Jennifer Lopez says she was meant to be part of Madonna and Britney Spears' iconic kiss at the VMAs

• Jennifer Lopez said she was meant to be part of Madonna and Britney Spears' kiss at the 2003 VMAs.
• Lopez said she was supposed to appear instead of Christina Aguilera, whom Madonna also kissed.

Jennifer Lopez has said that she was supposed to be part of Madonna and Britney Spears' iconic kiss at the 2003 Video Music Awards.

Madonna turned to kiss Spears on the lips after the pair, as well as Christina Aguilera, had performed Madonna's "Hollywood."

Madonna then also turned to kiss Aguilera, whom Lopez said was her stand-in for the night.

"I was filming a movie in Canada. We had met — me, [Madonna] and Britney — to do it, at [Madonna's] home," Lopez told E! News on Tuesday. "I just couldn't get off the film, so we couldn't do it. Then they got Christina Aguilera, I think, to do it."

"I didn't wind up doing it, but yeah, we had talked about it," she added. "I love Madonna, I'm a huge fan, I always have been."

At the time of the 2003 VMAs, Lopez was engaged to actor Ben Affleck.

The couple ended their relationship shortly after, however, a move which Lopez later said was caused by the intense media scrutiny of their romance.

Lopez and Affleck are, of course, now back together again, having married in a surprise, private ceremony in Las Vegas in July 2022. They followed up their Vegas wedding with a formal ceremony a month later in Riceboro, Georgia.

Lopez said the surprise wedding in Vegas helped take the "pressure off of the big family wedding."

"Planning a wedding is a lot. Very stressful," she said.

Lopez said that Affleck planned the Vegas ceremony but the couple worked together when it came to the formal wedding.

"He has an amazing eye. He has incredible taste," Lopez said. "But everything we do, we try and do it together."