Jennifer Lopez confesses she 'was sad' when she did not get an Oscar nomination for Hustlers: 'I felt like I let everyone down a little bit'

Jennifer Lopez confessed on Saturday that she 'was sad' when she failed to get an Oscar nomination for Hustlers.

The 50-year-old pop star played a the queen bee of a stripper crime ring in the acclaimed movie, which drew lots of attention for her virtuoso performance.

She told Oprah Winfrey during the latter's 2020 Vision: Your Life In Focus Tour in Ingelwood that she 'felt like I let everyone down a little bit' by not getting nominated.

 I was sad, I was a little sad because there was a lot of buildup to it. There were so many articles, I got so many good notices - more than ever in my career - and there was a lot of: "She’s going to get nominated for an Oscar, it’s going to happen, if it doesn’t you’re crazy,"' Jennifer recalled.

'I’m reading all the articles going: "Oh my god, could this happen?" And then it didn’t and I was like: "Ouch," it was a little bit of a letdown,' she dished. 

Also I felt like my whole team - most of my team has been with me for years, 20, 25 years - and I think they had a lot of hopes on that and they wanted it too, so I felt like I let everyone down a little bit,' she continued.

The conjecture was that Jennifer would be nominated for best supporting actress, an award that ended up going to Laura Dern for Marriage Story.

Also starring Constance Wu, Keke Palmer, Julia Stiles, Lili Reinhart, Lizzo and Cardi B, the film follows strippers who take revenge on their wealthy clients.

Hustlers is written and directed by Lorene Scafaria, who had the same positions on the 2012 dramedy Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World.

Lorene's latest movie is based on a 2015 article for New York magazine called The Hustlers At Scores, written by Jessica Pressler.

Jennifer had all eyes on her at the Forum in Inglewood, California, this Saturday thanks to her vibrant yellow suit. Source: dailymai