JLo recalls sexual harassment early in her career

Los Angeles March 16 (IANS) Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez says she was asked by a director to show her breasts.

Lopez opened up about her experience in Hollywood in an interview to Harper s Bazaar magazine reports nydailynews.com.

She said that she was made uncomfortable by inappropriate demands from a director asking her to show her chest.

"I haven t been abused in the way some women have. But have I been told by a director to take off my shirt and show my b**bs? Yes I have " Lopez said.

"But did I do it? No I did not " she added.

Lopez says she was terrified to come forward about the experience which occurred on one of their first meetings.

"When I did speak up I was terrified. I remember my heart beating out of my chest thinking What did I do? This man is hiring me! It was one of my first movies. But in my mind I knew the behaviour wasn t right. It could have gone either way for me."

She did not reveal the name of the director.

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