Jennifer Lopez cries over 'Hustlers' Oscar snub in new documentary trailer: 'I just had a very low self-esteem'

• Jennifer Lopez said she had "very low self-esteem" after her Oscar snub for "Hustlers."
• In 2020, fans and critics were upset after she wasn't nominated for her role as Ramona in the 2019 movie.

Jennifer Lopez cries after being snubbed by the Oscars in the trailer for her upcoming documentary "Halftime."

In 2020, many fans and critics, including Insider's Jason Guerrasio, believed that Lopez would be nominated at the Academy Awards for her role in the 2019 movie, "Hustlers."

"Hustlers" is based on a 2015 New York magazine story "The Hustlers at Scores," about a group of former strippers who took advantage of Wall Street men after the financial crisis. Lopez played the ringleader of the strippers called Ramona.

However, Lopez and the movie were snubbed despite the "Jenny from the Block" singer receiving nominations at the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Awards that same year.

One of the clips in the trailer for the "Marry Me" actress's new documentary showed her reaction to the snub.

"It was hard. I just had a very low self-esteem," Lopez said over a clip of her crying. "I had to really figure out who I was and believe in that and not believe anything else."

Later, in the trailer, Lopez also said: "I do this, not for an award. No, I do this to connect with people and make them feel things because I want to feel something."

This is not the first time she has addressed the snub. She told Oprah Winfrey during Winfrey's "2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus Tour" that it was "a little bit of a letdown."

"Most of my team has been with me for years... and I think they had a lot of hopes on that and they wanted it, too, so I felt like I let everyone down a little bit," Lopez said. " You realize you want people's validation. You want people to say you did a good job, and I realized, 'No, you don't need that. You do this because you love it.' I don't need this award to tell me I'm enough."

At the time, fans were also upset that Lopez was snubbed after Scarlett Johansson was nominated for two Oscars that year.

"Halftime," a documentary about Lopez's life, releases on Netflix on June 14th.