had a great time discussing some of her most iconic roles, including SELENA, OUT OF SIGHT, HUSTLERS, and her newest film, #Unstoppable,” he wrote.

This story originally appeared on Page Six and is republished here with permission.

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