February 10, 2012

Jennifer Lopez says she's tired of being "picked on" by the media.

Contact Music reports that the pop star, actress and American Idol judge tells WWD that she's felt as though she's under the microscope ever since announcing her separation from hubby Marc Anthony last summer.

"It's hard sometimes, I'm not going to lie. I try to stay away from the media as much as I can," Lopez says. "I try not to take it too personally, because I don't think they do it just to me. But as a human being it feels like that."

The star says it's easy to feel singled out by the media glare, even though she realizes she's not the only celeb in their sights.

"You feel like you're the only one being picked on," she says. "But the truth is, they pick on everybody. They really don't discriminate. I try to concentrate on all the great things I have going on in my life."

Lopez, who has three-year-old twins with Anthony, Max and Emme, says she's open to the idea of her kids one day breaking into show business, but she'll never push them into it.

"Here's what I know about doing what I do… If they're going to do it, there's nothing I can do to stop them – and I'll support them. But just like my mom, I'm going to make them go to school and I'm going to let them make that decision when they're old enough to make that decision…

"If they want to go off and be artists or singers or dancers or pilots or architects or anything – then they have my full support. My mom couldn't stop me from [getting into this industry], I won't be able to stop them from doing it.'

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