Meghan McCain Criticizes Jennifer Lopez as ‘Deeply Unpleasant’ and Calls for Humility, Recalling Alleged 2019 Incident on The View

Meghan McCain has branded Jennifer Lopez as a ‘deeply unpleasant person’ and said the singer showed up with a bigger entourage than ‘the President’ when she interviewed her on The View in 2019.

Meghan, 39, who served as a host on the daytime talk show from 2017 until 2021, slammed the Jenny From the Block songstress during a recent episode of her podcast, Citizen McCain.

She said JLo ‘needs to humble herself’ and claimed to have had a ‘not so nice’ experience with the hitmaker when she appeared on the series in the past.

Meghan made the shocking claims while chatting with her guest Carlos King, creator of the Love and Marriage franchise, amid the recent news that Jennifer, 54, had canceled her upcoming tour.

‘I actually feel bad right now because I feel like [there’s] bullying happening to JLo and I don’t want to add to that,’ Meghan said.

Meghan McCain has branded Jennifer Lopez as a ‘deeply unpleasant person’ and said the singer showed up with a bigger entourage than ‘the President’ when she was on The View

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Meghan, 39, who served as a host on the daytime talk show from 2017 until 2021, slammed the Jenny From the Block songstress during a recent episode of her podcast, Citizen McCain

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Meghan made the shocking claims while chatting with her guest Carlos King, creator of the Love and Marriage franchise, amid the recent news that Jennifer, 54, had canceled her upcoming tour. Jennifer is seen performing in 2022

‘But she just is a deeply unpleasant person. She had the biggest entourage I’ve ever seen of any celebrity.

‘More than Kim Kardashian, more than the President. And I just don’t really understand why it was needed.’

When Carlos said he was surprised by her claims because he had good experiences with JLo, Meghan insisted, ‘JLo does not have a reputation for being a nice, normal person. I’m not exposing [anything].’

Meghan also branded JLo’s recent documentary as ‘not good’ and said her acting as of late ‘has not been great’ – but the TV personality insisted she was ‘not trying to be shady.’

‘She needs to humble herself a little bit because she’s getting [hate] all over the internet especially on TikTok,’ she continued.

‘There’s a lot of people, like real people, lower level people who work on shows, service workers, waitresses who have really negative stories about her.

‘And again, I just know my experience. I was a host at The View and she was not nice. Whatever, you don’t always have to be nice it was just surprising given that people like Kim Kardashian couldn’t be more delightful.

‘When you’re coming on a show for a 10-minute segment, just fake it until you make it for 10 minutes.’

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She said JLo ‘needs to humble herself’ and claimed to have had a ‘not so nice’ experience with the hitmaker when she appeared on the series in the past

‘She is a deeply unpleasant person. She had the biggest entourage I’ve ever seen of any celebrity. More than the President,’ Meghan (seen on The View with JLo in 2019) said

When Carlos said he was surprised by her claims because he had good experiences with JLo, Meghan insisted, ‘JLo does not have a reputation for being a nice, normal person’

Back in April, Meghan released an episode called Why is JLo Flopping So Badly?, during which she discussed the star’s career with her co-host Miranda.

She then posted part of their conversation to TikTok, where the video went viral, gaining more than two million views.

But in the latest episode, Meghan claimed that JLo ‘had her TikTok taken down’ due ‘bullying,’ but added that it’s now back up.

‘All I said was that she had a huge entourage and that she was not my favorite guest I’ve ever interviewed,’ Meghan reflected of the TikTok. ‘That’s like the direct quote and it was taken down for bullying.’

In the TikTok, Meghan branded Jennifer as a ‘PR mess’ and said she was ‘in her flop era.’

‘She came on The View many times as a guest, not my favorite,’ she added. ‘Let me tell you something, some of the biggest celebrities I have ever met in my life, I mean giant celebrities, have one publicist with them.

‘Jennifer Lopez has more people traveling with her than the President. Or as many [as him]. I’m not kidding.

