CEBU, Philippines - Jennifer Lopez once fired a manager who told her to lose weight, it has been revealed.
The American Idol judge - who has been named Woman of the Year by US Glamour - discussed the incident with actress Jane Fonda.
The topic came up as Fonda interviewed her former Monster-in-Law co-star, saying: 'I read that you once fired a manager who told you to lose weight.'
Lopez, 42, says: 'I was just so infuriated that somebody said you couldn't have a little extra meat on you - because I was by no means fat!
'That was so mean and closed-minded.
'I was like: "No, this is who I am and this is the type of woman that I grew up with and it was beautiful and there's no reason to be anybody but myself".'
The mother-of-two also reveals that she is no longer pressured to diet her curves away.
'No, I don't get that now,' she says. 'I think people know better.'
The New Yorker also tells Fonda, 73, that she has not decided whether or not she will have plastic surgery in the future.
'Honestly, I'm not going to make a judgement on it because I don't have to yet,' Lopez tells the veteran star who has openly admitted to having cosmetic surgery herself.
'I mean, I'd like to think I'll feel great about myself and age gracefully, but then I think: "Well, what if I do want a little bit of something?"
Lopez has been married three times and is in the process of going through her third divorce - from singer Marc Anthony.
Fonda - herself a three-time divorcee- asks the woman who has dated P Diddy, Ben Affleck and is rumored to be seeing Bradley Cooper, what she has learned from her relationship failures.
'I just think when it's easy, it's great,' Lopez says.
'But when something bad happens is when you really learn. It causes self-examination, it causes you to take a look at yourself. You naturally start analyzing. It's not that you're wrong; it's that sometimes you just need to make adjustments. Change your way of thinking, change your way of doing, change your way of choosing.'
When it comes to love, both actresses agree that it shouldn't be called 'falling in love,' preferring instead the phrase 'standing on two feet.'
'That's right,' Lopez says. 'Standing on two feet, seeing everything straight and right and clearly.'
The Back-Up Plan star also tells Glamour readers her key to a good relationship. She says: 'I think that I've finally learned the biggest lesson of all. You've got to love yourself first. You've got to be OK on your own before you can be OK with somebody else. You've got to value yourself and know that you're worth everything.