Jennifer Lopez Says Her Viral Wardrobe Malfunction Outfit Was a Last-Minute Creation

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“I go out there, and the thing just falls apart”

Jennifer Lopez is keeping it real and extremely hilarious about that viral wardrobe malfunction. In a recent chat on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,’ she opened up about how the outfit behind the viral moment was actually made that very day.

J.Lo (now 56) recalled the July 25 concert in Poland when her skirt suddenly gave way mid-performance, just as the audience sang “Happy Birthday” to her. Backup dancers were seen trying to adjust it. But the moment the hands let go, down it went. She ended up standing onstage in a sparkly gold bra, matching high-waist underwear, and nude stockings.

“I’m out here in my underwear, how do you like that? That’s gonna be everywhere,” she joked, before tossing the skirt into the crowd.

When Fallon asked if that moment was part of the show, Lopez laughed and said, “Nope. It wasn’t part of the show.” The entire look was thrown together in a rush. She told him she had seen a 1990s photo of supermodel Yasmine Bleeth, who wore a similar outfit, and decided on a whim, “Let’s make this outfit.”

“It made them crazy to make this outfit,” she said. “I didn’t know if I was really gonna wear it, but I did at the last second… and I go out there, and the thing just falls apart.”

But of course, Jennifer Lopez handled that moment like a star. When Fallon asked if she just rolled with it, she responded with trademark humor: “Thank God I had a big, you know, underwear on.”

Even after the onstage slip, Lopez has been slaying in fashion. At a special screening of Kiss of the Spider Woman in New York, she stunned in a sculptural green gown by Harris Reed. And around NYC, she turned heads in spiderweb-inspired outfits, corsets, and daring statement pieces.