What The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri Did That Forced Her To ‘Emotionally’ Apologize To Jennifer Lopez

The Bear actress Ayo Adebiri landed in hot water when her comments about Jennifer Lopez surfaced just days before they both appeared on Saturday Night Live. Despite Adebiri commenting on Lopez’s skillset as a vocalist, the ‘Get Right’ singer accepted a tearful apology from the comedian, who was “mortified” by the situation.

Jennifer Lopez revealed that the Bottoms actress approached her backstage at the sketch show to apologize. “She was mortified and very sweet,” Lopez said to Variety in a recent interview.

The Grammy-nominated artist and actress explained, “She came to my dressing room and apologized with tears in her eyes, saying how terrible it was that she had said those things. She felt really badly and loved my performance because we had just done my soundcheck, and she actually got to hear me perform.”

“She was just like, ‘I’m so f****** sorry, it was so awful of me,’” Lopez added about Ayo Adebiri’s apology.

Luckily, there appear to be no hard feelings between the two stars. “It’s funny. I’ve heard similar things said about me throughout my career, so it really didn’t affect me,” Lopez laughed at the cutting comments from the comedy actress.

In the following, we look at how Ayo Edebiri insulted Jennifer Lopez, forcing her to apologize to the singer. We also reveal how Ayo Edebiri dealt with the backlash of her Jennifer Lopez comments and how other comedians might learn from her mistake.

Ayo Edebiri made the controversial comments about Jennifer Lopez during an appearance on the February 2020 episode of Laci Mosley’s Scam Goddess podcast. The Bear actress commented about the singer and performer, calling Jennifer Lopez’s career “one long scam.” The comments only resurfaced after the pair were booked to appear on the same episode of Saturday Night Live.

“Today I was actually thinking about one of my favorite scams of all time, because J.Lo is performing at the Super Bowl halftime show,” she said.

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When the podcast host questioned Jennifer Lopez’ singing skills, the Golden Globe winner responded with, “Well, that’s the thing. She thinks she’s on multiple tracks, but it’s not her. I think she thinks that she’s still good even though, like, she’s not singing for most of these songs.”

“A lot of the write-ups of the songs will be like, ‘J.Lo didn’t have time to make it to the studio,’ like, J.Lo was busy,” she added. “It’s like, ‘Doing what?’ Not singing, obviously.”

The podcast comments came to light just before Ayo Edebiri’s February 3rd appearance on Saturday Night Live, where Jennifer Lopez was the musical guest. The Golden Globe winner addressed her foot in mouth comments on a sketch on the NBC sketch show.

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In a sketch titled “Why’d You Say It?,” Edebiri plays a character who defends inappropriate comments she made on the internet before eventually admitting to her mistakes after being called out by the host.

“OK, OK! We get it. It’s wrong to leave mean comments or post comments just for clout, or run your mouth on a podcast, and you don’t consider the impact because you’re 24 and stupid,” the
Big Mouth
star said in the skit. “But I think I speak for everyone when I say, from now on, we’re going to be a lot more thoughtful about what we post online.”

She has not addressed any of the comments since the sketch aired or Jennifer Lopez revealed Edebiri apologized backstage.

How Tina Fey Urged People to Learn From Ayo Adebiri’s Mistake

Ayo Edebiri also addressed the situation on SNL cast member Bowen Yang’s Instagram page after Tina Fey used her as an example of a celebrity being a little too honest on a podcast. Tina Fey believes more and more celebs will find themselves in hot water as they spout their honest opinions on podcasts.

Tina Fey delivered advice to Yang at the end of his “Las Culturistas” podcast with Matt Rogers during their regular “I Don’t Think So, Honey” segment. The Mean Girls actress and writer told Yang he’s too famous to give actual opinions on his podcast.

“Are you having a problem with Saltburn? Quiet luxury. Keep it to yourself,” Fey told the comedians. “Because what are you going to do when [Saltburn director] Emerald Fennell calls you about her next project where you play Carey Mulligan’s coworker in the bridal section of Harrods, and then Act 3 takes a sexually violent turn, and you have to pretend to be surprised by that turn?…” she started when discussing the Jacob Elordi movie.

“You hang out with Ariana and SpongeBob now, that is your life, OK?” Fey said to Yang in reference to Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater, his co-stars in the upcoming Wicked movie adaptation. “And Matt Rodgers, I can tell you, you got about one year left. Yes, learn from my mistakes. Learn from Ayo; podcasts are forever. Authenticity is dangerous and expensive. I don’t think so honey!”

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When Matt Rogers asked Fey how they could balance fame and sharing their honest opinions on their podcast, she advised the funny duo to be more thoughtful in their evaluations.

“It does become a thing where it’s like, ‘Oh, do you want to be people who keep it real and have their podcast forever, or do you want to be goddamn movie stars?’” she told them. “My trail of mistakes lives behind me like f***** Jacob Marley’s train, like chains of shame.”

Ayo Edebiri agreed with Tina Fey, leaving a comment on Instagram that simply read, “LEARN FROM ME.”

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