J. Lo says ‘mortified and very sweet’ Ayo Edebiri gave her tearful apology for past comments

Ayo Edebiri has made amends with Jennifer Lopez.

In a Feb. 13 interview with Variety, Lopez said Edebiri apologized to her for previous negative comments she made about her career.

Not long after "Saturday Night Live" announced that Edebiri was going to host the program on Feb. 3, with Lopez as the musical guest, a resurfaced clip from an episode of the “Scam Goddess” podcast started making the rounds on social media.

During the February 2020 episode of the podcast, Edebiri said Lopez’s “whole career is one long scam.”

As awkward as it was for the two to come face to face on "SNL," Lopez said that Edebiri did apologize to her backstage.

“She was mortified and very sweet,” Lopez told Variety. "She came to my dressing room and apologized with tears in her eyes, saying how terrible it was that she had said those things. She felt really badly and loved my performance because we had just done my soundcheck and she actually got to hear me perform. She was just like, ‘I’m so f------ sorry, it was so awful of me.’”

“It’s funny," Lopez continued. "I’ve heard similar things said about me throughout my career, so it really didn’t affect me.”

During her debut hosting stint on "SNL," Edebiri gave a humorous nod to the comments during a sketch called “Why’d You Say It.”

The game show, hosted by Kenan Thompson, had contestants answer questions about questionable comments that they left on Instagram.

By the end of the sketch, "The Bear" star and her fellow contestants, portrayed by cast members Chloe Fineman and Andrew Dismukes, had already addressed several of their offhand and critical comments on social media.

In an outburst, the 28-year-old actor said that she understood the purpose of the game, telling Thompson, “We get it. It’s wrong to leave mean comments, or post comments just for clout, or run your mouth on a podcast, and you don’t consider the impact because you’re 24 and stupid.”

“But I think I speak for everyone when I say from now on, we’re going to be a lot more thoughtful about what we post online,” she added.

Despite the podcast episode airing four years prior, Edebiri’s comments about Lopez gained traction ahead of their joint appearance on “SNL.”

In the episode, the actor told host Laci Mosley, “I appreciate a good scam. ... Today, I was actually thinking about one of my favorite scams of all time because J. Lo is performing at the Super Bowl halftime show.”

“Her whole career is one long scam,” she added.

“She thinks she’s on multiple tracks, but it’s not her,” Edebiri said, claiming that other artists' voices would be in her place, including Ashanti and Christina Milian. “I think she thinks that she’s still good, even though she’s not singing for most of these songs.”

She continued her commentary, adding, “I was reading up because I became fascinated for myself, and a lot of the write-ups of the songs will be like, ‘J.Lo didn’t have time to make it to the studio,’ like, ‘J.Lo was busy.’ Doing what? Not singing, obviously.”

While the pair didn’t appear in any sketches together, Edebiri and Lopez shared a moment during a promo video for the episode.

In the clip, Lopez said she was “really excited” for the episode and complimented the actor, telling Edebiri, “I love your show.”

“I love your everything,” Edebiri replied.

It’s already been a big year for the actor. She took home best supporting actress in a comedy series at the Emmy Awards in January a week after she won a Golden Globe for best actress in a TV musical or comedy.

Edebiri appeared to get emotional at the start of her monologue as she expressed her excitement to be there, telling the crowd, “‘SNL’ means so much to me. This really is a dream come true.”

To conclude her hilarious monologue, Edebiri took a more serious note, sharing that she was “genuinely so excited” for the show.

“I came up in the New York comedy scene with some of my best friends who I am so blessed to be working with here tonight,” she said. “And it really truly feels like a homecoming.”

This article was originally published on TODAY.com