In an interview with Latina magazine, Jennifer Lopez says she felt robbed of an Oscar nomination for her role opposite husband Marc Anthony in the 2006 film “El Cantante.”
The actress blames academy voters for not making the effort to watch her performance as salsa star Hector Lavoe’s wife, Puchi.

“I feel like I had that (Oscar role) in ‘El Cantante,’ but I don’t even think the Academy members saw it. I feel like it’s their responsibility to do that, to see everything that’s out there, everything that could be great,” she says.

Lopez admits she would have loved to have accepted her first Oscar from a hospital bed after just giving birth to her twins, Max and Emme.

She adds, “I had just given birth on the 22nd (February), and the Oscars, I think, were a day or two later. I was sitting there with my twins (and) I couldn’t have been happier, but I was like, ‘How dope would it have been if I would’ve won the Oscar and been here in my hospital bed accepting the award?’ — ‘Thank you so much! I just want to thank the Academy!’”

And she still has her sights on an Oscar: “Things will happen when they’re supposed to happen. I have the utmost faith and no doubt that it will (happen) one day.”