Jennifer Lopez got emotional when she received the Generation Award at the MTV Movie & TV Awards in Santa Monica on Sunday. The tears started flow when she acknowledged her two children ‘for teaching me to love’ and thanked the people who have ‘been true and those who have lied to her.’ She also gave a shout out to her fiancé Ben Affleck at the very end of the speech saying: ‘Ben and everybody at home, wait for me to have dinner. I will be home by 7!’

 

Emotional: Jennifer Lopez, 52, shed a few tears when she accepted the Generation Award at the MTV Movie & TV Awards in Santa Monica on Sunday Accepting the honor with genuine gratitude, the triple threat entertainer recognized her supporters, as well as those who have discredited her during her journey, while delivering a ‘different kind of list of thank-yous.’ She then confessed that she was lucky enough to work with people who made her ‘better.’ The Bronx, New York native went on to set up her unique list of thank yous by sharing that ‘you can not create truth unless you’ve really lived it.’

 

Love don’t cost a thing: By the time JLo started to thank ‘true love’ she started to visibly get emotional and said she wanted to thank those who had ‘lied to her and those who had been true’

Love don’t cost a thing: By the time JLo started to thank ‘true love’ she started to visibly get emotional and said she wanted to thank those who had ‘lied to her and those who had been true’

More tears: ‘I want to thank all the people who told me, to my face – or, when I wasn’t in the room – that I couldn’t do this,’ Lopez said, through more tears, adding, ‘I really don’t think I could’ve done it without you’

Real moment: The actress, singer and dancer went on to thank ‘disappointment and failure for teaching me to be strong,’ and her 14-year-old twins Max and Emme, ‘for teaching me to love,’ which set off

Fan appreciation: ‘I know I couldn’t have done it without the fans who saw the movies’

 

Singled out: Lopez went on to give an extra special thank her manager, Benny Medina, who she said was “the one persona who believed in me from the beginning’ ‘I want to thank all the people who gave me this life,’ she began. ‘I want to thank the people who gave me joy, and the ones who broke my heart.’ Pausing a moment she continued: ‘The ones who were true, and the ones who lied to me,” Lopez continued. By the time she started to thank ‘true love’ she started to visibly get emotional.

Going strong: Lopez gave a shout out during her acceptance speech to fiance Ben, shown together last February in Los Angeles I want to thank the way that I lied to myself, because that’s how I knew that I had to grow.’ The Hustler star went on to thank ‘disappointment and failure for teaching me to be strong,’ and her 14-year-old twins Max and Emme, ‘for teaching me to love.’ It’s at this point, with the mention of her two children, that the tears started to flow. Pausing to find the next words, the crowd then began to roar with cheers of support.

Humbled: ‘You’re only as good as the people you work with,’ Lopez shared, in a reference to the incredible success she has achieved since breaking in to Hollywood in the 1980s

Unique list: The Bronx, New York native then told the audience she has a ‘different king of list of thank-yous’, which began with her recognizing ‘people who gave me this life… people who gave me joy… and the ones who broke my heart’ ‘I want to thank all the people who told me, to my face or, when I wasn’t in the room – that I couldn’t do this,’ Lopez said, through more tears, adding, ‘I really don’t think I could’ve done it without you. And I know I couldn’t have done it without the fans who saw the movies.’ Humbled in the moment, Lopez then started pointing at all the fans in the room while saying, ‘You, you, you, you and you you are the reason that I am here, and that I have been here, and I love you!’ She then went on to give an extra special thank her manager, Benny Medina, who she said was “the one persona who believed in me from the The Generation Award celebrates ‘beloved actors whose diverse contributions to both film and television have turned them into household names,” according to MTV. Past recipients include Scarlett Johansson, Dwayne Johnson, Chris Pratt, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Wahlberg, Sandra Bullock, Jamie Foxx, Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey and the Fast & Furious franchise, among others.

 

Giving thanks: at the end of the speech Lopez started pointing at all the fans in the room while saying, ‘You, you, you, you and you you are the reason that I am here, and that I have been here, and I love you!’