Gloria Estefan’s History With Jennifer Lopez and Shakira Through the Years Explained

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Gloria Estefan’s History With Jennifer Lopez and Shakira Through the Years Explained

A trio divided. Gloria Estefan has formed separate friendships with Jennifer Lopez and Shakira — which made headlines due to a performance at the 2020 Super Bowl. After being named co-headliners for the sporting event, Lopez and Shakira both opened up about their plans to celebrate their Latin culture on the big night. During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in December 2019, the New York native teased that she and Shakira would "bring the flavor" to the Super Bowl. The Hustlers actress also explained how having the career milestone on her birthday added a level of importance to the performance. “I feel that’s going to be great because [Shakira] also represents a really important part of the Latino community who lives in the U.S. — who’s being born and raised in the U.S. — and in a way, I feel that I’m representing another part of the Latin world, which is all those people around the globe who barely speak English and a huge portion of the demographic that also arrived in the U.S. with the American dream,” Lopez told Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Beats 1 at the time. She added: “I think this is gonna be an event to celebrate Latin culture and the importance of women also in the industry.” Estefan, for her part, publicly supported Lopez and Shakira ahead of the accomplishment. "I think it belongs to younger generations to come out there and kick some butt, and I think they're going to do amazing. I mean, J. Lo and Shakira — it doesn’t get better than that," she exclusively told Us Weekly in December 2019. "I think it belongs to younger generations to come out there and kick some butt, and I think they're going to do amazing. I mean, J. Lo and Shakira — it doesn’t get better than that." [jwplayer 1MzoQS5u-zhNYySv2] In June 2022, Lopez addressed the challenges that she faced with the Super Bowl performance in her Halftime documentary. “We have six f—king minutes. We have 30 seconds of a song, and if we take a minute, that’s it, we’ve got five left. But there’s got to be certain songs that we sing, though. We have to have our singing moments. It’s not going to be a dance f—king revue,” the actress said in the film. “We have to sing our message. … This is the worst idea in the world to have two people do the Super Bowl. It was the worst idea in the world.” During the Halftime film, viewers were also offered a glimpse at Lopez and Shakira's collaboration process. “They said 12 minutes. I got kind of a good confirmation that we could have an extra minute or two, so now we’re at, like, 13, 14 minutes,” the Marry Me star detailed. “I think, Shakira, what we should have is you should have half the time and I should [have half]. If it was going to be a double headliner, they should have given us 20 minutes. That’s what they should’ve f—king done.” That same month, Estefan seemingly threw some shade at Lopez's comments about having to split her time on stage. “OK, and imagine what J. Lo would have said if I was the third [performer]! I literally would come out, done 'Shake Your Body’ [and 'Conga’] and out. It was their moment. Plus, I didn’t want to go on a diet in December," Estefan said on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen after confirming that she rejected an offer to be involved. Scroll down for a breakdown of Estefan's friendships with Shakira and Lopez respectively: [podcast_block]

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Gloria Estefan’s History With Jennifer Lopez and Shakira Through the Years Explained

