Was Jennifer Lopez's Sexy Oscars Dress a Dig at Marc Anthony?

Celebrity Style February 27, 2012 AT 5:57PM
Was Jennifer Lopez's Sexy Oscars Dress a Dig at Marc Anthony? Credit: Gregg DeGuire/WireImage.com; Steve Granitz/WireImage.com

Eat your heart out, Marc Anthony!

Jennifer Lopez wasn't an Oscar nominee at Sunday's Academy Awards, but the diva arguably stole the show in a seriously revealing Zuhair Murad dress with sheer panels and a plunging neckline.

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Although her stylist slammed furious web speculation that Lopez, 42, suffered a televised wardrobe malfunction in the frock, the singer, actress and American Idol judge was definitely making a statement -- but to whom?

During her seven-year marriage to Anthony, 43, Lopez's super-sexy style was a point of contention, insiders previously told Us Weekly.

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"He would make her feel terrible about herself if she wanted to wear something sexy," a source said. "He likes her to dress in a demure, 'wife' style. He hated the fact that she was as a sex symbol."

In fact, at a 2010 cover shoot for Us Weekly, the often-controlling Anthony objected to one revealing pic of his wife which he found "too sexy and unbecoming for a 40-year-old mother of two," another source said.

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That's clearly not so much a problem with backup dancer Casper Smart, Lopez's 24-year-old beau of about three months. (After Lopez's headline making appearance onstage with Cameron Diaz, Smart was her date at Vanity Fair's Oscars afterparty Sunday evening.)

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  • March 01, 2012 - 7:25pm Catherine Spinola

    There comes a time when you have to start acting your age!! She is 42, NOT 24 like her boyfriend!! She needs to dress more appropriate and respectful for her AGE!!!

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  • February 28, 2012 - 9:37am Amanda Dean

    JLo looked fabulous---as usual. You can still dress sexy and be age appropriate--she's 42 people, not 62!!

  • February 27, 2012 - 10:48pm Jane White

    b

  • February 27, 2012 - 10:47pm Jane White

    adaw

  • February 27, 2012 - 9:14pm Sonya Amey

    I'm not a fan, but Jennifer looked gorgeous. There's nothing wrong with being a mother, in your 40's, and SEXY. She toned it down for Mark because she was in love with him. That's what you do (sometimes) when in a relationship-compramise. She's back to who she IS. There's nothing wrong with that.

  • February 27, 2012 - 8:49pm Ruben Ginel

    FYI, Auto correct sucks, Just for the record :-)

  • February 27, 2012 - 8:47pm Ruben Ginel

    It doesn't matter the age or how many children anyone may have. What matters is she did what she wanted and wore what she wanted. It's aboout being happy and living life. If I chose to walk out in a dress like that in the end of the day it would be my decision and I wouldn't care what anyone have to say ! Who cares ?!? I say good for her !

  • February 27, 2012 - 8:26pm Karen Hairston

    J. Lo, we get it. You've got a nice body. But you're also a 40+ year old mother. I don't see anything wrong with a husband wanting his wife to cover up and leave a little to the imagination. The same old same old is getting old. Classy, not trashy, Ms. Lopez.

  • February 27, 2012 - 7:35pm Rebecca Kilkeary

    yeah time to cover ya self up,u can stil;l be sexy and wear a good dress..

  • February 27, 2012 - 6:34pm Anna Barsanti-Ventura

    That is her style and it is nasty and unflattering. Cover yourself up!

  • February 27, 2012 - 6:17pm Filomena Araujo

    That's all fine and dandy and all that, but if you're gonna wear a nice gown to the Academy Awards, at least wear a dress and duct tape your boobs to it if ya have to, don't nobody need to see people's neeps poppin outta they gowns and so forth. I mean, my glasses are 10 inches thick and I STILL SAW HER NEEPS!!!!

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