Taking on as the cover girl for ELLE magazine’s October issue, ‘Jenny-from-the-block’ hasn’t exactly been the luckiest woman when it comes to love. Having had her heart crushed in many ways than one.

With three divorces and a a recently failed relationship, Jennifer Lopez is still very optimistic that cupid has plenty more in store for her.

Jennifer, 45, said: “I still believe in love. The nirvana man, he’s out there somewhere. But you just have to work at it. You have to work at everything.

“Everybody has seen that I make mistakes,’ Jennifer added, reflecting over her past relationships.

“I rush in, I get swept up and I ignore the signs. But so many of us are guilty of these things.

“Each time it goes wrong, it’s hard. I get really hurt but I have to let myself go: “What did I do? What can I learn?” And as hard and as hurtful as things get, I want to believe I will be able to go one step higher. I’ve got to hope that if I keep going I will eventually get it right.

Opening up about life as a single mum, Jennifer said that it’s “not easy”.

“I’m from a traditional background. It takes two people to make a kid for a reason. It’s tough because I know they feel the void of that male presence.

“When Marc and I first broke up, I did think: I wish I could have held this together. But when you realise it’s not the right thing for anybody, you think: OK, well how do we make this work, how do we make this better, how do we make this great for the children anyway?”