Jennifer Lopez was warned ‘American Idol’ would ruin her acting career

Jennifer Lopez was warned she’d never make another movie if she worked on “American Idol”.

The 55-year-old singer and actress was a judge on the reality competition series in 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2016, but she defied the advice she’d received to accept the job because she wanted to help aspiring singers.

She told Nikki Glaser in a conversation for Interview magazine: “I’ll do things that could be risky because I believe that they’re going to turn out okay.”

Jennifer Lopez claims her team suggested she avoid being a judge on “American Idol.” REUTERS

She ended up judging the hit series for five seasons. Getty Images

“I’d done all these big movies and made these albums and now they’re asking me to do reality TV. I’ve had kids and I haven’t worked for a couple of years.”

“‘American Idol’ was a big show at the time. It really comes down to, what do I think I can bring to something?”

“When all of my advisors were like, ‘Don’t do this, you’re going to be reduced to just a reality star.’”

“It was looked down upon. ‘Don’t do that or nobody will ever hire you for a movie ever again.’”

Lopez was a judge on the show during seasons 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15.

The “On the Floor” singer noted, “I love music and I love mentoring people, and I wanted to share the things that I knew about the business.” AP

“And I was just like, ‘No. I don’t think that’s what’s going to happen. I think I have something to contribute.”

“I love music and I love mentoring people, and I wanted to share the things that I knew about the business. So it became more about, ‘What do I think I can do with this?’”

“When I’m choosing things, even if they seem like not the best idea to everybody else, if I feel it in my gut that it’s the right thing to do, nobody can talk me out of it.”

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Lopez said she has made several career decisions by trusting her intuition. Interview Magazine

She said she has also turned down jobs her team wanted her to accept. REUTERS

And the “Hustlers” actress — who has 16-year-old twins Max and Emme with ex-husband Marc Anthony — admitted she has also turned down jobs that her team has encouraged her to take because she didn’t think they were the right things to do.

She said: “There’s been movies like that. Sometimes they’ll offer you tons of money to do a commercial or a private show, and you’re just like, ‘No.’”

“They’re like, ‘Please do it! We all want the commission!’ And I’m like, ‘I can’t do that.’”