If you needed even more proof that Jennifer Lopez is one of Hollywood's most consummate entertainers, she doubled down on her performing bonafides while appearing on Saturday Night Live season 49 as this week's musical guest. (In case you missed it, you can tune into this week's episode with a Peacock subscription.)
J.Lo took to the stage at Studio 8H for live performances of two tracks off her upcoming ninth studio album, This Is Me...Now, which is due out on February 16 alongside an accompanying "visual album," This Is Me...Now: A Love Story. The second performance, a bloom-sprinkled rendition of the album's title ballad, went off without a hitch, but it was during her first of the night—a high-energy, high-kicking delivery of her new song "Can't Get Enough" with Latto and Redman, both of whom joined Lopez onstage—that the singer-actress suffered a little on-air hair malfunction.
In the midst of the number's vigorous choreography, SNL viewers could see one of Lopez's hair extensions coming loose on her head, but rather than let the beauty blunder slow her down, the 54-year-old pop star simply yanked the track from her scalp and didn't miss a beat.
Fans were quick to comment on the moment over on social media, with many praising the performer's "the show must go on" mentality. "JLO ate up that performance," one Twitter user proclaimed.
It was an ironic moment, especially as this week's SNL host, The Bear star Ayo Edebiri, recently drummed up some controversy after a 2020 "Scam Goddess" podcast clip of the actress jokingly disparaging Lopez's music career resurfaced in the week leading up to their respective Saturday Night Live appearances.
Last night's episode addressed the potential awkwardness of their match-up during a "Why'd You Say It?" sketch, where Ayo's character proclaimed: “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,” she said. "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.”
You can check out Lopez's performance of "Can't Get Enough" below, as well as see what fans are saying on Twitter about that lost extension moment.
Fans react to that Jennifer Lopez SNL performance
#JenniferLopez performance was such fire that Jennifer Lopez lost a track of her hair extensions during her SNL performance #SNL #JLO @JLo #RESPECTJLO pic.twitter.com/mdAXtdb9gIFebruary 4, 2024
@JLo losing a hair extension mid dance on @nbcsnl and not skipping a beat is the kind of energy I’m taking with me for the rest of the year. #SNL #jennyfromtheblockFebruary 4, 2024
Oh oh #JLo hair piece pic.twitter.com/LPEz2bUE6iFebruary 4, 2024
watching jlo rip out her own extension..#jlo #snl pic.twitter.com/26pr3wa6lMFebruary 4, 2024
Oops, JLo killed it on SNL, but lost a hair extension during her LIVE performance! Love the new "track", pun intended. https://t.co/x9laZRzPD9February 4, 2024
Nothing like watching @JLo slay on SNL. I’m sitting over here rolling, icing, stretching, and using my massage gun to recover from a 45 min spin class, while she’s out there dancing, high-kicking, and barely breaking a sweat on stage with 6-pack abs. We are not the same.February 4, 2024
The show must go on. JLO ate up that performance 🔥February 4, 2024
Not JLo's hair extensions falling out 😭 #SNL pic.twitter.com/ZI4kavxsBdFebruary 4, 2024
yall can say what you want about JLO but she is a performer and one of the best these days. https://t.co/A7JSjKDuiwFebruary 4, 2024
Jennifer Lopez ALWAYS delivers on stage, one of the best performers of our time. Put some respect on her name!! @JLo's performance on SNL tonight was 🔥🔥🔥 #CantGetEnough #ThisIsMeNowFebruary 4, 2024
JLo ate with the choreo and the features including Latto were nice as well as the band and lights #SNLFebruary 4, 2024
JLo hair extension going for 10 billion dollars on eBay right now after that performance #SNL https://t.co/u46Ty2hJJXFebruary 4, 2024
