Jennifer Lopez has been named as the recipient of the People’s Icon Award at the 2020 E! People’s Choice Awards, cementing her status as a massively influential star.

However, there is one major celebrity who does not believe that she deserves this accolade.

That celebrity is Howard Stern, the legendary radio show host, best-selling author, film producer, former America’s Got Talent host, and brilliant interviewer.

Howard Stern has been particularly critical of Jennifer Lopez over the years, and he has some very specific reasons for this.

Firstly, he is not a fan of most modern music. Stern is known to prefer the rock and grunge of the 90s, and he is a huge fan of bands such as Smashing Pumpkins and The Foo Fighters.

Therefore, the poppy, electronic music of J-Lo is not to his taste.

In 2011, Howard and his long-time Stern Show co-host Robin Quivers dissected J-Lo’s hit song “On The Floor”.

As soon as he started listening to the beat, he started to laugh. Both he and Robin, who were watching the music video, thought that it was clear that Jennifer Lopez was doing everything she could to show herself off.

“This is a hit somewhere?” Howard joked.

Robin started to talk over the song, explaining its origins when Howard interrupted and sarcastically said, “Robin, you’re ruining the song. It’s so beautiful.”

Specifically, Howard made fun of the song’s pounding beat by saying, “That’s the sound of me banging my head against the wall… in time to the music. Ouch!”

But it was Robin who made the claim that radio stations were reluctant to play it since she hasn’t been on the charts for so long.

But due to Jennifer judging American Idol at the time, her name was relevant so they sort of had to…

The music video for the single even debuted on American Idol. A moment that Howard described as Jennifer being infatuated watching herself.

Howard also bashed J-Lo’s 2019 Superbowl 2020 half-time show performance as well as Jimmy Fallon’s praise of it.

According to his radio show, Howard said he didn’t believe Jimmy was serious about it and that he would talk some sense into him the next time they speak.

In addition to criticizing her music, Howard also believes that J-Lo is way too into herself.

During an interview for America’s Got Talent, when he was a judge, Howard slammed Jennifer’s judging style when she was on Idol: “I think a lot of the judges are not so good at judging.”

“They’re more focused on promoting their career. You know, I was critical of, you know, J-Lo because I felt like she never said anything negative. And I felt like it helped her career.

“She suddenly went really far. She got back on the charts. The show was good for her and it became more about J-Lo.”

At another time, Howard said this of Britney Spears potentially becoming a judge on X-Factor:

“I don’t anticipate great opinions from her. I think she’s gonna sit there and be like, ‘Oh, I like that.’ And that’s not what we need. We need someone who’s gonna be critical. Like J-Lo. She’s always promoting herself.”

Despite Howard’s criticism of J-Lo, she is still a massively successful artist, with millions of albums sold, several huge singles, a successful acting career, and several beauty and fashion lines.

She is also still considered to be a fashion icon and looks amazing well into her 50s.