U.S. actress Jennifer Lopez. - REUTERS

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Jennifer Lopez has killed off her div J.Lo. The singer has returned to her Puerto Rican roots with a new album of Spanish love songs and says her diva demands are in the past.

Lopez told Britain's The Guardian newspaper: "I'm not J.Lo any more. That's all gone with all the ridiculous stories about tantrums and Egyptian sheets.

That's all my past. "I'm Jennifer Lopez. I think, as a woman, I've finally grown more sure of who I am. It does seem ironic that it has taken me more than a decade to basically get back to who I am.

"I am incredibly proud of my culture and I think I am a woman who is totally defined by my culture. My temperament, my body shape, the way I am is all very much Puerto Rican."

The 37-year-old singer-and-actress says that while recording her new album, Como Ama Una Mujer (How a Woman Loves) - she was advised by her husband of two years, Marc Anthony, to concentrate on pouring out her emotions.

She said, "This is the album I'm proudest of. In fact, this is the only album I've ever recorded that I listen to in my car."