iPhone app iPad app Android phone app Android tablet app More

Posted:  |  Updated: 07/17/12 04:13 PM ET

Casper Smart, Jennifer Lopez's Boyfriend, Opens Up About Falling For The Superstar

Casper Smart, Jennifer Lopez's boyfriend, says it wasn't exactly love at first sight when he initially met the superstar.

The 25-year-old dancer opened up about his famous flame on Tuesday, telling "Good Morning America" that his relationship with Lopez, 42, was a slow, gradual process.

“It was just very natural, you know, natural how it happened,” Smart told ABC News' Amy Robach in his first sit-down interview. “There was nothing before, no flirting, no nothing.”

It's not the first time Smart has talked about his relationship with Lopez, who he began dating months after she and husband Marc Anthony called it quits. In a red carpet interview with E!'s Marc Malkin in May, Smart said that the relationship "was really professional for a very long time before anything even happened... It just really spontaneously happened. The chemistry was there. You can't fight it."

Smart, who is 17 years Lopez's junior, also talked about the experience of working as the lead choreographer on the singer's current world tour with Enrique Iglesias.

"Sometimes, I tell her something, you know, give her notes. But at the end of the day, you know, it doesn’t matter what position is what, because she’s the boss, you know?" Smart said.

Meanwhile, Lopez told Robach that she hasn't given up on marriage, an admission that comes months after the star told People that having more children would be "a blessing."

"Yes, for me the biggest dream is the fairytale," the three-time divorcée said. "I will never give up on that dream."

Lopez isn't the only newly single star who moved on quickly after divorce. Click through for six other post-divorce rebounds.

Loading Slideshow...
  • Olivier Martinez

    After two failed marriages and a bad breakup with her daughter's father, Gabriel Aubry, Halle Berry seems to have found happiness with French hunk Olivier Martinez. In March 2012, the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/11/halle-berry-olivier-martinez-engaged_n_1337768.html" target="_hplink">46-year-old actor confirmed reports</a> that he and Berry were engaged. "Yes, of course it's true," he told <em>The Miami Herald</em> in a sexy French accent. (Okay, we added that last part.)

  • Baptise Giabiconi

    Months after <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/30/katy-perry-russell-brand-divorce-divorcing-split_n_1176737.html" target="_hplink">splitting from funnyman Russell Brand</a>, Katy Perry was spotted getting cozy with French model Baptise Giabiconi after <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/03/09/katy-perry-dating-male-model_n_1333941.html" target="_hplink">meeting him at Paris Fashion Week in early March</a>. That same month, the 22-year-old model <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/03/28/katy-perry-new-boyfriend-baptise-giabiconi_n_1384400.html" target="_hplink">tweeted a photo</a> of himself with Perry, including this sweet message to the singer: @katyperry hey my #littlekats u look So amazing in this pics !:) ❤" Perry was <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/23/katy-perry-robert-ackroyd-coachella-pda_n_1445294.html" target="_hplink">later photographed getting close</a> with Florence and the Machine guitarist Robert Ackroyd, but told <em>USA Today </em> in July that <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/06/katy-perry-on-dating-its-not-appropriate_n_1653765.html" target="_hplink">"it's not really appropriate to have anything serious"</a> at the moment.

  • Matthew Rutler

    After <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/12/christina-aguilera-jordan_0_n_759515.html" target="_hplink">splitting from music exec Jordan Bratman</a> in October 2010, Christina Aguilera began dating Matthew Rutler, a set assistant on her 2010 film "Burlesque." More than a year later, they're still going strong.

  • Thomas Hayo

    Has Heidi Klum found herself a new boyfriend? In <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2131069/Heidi-Klum-Thomas-Hayo-dating-Supermodel-pictured-rumoured-new-man.html" target="_hplink">photos posted by the <em>Daily Mail</em></a> in April 2012, Hayo, an ad exec who serves as a judge with Klum on "Germany's Next Top Model," could barely keep his eyes off Klum, who filed to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/06/heidi-klum-divorce_n_1409274.html?ref=divorce" target="_hplink">divorce husband Seal in April</a>. They may have looked like an item in the photos, but the 39-year-old supermodel <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20608601,00.html" target="_hplink">told German newspaper Bild am Sonntag in June 2012 that Hayo</a> "is not, nor was he ever, my boyfriend," adding, "I think he is a great guy, but not for me."

  • Brahim Zaibat

    At 25, Madonna's latest beau, dancer Brahim Zaibat, is a <a href="http://ellegirl.elle.com/girl-gossip/2012/nick-jonas-delta-goodrem-other-couples-with-big-age-gaps/" target="_hplink">hunk just under half her age.</a> But the Material Girl swears she didn't plan it that way. "I didn't, like, write down on a piece of paper I'm now going to have a relationship with a younger man. That's just what happened," the <a href="http://blog.music.aol.com/2012/03/05/madonna-boyfriend-proposes-marriage-brahim-zaibat" target="_hplink">53-year-old told "20/20" in January</a> Earlier this month, it was reported that <a href="http://blog.music.aol.com/2012/03/05/madonna-boyfriend-proposes-marriage-brahim-zaibat/ " target="_hplink">Zaibat had proposed to the pop icon</a>. Madge was said to have been "making up her mind" as to whether or not she would accept.

