Jennifer Lopez Says Her AMAs Rehearsal Injury Was ‘Bound to Happen’ (Exclusive)

Jennifer Lopez is ready to tackle the 2025 American Music Awards with a high-energy performance — and a newly healed nose!

The “This Is Me…Now” singer revealed earlier this month that she’d wound up with some stitches after her AMAs rehearsal went awry — but tells PEOPLE ahead of Monday’s show that all is well.

“I hurt my nose. I hit it in rehearsal and I had to get stitches. It was fine,” she says. “A few of us have gotten hurt in rehearsals. We’re doing a very high-energy athletic number so it’s, I guess, bound to happen.”

Lopez, 55, shared a photo to her Instagram Stories on May 13 that showed a cut across the bridge of her nose, and later shared another snap that showed her icing her injury with a smile on her face.

“So… this happened,” wrote the star, who later shared another Instagram Story with her doctor with the caption, “Thank you for stitching me up Dr. Diamond. A week later and a whole lotta ice, I’m good as new.”

Fans will just have to wait until the AMAs to see which number Lopez —who is also hosting the show — was preparing for. She is set to perform, as are Becky G and Manuel Turizo, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, Gloria Estefan, Benson Boone, Lainey Wilson, Renée Rapp and Alex Warren in his award show performance debut. Janet Jackson, who is being honored with the ICON Award, will also take the stage, as will Rod Stewart, who will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Zac Brown will also be honored with the inaugural Veterans Voice Award.

On May 22, Lopez teased a behind-the-scenes look at her set with a series of black-and-white Instagram photos from rehearsals that showed her smiling and laughing with her dancers.

“It takes a village. DANCE AGAIN,” she captioned the post, a reference to the name of her 2012 greatest hits album, which also contained the Pitbull collaboration “Dance Again.”

Lopez says that her return to the AMAs (which she previously hosted in 2015) is a special opportunity for her to reflect on just how far she’s come since she took the stage for the first time more than 20 years ago.

“I’ve been part of this award show for so long and being part of the American music scene for so many years now, and I can’t believe how many times I’ve actually performed on the American Music Awards. I think it’s 10 times! Something crazy,” she says. “I was seeing one of my very first performances the other day. We were just looking at it to see the progression of the stuff that we’ve done… It feels all like it was yesterday.”

The American Music Awards will air on Monday, May 26 from Fontainebleau Las Vegas at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+.