Despite having moved on since her split - JLo is dating her 25-year-old back up dancer Beau 'Casper' Smart - the 43-year-old said having her two twins, Max and Emme, ask questions about the divorce continues to make it difficult.
'I actually just wrote a song about it and just recorded it funnily enough, because I wanted to explain to them without out explaining it to them. It is a beautiful song.
'But there something inside of me that was struggling with that part of things.'
Putting it in song: To explain the divorce to her twins, Emme and Max, JLo wrote a song about it for them
Promotion people: The singer was on the Katie show to promote her new movie, Parker, which also stars Jason Statham in the title role
When asked what she says to the almost five-year-olds the singer said: 'I feel like God gives me the words every time because every time they do it I get a rush of panic through my body and I'm like ''Oh my god, what do I say?''
In better times: JLo and Marc Anthony often performed together, including during the America Idol final in 2011, a year later they divorced
'Again it is learning process, like with Marc, and I said maybe we should do some things together.'
The On The Floor singer was on the Katie show to promote her new film Parker in which she plays a newly divorced woman. Filming as she went through her own divorce was cathartic, the singer said.
'It was kind of perfect to be honest, because I was very in touch with all the emotions,' Jennifer said.
'I play a character who is really literally at the worst point of her life. She's divorced, she's pushing forty and her work isn't doing well and she is living with her mum.
'So she's at the worst point of her life and at that moment when I was doing the movie, I felt the same way.
'It was the worst time of my life going through the divorce with the kids, so it was kind of a blessing - as these can be sometimes - to be able to use all those emotions and all those feelings and put them somewhere.
'As when you have kids and you have to get up every day - and it's hard to get up when you feel that bad - and you have to hide it all day at work and hide in front of the kids, so to be able to use it in the scenes and really look how I felt was great.'
Jennifer, who was joined by her co-star Jason Statham, also revealed that she was terrified to do a scene where she had to strip down in front of Jason's character Parker.
Depressed: Lopez revealed to Couric and Statham that she used her own feelings post divorce to play her newly divorced charcter
Strip stress: The singer has to strip down in a scene in the film which she said was 'nerve racking' but 'you just have to suck it up'
'It's nerve racking you know it's coming, it's nerve racking and you just have to suck it up,' the singer turned actress said.
In order to look her best JLo starved herself for 'a few days' before the scene but had a bag of McDonald's waiting for her.
'I saw you running down the stairs with a bag and I was like ''What's in the bag?'' and you're like ''Go away, go away,''' Jason said, realising what his co-star was up to.
Crazy craving: JLo starved herself for 'a few days' prior to her near naked scene but had McDonald's waiting for her after she finished
Despite talking about how hard she has found it since getting divorced, JLo did reveal that her boyfriend Casper and her have taken the next step in their relationship - buying a dog together.
Named Baby Bear, the boxer puppy made its Twitter debut last week.
'Introducing the new addition to the family.... " BEAR" #WelcomeHome #Happy,' Casper tweeted to Jennifer, introducing the puppy to their fans.
Moving on: The singer turned actress is now dating her 25-year-old backup dancer Casper Smart, who walked the Parker premiere carpet with her on Wednesday in Las Vegas
Sadness behind her smile: Jennifer Lopez told Katie Couric on Friday she is still struggling to come to terms with her divorce to Marc Anthony
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