Jennifer Lopez is one of the most famous women in the world; she grew up on the streets of the Bronx in New York and became a successful singer and actor – not to mention one of Time magazine’s most influential Hispanic Americans.

Yet, in spite all of that, she remains “Jenny from the block” – and as such, she’s as plain-talking and down to earth as she ever was.

“I have no patience for anything that’s not real,” she tells W Magazine in a new interview. “Just no bulls**t.”

So it’s unsurprising that the 47-year-old star has a refreshing approach to ageism and ageing, saying: “It’s not about perfection”.

Jennifer Lopez brilliantly flips sexist ageism on its head