J.Lo says she was not happy to share stage with Shakira

When Jennifer Lopez shared the stage with Shakira at the Super Bowl halftime show in 2020, some wondered why Jenny needed someone else on her "block."

Although the two Latina divas performed well and embraced at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, it turned out that Lopez wasn't feeling so great about sharing the stage in a show that typically only has one headliner. 

The 52-year-old Bronx icon expressed her frustration about it during "Halftime," her documentary that opened the Tribeca Film Festival Wednesday night at the United Palace Theatre ahead of its Netflix premiere on June 14. 

"This was the worst idea in the world," says an angry Lopez, who can see herself fighting with the NFL for more time to do her set justice.

While Lopez doesn't come right out and say why she had to split her time on stage with Shakira, her longtime manager, Benny Medina, didn’t think twice about talking about the subject.

"It was insulting to think you needed two Latinas to do the job that historically an artist has done," he said.

While Lopez is seen on Zoom with Shakira trying to make the best of a not-so-excellent situation, the friction didn't exactly result in the friendliest of rehearsals between the two Latinas. "We can bring everyone together right now," she says.

They are cordial and professional at best, but let's just say Shakira shouldn't expect an invitation to Bennifer 2.0's wedding.

But who can blame Lopez? This was her moment, and she deserved to own it herself. 

"This is something I've been working for and hoping for years," she says. 
"Halftime" also reveals that Lopez fought with the NFL over the use of children in cages to send a political message about former President Donald Trump putting migrant children in detention camps. 

"The NFL had a real concern about making a statement about immigration," Medina says.

But the NFL asked Lopez to remove the cages the day before the Super Bowl, and she didn't back down. "We're not going to change the program," she said.

About half of the "Halftime" documentary is about the Super Bowl, taking the audience behind the scenes of rehearsals.

The Super Bowl is also positioned as the ultimate big win for Lopez after missing out on an Oscar nomination for work on "Hustlers." And the star is open about the disappointment it meant for her and her team after raising her hopes for the awards season campaign.

But the documentary glosses over other areas of Lopez's career and personal life. For example, there is almost nothing about Lopez's relationships with her famous paramours. However, her fiancé Ben Affleck seems to talk briefly about his lady's lack of respect in the business because she is Latina.

And López herself knows this very well. At the beginning of the documentary, she says: "All my life I have fought and fought to be heard, to be seen, to be taken seriously."