The red carpets of awards ceremonies can often be insincere affairs, but there was a wholesome moment at last weekend's Golden Globes between Jennifer Lopez and Brie Larson.
Larson was being interviewed by Entertainment Tonight, when she spotted her childhood idol J-Lo walking past and apparently lost control of all her senses.
"I can't!" she said tearfully, as a surprised Lopez stopped. "You mean so much to me. I'm such a huge fan - I saw 'Selena' and it made me wanna be an actor, and you've always meant so much to me. It’s been a dream of mine [to meet you] so thank you so much! Your work ethic is so important, thank you."
Lopez replied "Oh my god, don't make me cry!", after which Larson said she was going off to do a shot of tequila.
Now, in an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Lopez expanded on their encounter and said that she understood where Larson was coming from.
"It brings tears to my eyes now," she said. "Because it’s very, it’s very moving, because you do; you give your heart and soul to this when you’re an artist."
She added: "I remember being a little girl and watching 'West Side Story' and seeing Rita Moreno and knowing what that meant for me,. When I was looking at Brie and I saw her and I was staring in her eyes because she was so locked in with me and just [was] like, ‘I have wanted to tell you this for so long.’ … I saw myself, and I saw the little girl, and to think that I did that for somebody was really, really overwhelming."
She concluded: "I could have really taken a moment there, and it was very lovely to have an experience like that. I don’t think I ever imagined that I would have an experience like that with somebody who is so talented and who I watch their movies and who, is kind of in a way, my contemporary even. … It was a very kind thing that she did, and it meant a lot to me, probably even more than it did to her."
