Jennifer Lopez poses at the world premiere of Kiss of the Spider Woman.

Jennifer Lopez attends the world premiere of ‘Kiss Of The Spider Woman’ at the Sundance Film Festival at Park City’s Eccles Center Theatre on Jan. 26, 2025. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

As she prepares to host and perform at the 2025 American Music Awards, Jennifer Lopez revealed that she suffered a facial injury during rehearsals.

“So this happened,” the star wrote on her Instagram stories alongside a photo of her icing her eye before clarifying, “During amas rehearsals.” Lopez then shared a photo of her face without the ice pack revealing a cut on the bridge of her nose and an apparent black eye.

She then shared a picture of herself posing with the doctor who helped to treat her injuries that had taken place a week prior: “A week later and a whole lotta ice, I’m good as new.”
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On Monday, May 26, Lopez will host the awards ceremony for a second time, a role she first took on in 2015. Meanwhile, Lopez has performed on the AMAs stage more than ten times. Lopez is a three-time AMA winner and recognized as the only female artist to have a No. 1 album and No. 1 film simultaneously.

Lopez’s 2025 AMAs performance is teased as one that will “showcase her unparalleled artistry and signature mix of music, dance, and visual spectacle.”

During an appearance on The Ellen Show in 2009, Lopez reflecting on falling during her performance at the 2009 AMAs and endured a “bruised bone” as a result.

“One of the dancer’s backs was slippery from sweat and lights and everything,” she shared at the time. “And when I stepped on their backs my feet got wet. So when I landed it just slipped from under me.”

This year’s fan-voted award show will air live from Las Vegas on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26 on the CBS Television Network, and stream on Paramount+ in the U.S. Top nominees include Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan and Shaboozey.

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