Jennifer Lopez’s boyfriend Casper Smart has taken to twitter to defend the almost 20-year age gap between them. Jennifer Lopez’s boyfriend has defended their age gap on twitter. Casper Smart, 24, has been dating the ‘On the Floor’ singer in the wake of her split from Marc Anthony but in a series of tweets appears to have hit back at criticism that the 42-year-old star is too old for him. Jennifer – who has three-year-old twins Max and Emme with former spouse Marc – then retweeted his comments. This isn’t the first time Casper has taken to twitter to defend his relationship with Jennifer, previously writing that he finds people’s idle speculation about their love confusing.
He has also been retweeting people who have defended the pair’s romance, in particular comments from twitter user Prettyboymiguel, who wrote: "I think Caspersmart and JLo make a really good couple but you know everyones gonna hate cuz when your happy or successful ppl have to hate. "Why are ppl judging Caspersmart no 1 knows how long JLo was separated be4 she announced the divorce ppl need 2 stop being so quick 2 judge. (sic)"