Jennifer Lopez Has Been ‘Crying for 2 Months’ Over Twins Max and Emme Graduating — and She Has a Plan to Get Them Back

Jennifer Lopez sat down with Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday night and barely made it through the subject of her kids.

The 56-year-old appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and opened up about twins Max and Emme — both 18, both wrapping up high school, both about to leave home. “Tomorrow, one of them graduates,” she told Kimmel. “Don’t talk about it ‘cos we start crying. I’ve been crying for two months.”

The twins, whom Lopez shares with ex-husband Marc Anthony, go to two different high schools and will attend two different colleges in the fall. “It’s fine,” she told Us Weekly via the interview. “I want them to be happy, go where they want to go, and do what they want to do.”

One of the harder tasks in the lead-up: writing their high school yearbook ads. Lopez said sitting down to put her feelings into words took her two full days. “When I tell you, the tears…” she said, trailing off.

When Kimmel asked if she’d be the one actually moving them into their college dorms, there was no hesitation. “Absolutely. Oh, yeah. I do all the things,” she told E! Online. “We have sheets at the house. We’re gonna pack up their rooms here and they’re going to take all the things that they want to take to their dorms.”

Then comes her actual strategy for surviving empty nest syndrome: “They’re gonna get there and realize their dorms are too small. They’re going to miss home I hope and want to come back real soon. That’s my plan.”

She was quick to clarify she isn’t dreading the transition so much as she’s proud of it. “I remember being that age and thinking I couldn’t wait to get out in the world and do my thing,” she said. “All year people have been asking me, ‘Oh, they’re going away to college, is it going to be terrible?’ No, it’s going to be great. I want them to go out there. I want them to do what they want to do. They have big dreams. They have things they want to do.”

The Kimmel appearance also touched briefly on her personal life. Lopez and Ben Affleck finalized their divorce in 2025, and she had a simple answer for how she’s doing: “I’m good right now. I’m happy.”

Over Memorial Day weekend, Lopez shared a rare look at the twins on Instagram — posting photos from a backyard gathering in Los Angeles that showed her posing with Max in front of an American flag and hugging Emme. “Spending the day with the people I love,” she wrote in the caption.