Jennifer Lopez recalls losing vision after working '98 days' straight

Charlie Carballo, USA TODAY Thu, June 18, 2026 at 1:21 AM UTC

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Jennifer Lopez reflected on a health scare early in her career that ultimately reshaped her approach to work-life balance.

During an appearance on the "SmartLess" podcast Monday, June 15, the singer and actress recalled temporarily losing her vision and ability to walk after working nearly 100 consecutive days while filming the 2002 thriller "Enough."

Lopez said she first noticed a "pitter-patter" in her heart between takes before feeling increasingly uneasy. She told a costar she was tired and returned to her trailer, where her symptoms worsened.

"All of a sudden, I just couldn't see," Lopez said. "It was almost like I couldn't see clearly, like something just went over my eyes and I couldn't move." She asked her assistant to bring her bodyguard to the trailer, who carried her to a car. "I was just paralyzed," she added.

Lopez, who said she thought she was going "crazy," was taken to the hospital, where a doctor assured her she wasn't having a mental health crisis. Instead, her body was protecting itself after months of burnout.

"I said to the doctor, 'Am I crazy?' He said, 'No, you're not crazy, you shut down.'"

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She attributed the episode to an exhausting schedule that required her to juggle both her acting and music careers simultaneously. "I think I had done four movies in a row, and I recorded my second album, which was really big," Lopez said. "I was working, filming every day ... all the hours ... then I'd go into the studio at night."

Her weekends were packed with press junket appearances and music video shoots for her hit 2001 album "J.Lo."

"I remember not clocking that I had worked like 98 days in a row without taking a day off – we went back and counted it," she said.

Lopez also reflected on how her breakout role in 1997's "Selena" transformed her life and brought an unexpected loss of privacy.

"I started having panic attacks," she recalled. "That was kind of getting used to fame and realizing your life had changed in a way you couldn't control anymore ... and you can't go back."

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