Jennifer Lopez was seemingly caught in a bad mood on Thursday (Image: Broadimage/REX/Shutterstock)

Jennifer Lopez appeared less than impressed as photographers caught her out and about in Los Angeles this week.

The Jenny from the Block hitmaker was seen in a dressed-down ensemble on Thursday, looking worlds away from her usual glamour. She was snapped exiting her blacked-out SUV as images show the moment she spotted the waiting shutterbugs

Exclusively analysing the images for The Mirror, Judi James says JLo looked “very disgusted” at the photographers’ presence, seemingly catching her on a bad day as she walked away from the cameras, clutching a $40,000 handbag.

JLo stepped out carrying a $40,000 handbag ( Image: GC Images)

She was seen in Los Angeles on Thursday ( Image: GC Images)

“Despite it being husband Ben who claims to struggle with the lack of privacy and with her passion for social media it’s Jennifer throwing a very disgusted-looking mouth expression at the cameras as they follow her on an outing with her kids here,” she said.

“Jennifer’s teeth are bared and her lips appear to almost shape into a snarl. With her thumb tucked into the top of her pants she appears to want to get through as quickly as possible although she does seem to be smiling again when she walks with the children.”

Jennifer looked comfy in a striking sweatshirt and casual UGG boots. Judi says her outfit “looks like an odd mixture of attention-seeking and deflection plus a desire to hide”. She added: “The baggy pants and top plus the large shades and the Ugg’s would all seem to create the look of someone wanting to use their clothing as a cloak to hide inside.

“But the featured flash of toned abs would seem to demand attention and approval, like a boast about hours of gym work. It’s as though Jen is showcasing the abs as a deflection from the rest of herself. Which was clearly never going to be a working plan.”

She was first snapped getting out her black SUV ( Image: GC Images)

It comes after J-Lo provided fans with an insight as to why she and Ben split back in the early 2000s. Speaking out in her new documentary, the hitmaker said: “Ben and I, we broke up three days before our wedding. “We had a big wedding planned—14 ushers and bridesmaids—and three days before, we just crumbled under the pressure.” Ben then agreed with his wife that the reason behind the couple’s split in 2003 was down to “the massive amount of scrutiny” around their private life.

The couple touches on how deciding to call off their first wedding led to them going on journeys of self-discovery. Jennifer recalled: “For all those years, it was really hard because I didn’t just feel like I lost the love of my life, I felt like I lost the best friend that I ever had. And I couldn’t talk for so many years, and that was the hardest part.”