‘I’m gonna get in trouble for this but my big memory of JLo is, there was a person whose entire job was to hold up a mirror with lights while they were touching her up backstage.

‘I remember being like, “That poor man. What a weird job. He probably went to art school and had dreams of being a musician and now he holds JLo’s [mirror].”‘

Jennifer released her new album This Is Me… Now back in February, and it was accompanied by a musical film called This Is Me… Now: A Love Story and a documentary entitled The Greatest Love Story Never Told.

The album debuted at number 38 on the Billboard char, her first LP to not make the top 20.

She then announced that she would be embarking on her first tour in five years – but weeks later, it was revealed that she had canceled shows across seven cities amid poor ticket sales.

In late May, Jennifer officially canceled the tour ‘to be with her children, family and close friends.’ The news came after she struggled to sell tickets

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Jennifer is also facing problems in her personal life, as rumors have emerged recently that her marriage to Ben Affleck is on the rocks. They’re seen in February

No cause or explanation for the cancelation has been provided by the performer or her team.

In early April, it was revealed that the tour – which is set to be her first tour in five years – had been rebranded from This Is Me… Now: The Tour to This Is Me… Live.

At the time, Variety reported that it would also focus more on her greatest hits rather than the music off her latest album, This Is Me… Now.

A source told DailyMail.com afterwards that the rebrand was expected to draw in fans from her previous work and lure in listeners who didn’t connect with This Is Me… Now.

The decision was said to have been partly inspired by the success of her competitors like Taylor Swift and Madonna, who have enjoyed hugely successful tours in the last two years.

‘Jennifer saw how well Taylor Swift did with the Eras Tour and Madonna did with Celebration, which spans their entire careers, and she hopes to be able to deliver something that will take her fans through the journey of her life,’ an insider told DailyMail.com exclusively.

‘This Is Me… Now was such a healing and cathartic experience for her. She does not regret it for one second.

‘But now she is looking forward and is ready to bring this back to her roots and show her fans that she is still, and always will be, Jenny from the Block.’

But as of early May, it looked like Jennifer was still struggling to sell tickets, with blocks of seating still available at multiple venues, according to official seat maps on Ticketmaster, and resale sites scalping tickets for as little as $10.

Two weeks later, a source told DailyMail.com that organizers were keen to pull the plug on the tour to stave embarrassment over the poor sales – but the hitmaker and her manager refused.

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The two are reportedly living in separate houses and are trying to sell their $60 million Beverly Hills home (seen)

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They have stayed tight-lipped on the speculation, but they put on a united front when they were seen holding hands at Ben’s daughter Violet’s graduation on May 30

‘A few weeks ago, Live Nation met with J.Lo’s manager Benny Medina to suggest cancelling J.Lo’s tour and because him and J.Lo are so adamant that the show must go on, it’s going on,’ the insider said.

A second source added, ‘Live Nation is very concerned about the lack of tickets sold and doesn’t want Jen to feel embarrassed when she goes out there and sees empty patches in the stadiums she is going to perform at.

‘But Jen has too much pride to cancel it, so it’ll currently be what it will be, they can’t convince her to change course.’

In late May, Jennifer officially canceled the tour ‘to be with her children, family and close friends.’

Jennifer is also facing problems in her personal life, as rumors have emerged recently that her marriage to Ben Affleck is on the rocks.

Rumors erupted earlier this month that the singer and the actor were headed for divorce, two years after they walked down the aisle together.

The two are reportedly living in separate houses and are trying to sell their $60 million Beverly Hills home.

They have stayed tight-lipped on the speculation, but they put on a united front when they were seen holding hands at Ben’s daughter Violet’s graduation on May 30.

Photographers also caught them sharing an awkward kiss at his son Samuel’s basketball game days later.

They arrived separately to the sporting event and greeted each other outside; they opted not to kiss on the lips, instead proceeding to do an air kiss, with Ben seemingly patting his wife on the back, before they headed into the event together.