Jennifer Lopez, the executive producer
of The Fosters, says she took on the show in memory of her gay
aunt.
On the ABC Family drama, Lena (played
by Sherri Saum) and Stef (Teri Polo) are two working moms coping with
raising five children, including the recent addition of a wayward
teenage girl.
“It's about two lesbians who are
raising foster kids and some of their own kids,” Lopez told Ellen
DeGeneres on her daytime talk show. “It's just a beautiful family
drama about life and love.”
Lopez said she decided to take on the
project in memory of her mother's sister who had passed away of
cancer.
“She did have a tough time with
growing up and being gay and stuff like that,” Lopez said. “I
wanted to do it for her because I felt like, you know, she would be
so proud of me, if I did this.” (The video is embedded on this
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(Related: Jennifer
Lopez to be honored at GLAAD Media Awards.)