14 DAY TRIAL // Jennifer Lopez stole headlines this week with her much touted concert in the Bronx that was supposed to have been her return to the image of “Jenny from the block” but in reality, it turns out that Jennifer hasn't been “down with the streets” for a long time, and she's more “Hollywood streets” these days.
Many people from Jennifer's old neighborhood in the Bronx are calling out the singer for being fake since she chose to spend the night not among her former neighbors but in a swanky apartment miles away in Chelsea, Manhattan, according to the NY Post.
An insider reveals that “J. Lo definitely wasn't staying in the Bronx. Instead, she got an apartment in Chelsea. She's such a hypocrite.” Most of the other people in the region seem to agree. “She’s been making all this money on [the Bronx] but she doesn’t even help out the neighborhood,” says resident Matthew McNally.
And don't think that people in the Bronx didn't let the Latin diva know exactly what they thought of her hood girl image. On Wednesday night, Jenny held her first ever concert in the Bronx but she sang to mostly empty seats as crowds chose to boycott her performance.
So what was supposed to be a triumphant homecoming turned out to be an embarrassing moment for the Hollywood singer who seems to have lost touch with her roots. Another local, Justin McGinn, added that “I don’t think she’s done enough for the community….[Locals] feel like she’s a sellout and she took too long to come back.”
The figures from the concert pretty much speak for themselves. For the show, Jennifer issued 25,000 free concert tickets for residents in the Bronx, but local newspapers claim that “well under half the expected number of fans showed up.”
Not that there weren't hints to point to this massive failure. Last week, residents petitioned local authorities to stop the concert because they complained that it would disrupt traffic in the region, as well as cause unwanted attention.
Most of the people who were asked thought that Jennifer only used the Bronx thing when it suited her career and that, over the years, she's failed to show her support for the community she so proudly praises in her songs. In other words, what they want is more action and less talk.
It's worth mentioning that it's been 15 years since J.Lo's first Bronx concert that coincided with the release of her first album. And it seems people have been keeping track.