  • Dimitri Charalambopoulos

    Camille Grammer ably summed up the appeal of Dimitri Charalambopoulos, the attorney she <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20534416,00.html" target="_hplink">started dating in fall 2011</a>, after <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2010/07/01/kelsey-grammer-camille-grammer-divorce-files/#.T481_OzLyRk" target="_hplink">splitting from Kelsey Grammer</a>. "He's tall, 6'2", dark, handsome," the "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star<a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/marc_malkin/camille_grammer_talks_greek_god/272525#ixzz1sQlO8kHi" target="_hplink"> told E! Online in November 2011</a>. "He loves to cook. I call him my Greek god."

FOLLOW DIVORCE

Casper Smart, Jennifer Lopez's boyfriend, says it wasn't exactly love at first sight when he initially met the superstar. The 25-year-old dancer opened up about his famous flame on Tuesday, tellin...
Casper Smart, Jennifer Lopez's boyfriend, says it wasn't exactly love at first sight when he initially met the superstar. The 25-year-old dancer opened up about his famous flame on Tuesday, tellin...
Filed by Brittany Wong  | 
 
 
  • Comments
  • 18
  • Pending Comments
  • 0
  • View FAQ
Post Comment Preview Comment
To reply to a Comment: Click "Reply" at the bottom of the comment; after being approved your comment will appear directly underneath the comment you replied to.
View All
Favorites
Recency  | 
Popularity
12:52 AM on 07/27/2012
She is 42, married 3 times, with two kids. While he is 25, besides dancing and sex what else could these two have in common? All of us have the right to be happy and wants to call someone our "my husband" or "my wife". Maybe that's what she wants, since she isn't getting younger anymore.
10:38 AM on 07/18/2012
For heaven's sake why is this boy getting publicity? Is he doing some type of charity work I should know about? Oh, wait he's having "relations" with Jennifer Lopez, that's right. So what, lets' give them both a medal.
photo
HUFFPOST SUPER USER
MarieNat
Lobbyist, wanna make something of it?
04:40 PM on 07/18/2012
I know. It's reached a new stage of ridiculousness. But having said that, how ridiculous are we for having taken the time to read the post??
09:12 PM on 07/18/2012
Well I was hoping the article would talk about a charity or something good he was doing.  I was about to give the boy kudos, my bad...
10:04 AM on 07/18/2012
Jennifer's problem is that she like the fairy-tale wedding part, not so much the happily-ever-after real world stuff...
08:33 AM on 07/18/2012
The reason people like Lopez and the Kardashian creature keep getting divorced is the fact that they are looking for the "fairytale". Real life isn't a fairytale...not for anyone. That doesn't mean it's bad, just real, and that means ups and downs...for everyone. As long as they keep hoping for "fairytale", real life will disappoint everytime.
HUFFPOST SUPER USER
BrooklynChef
08:12 AM on 07/18/2012
From the teaser headline, "J-Lo's Boyfriend Speaks," it sounds like we all assumed he was mute.
09:36 PM on 07/17/2012
She looks silly with him and he sounds ridiculous, what an odd couple.
HUFFPOST SUPER USER
cbee43
07:20 PM on 07/17/2012
Lot of jealous haters in the house.... meow..ruff ruff
HUFFPOST SUPER USER
cbee43
07:19 PM on 07/17/2012
He must have rocked her world..lol...go Jlo...I ain't mad at cha...
07:18 PM on 07/17/2012
I think Jlo wants to live the dream but has no idea how to function in reality and a real life relationship. I had a friend like her- married everybody- then got divorced because she had no clue how to actually be picky about who she married, just was obsessed with this "meeting, falling 'in love' getting married" thing she had going on. It was irritating to watch
06:56 PM on 07/17/2012
This relationship isn't real people... GEEZ! Get a clue.
07:20 PM on 07/17/2012
lol I don't know what the point would be of her having a fake relationship- 3 people have commented and probably no more than double have actually read about it. Nope, I think she really is exactly what's going on here.
08:06 PM on 07/17/2012
The whole point is too get publicity silly. Hollywood does this all the time. You're a typical consumer fool looking on the outside in.
photo
ionthegravity
Life is 100% fatal
06:03 PM on 07/17/2012
Aww...how cute, she gave him permission to speak!!
06:15 AM on 07/18/2012
Lol...
photo
HUFFPOST SUPER USER
xanxia
Dazed and Confused
05:46 PM on 07/17/2012
Of course he would be falling for a superstar. The free vacations, all expense paid trip to exotic locations, gifts, living the high life...Jlo is a beautiful, sexy woman but I don't understand her choices in men. I think she flings herself to the first person that shows her attention. Good luck and enjoy this Casper toy boy. I just hope she'll be smart about it