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Jennifer Lopez Called *the* Ruth Bader Ginsburg For Marriage Advice — Here's What She Said

02/09/2019 - 08:50 AM


When Jennifer Lopez needs marriage advice [1], who does she go to? None other than Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. At Saturday's Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington DC, Ruth recalled J Lo reaching out about a month ago to hear some words of wisdom [2] ahead of her forthcoming wedding to Alex Rodriguez [3].

"I was called up about a month or so ago by Jennifer Lopez, and she said she would like to meet me and introduce her fiance Alex Rodriguez," the 86-year-old judge [4] told the crowd at a discussion panel. The three eventually got together, and Jennifer, 50, asked if Ruth had "any secret about a happy marriage." And being the learned woman she is [5], Ruth offered up great counselling that was inspired by the advice her mother-in-law once gave her. "On the day I was married, my mother-in-law — I was married at her home — she took me aside and said she wanted to tell me what was the secret of a happy marriage," Ruth continued. "And I said, 'I'd be glad to hear it. What is it?' And she responded, 'It helps, sometimes, to be a little deaf.'"

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: "I was called up about a month or so ago by Jennifer Lopez, and she said she would like to meet me and introduce her fiance Alex Rodriguez... She mostly wanted to ask if I had any secret about a happy marriage." pic.twitter.com/EgItMC9nHA [6]

— The Hill (@thehill) August 31, 2019 [7]

As simple as the advice might seem, it apparently helped. In 1954, Ruth married lawyer Martin D. Ginsburg [8], and they stayed together until Martin's death in 2010. Meanwhile, Jennifer walked down the isle three times [9] and was married to waiter Ojani Noa from 1997 to 1998, dancer Cris Judd from 2001 to 2002, and singer Marc Anthony — with whom she shares 11-year-old twins Max and Emme [10] — from 2004 to 2014.

This time around, J Lo feels as if she's found the one. After her engagement to Alex [11], the "Medicine" singer [12] opened up to People about their relationship and how much their love has grown [13]. "We're really happy [14]," she told the publication in March. "Everything that we do, we do together. He knows my dreams [15] and I know his dreams, and together we feel like we're stronger . . . we're constantly supporting each other [16] in our individual endeavours and thinking about all the things that we can build together."


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