Jennifer Lopez‘s ex-husband, Ojani Noa, holds Sean ‘Diddy‘ Combs partially responsible for the end of their short-lived marriage.
While appearing on Despierta America, the 50-year-old actor reflected on the end of his relationship with the superstar, 55, as he alleged that ‘part of that divorce’ was the 54-year-old disgraced hip-hop mogul’s ‘fault.’
‘When Sony came and paid her the millions she got, there was Puffy [Combs], who was going to be one of the producers of several tracks on the first album On The 6, Noa told the outlet.
He continued, ‘I was in Los Angeles opening my restaurant and she was between Miami and New York working on the album.’
Noa’s interview was translated from Spanish to English in the quotes above in an article published by Page Six on Wednesday.
Jennifer Lopez’s ex-husband, Ojani Noa, holds Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs partially responsible for end of their short-lived marriage, which lasted from 1997 to 1998 (pictured in 2024)
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Noa and Lopez were married from 1997 to 1998.
Oja was working as a waiter at Gloria Estefan’s Miami eatery Lario’s On the Beach when he first met Jennifer – who had appeared in movie Money Train and was busy filming Blood and Wine – but had no idea who she was.
Previously, Oja detailed how her life as a ‘megastar’ eventually took a toll on their marriage during a 2022 interview with the Mail on Sunday.
‘There were many times I felt like Mr Cinderella. She was the most beautiful woman I’d ever seen. In the beginning, I had no idea who she was,’ he recalled.
Oja continued: ‘We fell in love when she was already famous. But during our marriage she became a megastar. For years it was too painful to talk about. I wanted to lie low and live my life.’
The pair first kissed at the Blood and Wine wrap party, but Jennifer then flew back to Los Angeles, and the pair spent weeks talking over the phone before Ojani joined her at the premiere of the movie.
He recalled: ‘After the premiere we went back to her hotel. That was the first time we made love. It was perfect. She was perfect. We lay there afterwards and she said, “I want you to always be in my life. I love you.”‘
