Jennifer Lopez is opening up about her divorce from Ben Affleck , calling it a turning point in her life.

In a new interview with CBS News Sunday Morning , the singer and actress shared why she sees an unexpected upside to the breakup, describing the split as “the best thing that ever happened to me.”

“Because it changed me,” Lopez said. “It helped me grow in a way that I needed to grow ….[I] became more self-aware, I am a different person now than I was last year, a year and a half ago.”

Affleck serves as an executive producer on Lopez’s new film Kiss of the Spider Woman , which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January — the same month the former couple finalized their divorce, according to People .

Reflecting on working on the film during such a tumultuous t

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