George Lopez Channels Julia Roberts to Have His OwnPretty WomanMoment inLopez vs. Lopez(Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Don’t mess withGeorge Lopez!

On the Jan. 3 episode of the NBC sitcomLopez vs. Lopez, Lopez finds himself in more antics — and recreating a moment from an iconic film in the process.

“George (Lopez) has a pretty big secret to keep when he starts secretly spending time with Rosie’s ex," an official description for the episode reads. “Mayan tries to manage a customer’s move herself. Quinten tries to tackle a plumbing problem at home, but is he man enough to handle it without George?”

In PEOPLE’s exclusive preview of the upcoming episode, Lopez, 63, channelsJulia Roberts’Pretty Womancharacter to have his own iconic moment in a hardware store.

George Lopez strutting into the store on ‘Lopez Vs. Lopez’.nbc

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Once he makes his grand entrance, Josué Consuelos (Jaime Camil) asks George, “Georgie, another hardware store? We already shop at five others.”

“I’m just here to make a point,” George responds.

He then swiftly moves on and turns to a store employee, asking, “Do you remember me?”

George Lopez (left) in ‘Lopez Vs. Lopez’.nbc

Despite confirming that he did, in fact, remember him, George continues, “I’ll tell you who I am. I was in here yesterday. You work on commission, right?”

The employee corrects him and says he works on an “hourly wage,” but George will not be deterred. He says, “Whatever. We just went shopping at every hardware boutique in town: The Wrench Connection, Screwy Vuitton and Le Tool.”

“I don’t care,” the employee responds, but George declares, “Big mistake. Big.”

George Lopez on ‘Lopez Vs. Lopez’.nbc

The moment is reminiscent of the response from Roberts’ character, Vivian Ward, after she gets the cold shoulder from store employees in the beloved rom-com, which also starsRichard Gere.

Inthe iconic scene, Vivian, who is a sex worker that falls for Gere’s Edward Lewis, asked the employee who snubbed her, “Hello! Do you remember me?”

When she claims to not recall the woman, Vivian — carrying shopping bags on both arms — responds, “I was in here yesterday. You wouldn’t wait on me. You work on commission, right? Big mistake. Big. Huge.”

Richard Gere and Julia Roberts on the set of ‘Pretty Woman’.Touchstone Pictures/Silver Screen Partners IV/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty

Touchstone Pictures/Silver Screen Partners IV/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty

In October, Lopez told PEOPLE thatLopez vs. Lopez— which also stars his daughterMayan—could be his last project, but he is making the most of it.

“I would like for it to go a few more seasons, but yeah, after this, I’d like to have a little time for myself,” George said of his career plans.

Of working with his daughter, who he shares with his ex-wife Ann Serrano, George shared, “She’s doing great.”

“In the beginning, I could tell when she was a little bit maybe frustrated a little bit and I would talk to her a little bit, but she works really hard when she’s not on the set,” he explained. “That’s my big thing — is to be on time. And she’s always prepared.”

From left: Mayan Lopez and George Lopez attend the 2023 NBCUniversal TCA Winter Press Tour on January 15, 2023 in Pasadena, California.Rodin Eckenroth/Getty

Rodin Eckenroth/Getty

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Lopez vs Lopezairs Fridays at 8:30 p.m. ET. on NBC.

source: people.com