Shark Tanks Barbara Corcoran Talks Alex Rodriguez, Jennifer Lopez

May 2024 · 2 minute read

When Alex Rodriguez started guest-judging Shark Tank in 2017, full-time “shark” Barbara Corcoran discovered it “in point of fact arduous to concentrate.”

“You have A-rod, all [6-foot-3] of him sitting next to you,” Corcoran, 70, solely advised Us Weekly all through a chat in regards to the ABC fact show’s good-looking guest stars. “As every entrepreneur walks onto the set, I’m pondering, ‘Oh, God, I am hoping I will be able to make investments with A-Rod in this one.’ Next one: ‘I am hoping I can invest with A-Rod on this one.’”

That said, Corcoran found Jennifer Lopez, the former MLB star’s fiancée, far more intimidating — but in one of the simplest ways conceivable.

“I compliment her once I say she’s intimidating,” the investor instructed Us when she stopped through to talk about her Real Relief for Visionary Women grant program with Systane. “I don’t mean in any regard that she’s now not nice in any respect. What I imply via this is she has self-power. She created her personal chronic in herself, and it’s [palpable]. … Without even seeing who’s coming within the room, you are feeling one thing.”

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Watch the video above for more of Corcoran’s anecdotes about Lopez and Rodriguez — including the time she defused a clumsy elevator journey with the couple.

With reporting via Mandie DeCamp and Jackie Miranne

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