{"id":2452157,"date":"2026-06-10T00:04:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2452157"},"modified":"2026-06-10T00:04:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:04:55","slug":"jennifer-lopez-wipes-away-tears-at-son-maxs-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jennifer-lopez-wipes-away-tears-at-son-maxs-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Lopez wipes away tears at son Max&#8217;s graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jennifer Lopez was seen crying at her son Max\u2019s high school graduation on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The singer \u2014 wearing a floral dress, gray cardigan and nude heels \u2014 could be seen wiping away her tears in photos obtained by Page Six. <\/p>\n<p>In another image, Lopez embraced the 18-year-old, who sported a tie-dye shirt, tan pants and matching kicks on his special day. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Jennifer Lopez was spotted wiping away tears after her son Max graduated high school on Friday (as pictured here). <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The singer was also seen wrapping her son in a tight embrace. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The artist was joined by her parents, Guadalupe Rodr\u00edguez and David Lopez, manager Benny Medina and Max\u2019s twin, Emme.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez and Emme were also photographed walking together, with the recent grad sporting a red polo and blue slacks. <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cOffice Romance\u201d star shares her twins with ex-husband Marc Anthony, to whom she was\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/jennifer-lopezs-7-husbands-boyfriends-and-fiances\/\">married for 10 years<\/a>\u00a0before their 2014 divorce, though he wasn\u2019t seen at the ceremony. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The artist attended the ceremony with her parents, Guadalupe Rodr\u00edguez and David Lopez, and manager Benny Medina (as pictured here). <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Lopez donned a pastel green floral dress, gray cardigan and nude heels. She accessorized with a matching Herm\u00e8s Birkin bag. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The musician also <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/29\/parents\/marc-anthony-skips-emmes-graduation-as-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-afflecks-son-attend\/\">skipped out on Emme\u2019s graduation<\/a> last month. <\/p>\n<p>Lopez, however, attended Emme\u2019s ceremony with Rodr\u00edguez, Max and her former stepson, Samuel Affleck. <\/p>\n<p>Emme and Ben Affleck\u2019s 14-year-old son were seen chatting in a series of pictures obtained by Page Six at the time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Max\u2019s twin, Emme, was also in attendance, sporting a red polo and blue pants (as pictured here). <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Last month, the hitmaker attended Emme\u2019s ceremony (as pictured here) with her mom, son and former stepson, Samuel. Ben Affleck shares Samuel, Violet, 20, and Fin, 17, with his ex-wife Jennifer Garner. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lopez\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/07\/17\/jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-get-married-in-las-vegas\/\">tied the knot with Affleck<\/a>\u00a0in 2022 and the pair has kept in close contact with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/jennifer-lopez-and-ben-afflecks-kids-meet-their-5-children\/\">each other\u2019s children<\/a>\u00a0since<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/08\/20\/entertainment\/jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-divorcing-after-2-years-of-marriage\/\"> their 2024 split<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cArgo\u201d star shares three kids with\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2015\/06\/30\/ben-affleck-and-jennifer-garner-to-divorce\/\">ex-wife Jennifer Garner<\/a>: Samuel, Violet, 20, and Fin, 17.<\/p>\n<p>During Emme\u2019s graduation, it was revealed that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/29\/celebrity-news\/jennifer-lopezs-child-emme-debuts-new-name-at-high-school-graduation-ceremony\/\">Lopez\u2019s child is going by a new name<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Lopez welcomed her twins with ex-husband Marc Anthony (pictured here together in 2009) before calling it quits after 10 years in 2014. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Anthony was notably absent from both his kids\u2019 graduation ceremonies (as pictured here). <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A March\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVkSvETgX91\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0post announcing where Emme is going to college, identified the student as \u201cOskar Mu\u00f1iz\u201d alongside a childhood photo. The post also tagged Emme\u2019s\u00a0Instagram account.<\/p>\n<p>However, Lopez\u2019s tears on Friday were to be expected, as the hitmaker admitted she had been \u201ccrying for two months\u201d while on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Hod-28wQL2M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d<\/a> the evening before Emme\u2019s graduation.<\/p>\n<p>The actress added that her main goal is to now see the twins \u201cbe happy and go where they want to go and do what they want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before the kids jet off to their next chapter, Lopez revealed <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/09\/parents\/jennifer-lopez-breaks-down-exactly-how-she-avoided-raising-spoiled-kids\/\">how she avoided spoiling her children<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, they do what they see you do,\u201d she said while on Monday night\u2019s episode of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CIxqkL_2nKE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cWatch What Happens Live.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>On Monday, Lopez (pictured here with her twins) revealed that the key to not spoiling your children is to set a good example for them. <span class=\"credit\">jlo\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The \u201cOffice Romance\u201d actress also admitted that her kids (pictured here together) don\u2019t \u201cwant to be anything like\u201d her and want their \u201cown path.\u201d   <span class=\"credit\">jlo\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSo, it\u2019s not so much what you tell them all the time. Even though I\u2019m trying to download everything I\u2019ve ever learned in my life, every lesson \u2026 to them right now \u2026 before they leave [for college] in August,\u201d she expressed.<\/p>\n<p>For Lopez, the superstar said it\u2019s \u201cwho you are as a person\u201d and what your children see you do. <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cKiss of the Spider Woman\u201d star confessed that her kids don\u2019t \u201cwant to be anything like\u201d her and want their \u201cown path.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey see this persona as such a thing,\u201d Lopez explained to host Andy Cohen. \u201cAnd but I also see them like mimic, not mimic, but just pick up things that are the good things or the good traits about you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Lopez was seen crying at her son Max\u2019s high school graduation on Friday. The singer \u2014 wearing a floral dress, gray cardigan and nude heels \u2014 could be seen wiping away her tears in photos obtained by Page Six. In another image, Lopez embraced the 18-year-old, who sported a tie-dye shirt, tan pants and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2452158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[30058,70626,24003,470814,22265,366177,21912,21800,22507],"class_list":["post-2452157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-children","tag-celebrity-families","tag-celebrity-news","tag-graduation","tag-jennifer-lopez","tag-marc-anthony","tag-movies","tag-music","tag-parents"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jennifer-Lopez-wipes-away-tears-at-son-Maxs-graduation.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2452159,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452157\/revisions\/2452159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2452158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}