Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez has finally addressed her Oscar snub for Hustlers, saying she was “sad” when she didn’t bag a nomination for the crime drama despite major buzz ahead of the awards season.

She starred as Ramona, the ringleader to the group of strippers who take revenge on their wealthy Wall Street clients. Jennifer also produced the film directed by Lorene Scafaria. A critical and commercial hit, Hustlers was touted worthy of a best supporting actress Academy Award nod for Jennifer, an overall first for her.

She was, however, not nominated and Laura Dern took home the Oscar for Marriage Story.

“I was sad, I was a little sad because there was a lot of build-up to it,” Jennifer told Oprah Winfrey during her “2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus Tour”.

She added: “There were so many articles, I got so many good notices — more than ever in my career — and there was a lot of: ‘She’s going to get nominated for an Oscar, it’s going to happen, if it doesn’t you’re crazy’.

“I’m reading all the articles going: ‘Oh my God, could this happen?’ And then it didn’t and I was like: ‘Ouch’, it was a little bit of a letdown.”

The 50-year-old actress said she also felt bad for her team after the snub.

“I felt like my whole team — most of my team has been with me for years, 20, 25 years — and I think they had a lot of hopes on that and they wanted it too, so I felt like I let everyone down a little bit,” she said.