Vetern Hollyweird actress Rosie Perez is spilling all the beans about her long-running secret squirrel feud with fellow Latina frenemy Jennifer Lopez in a new memoir. via NY Post
Rosie Perez and Jennifer Lopez have some serious bad blood — and don’t expect either to turn the other chica with the publication of Perez’s new memoir, “Handbook for an Unpredictable Life” (Crown), out Feb. 25. The two Puerto Rican actresses met in New York in 1991 at an open casting call for the sketch-comedy show “In Living Color,” where Perez, now 49, was a choreographer. Brooklynite Perez immediately noticed Bronx-born Jenny from the Block’s best asset, recalling her as a beautiful girl with a “big a**.” But show host and creator Keenan Ivory Wayans wasn’t as taken by J.Lo, calling her “chubby and corny,” and refusing to hire her.Perez became the big-bootied newcomer’s booster, eventually swaying Wayans — but only if J.Lo cut her hair and dropped 20 pounds. Rosie then opened up in detail about how J.Lo quickly switched up her sweet girl act and morphed into a diva that all of the other girls complained about frequently. Hit the flip to hear what else she had to say....