A trio divided. Gloria Estefan has formed separate friendships with Jennifer Lopez and Shakira — which made headlines due to a performance at the 2020 Super Bowl. After being named co-headliners for the sporting event, Lopez and Shakira both opened up about their plans to celebrate their Latin culture on the big night. During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in December 2019, the New York native teased that she and Shakira would "bring the flavor" to the Super Bowl. The Hustlers actress also explained how having the career milestone on her birthday added a level of importance to the performance. “I feel that’s going to be great because [Shakira] also represents a really important part of the Latino community who lives in the U.S. — who’s being born and raised in the U.S. — and in a way, I feel that I’m representing another part of the Latin world, which is all those people around the globe who barely speak English and a huge portion of the demographic that also arrived in the U.S. with the American dream,” Lopez told Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Beats 1 at the time. She added: “I think this is gonna be an event to celebrate Latin culture and the importance of women also in the industry.” Estefan, for her part, publicly supported Lopez and Shakira ahead of the accomplishment. "I think it belongs to younger generations to come out there and kick some butt, and I think they're going to do amazing. I mean, J. Lo and Shakira — it doesn’t get better than that," she exclusively told Us Weekly in December 2019. "I think it belongs to younger generations to come out there and kick some butt, and I think they're going to do amazing. I mean, J. Lo and Shakira — it doesn’t get better than that." [jwplayer 1MzoQS5u-zhNYySv2] In June 2022, Lopez addressed the challenges that she faced with the Super Bowl performance in her Halftime documentary. “We have six f—king minutes. We have 30 seconds of a song, and if we take a minute, that’s it, we’ve got five left. But there’s got to be certain songs that we sing, though. We have to have our singing moments. It’s not going to be a dance f—king revue,” the actress said in the film. “We have to sing our message. … This is the worst idea in the world to have two people do the Super Bowl. It was the worst idea in the world.” During the Halftime film, viewers were also offered a glimpse at Lopez and Shakira's collaboration process. “They said 12 minutes. I got kind of a good confirmation that we could have an extra minute or two, so now we’re at, like, 13, 14 minutes,” the Marry Me star detailed. “I think, Shakira, what we should have is you should have half the time and I should [have half]. If it was going to be a double headliner, they should have given us 20 minutes. That’s what they should’ve f—king done.” That same month, Estefan seemingly threw some shade at Lopez's comments about having to split her time on stage. “OK, and imagine what J. Lo would have said if I was the third [performer]! I literally would come out, done 'Shake Your Body’ [and 'Conga’] and out. It was their moment. Plus, I didn’t want to go on a diet in December," Estefan said on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen after confirming that she rejected an offer to be involved. Scroll down for a breakdown of Estefan's friendships with Shakira and Lopez respectively: [podcast_block]

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When Was Gloria and Jennifer's Professional Relationship Formed?

After cowriting the song "Let’s Get Loud" with Kike Santander, the Cuba native chose to offer it to Lopez in 1999. Estefan released her own version of the track in 2011 as a bonus track on her album Miss Little Havana.

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How Did Gloria and Shakira Become Friends?

Through the years, Estefan discussed assisting Shakira when the "Hips Don't Lie" singer was just getting her start. “When Shakira began to work with us, she did not know English,” the "Get On Your Feet" performer recalled during an interview with Latin Times in 2013. “So, I had to translate the songs from the album Laundry Service for her and convince her that she could do a triumphant job.”

Estefan, who cowrote "Whenever, Wherever", "Suerte" and "Eyes Like Yours" for Shakira, revealed the advice she gave to dancer about her career.

“They wanted her just to throw a couple of songs in English on a Latin record, and I fought hard. I said, ‘Listen. This is her shot. You can’t do it halfway, you know?’” she recalled during an interview on an OWN show in 2013. “An American audience is not going to get a record that’s mostly Spanish because there’s a couple of English cuts on it. They’re going to want to hear the whole thing. This is going to work. I fought hard for her. Fought hard. And she sold like 13 million of that album.”

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How Involved Was Gloria in Jennifer's Birthday Festivities?

While ringing in her 50th birthday, Lopez was joined by her then-fiancé, Alex Rodriguez, at Estefan's home on Star Island in Miami. DJ Khaled, Fat Joe, Ryan Seacrest and Ashanti were all in attendance at the party as well.  

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What Did Gloria Think About Jennifer and Shakira's Super Bowl Gig?

"You have got two incredibly hot women representing," Estefan told Us about Lopez and Shakira performing together at the Super Bowl. Her husband, Emilio Estefan, agreed with the sentiment, adding, "They are going to make us proud. They are going to do incredible work in the Super Bowl, and we are so proud of everything that happened to them."

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How Did Gloria Support Shakira?

Following Shakira's split from Gerard Pique in June 2022, Gloria showed her support for her longtime friend. “In a separation, the children are the most affected, and I know that everyone is talking about this, but it is part of the fame,” she said, according to El Universal.

Emilio, for his part, added, “I sincerely hope they resolve it soon. I have a very nice relationship with her, and what Shakira is going through makes me sad.”

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Did Gloria Side With Shakira After Jennifer's Comments?

In June 2022, Estefan weighed in on Lopez's frustration with the NFL's decision that she perform with a partner. “Look, this is the bottom line. You have very little time, like 12 minutes or something, to get things on and off the set,” she said during Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. “So, could you do it with one person? Yes, but I think they wanted to throw a Miami and Latin extravaganza, and they tried to pack it as much as possible.”