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Jennifer Lopez, Leah Remini rear-ended by DUI suspect in Malibu

Jennifer Lopez performs following the Singapore F1 Grand Prix on Sept. 21.
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Jennifer Lopez and pal Leah Remini had a bit of a fender bender in the “Booty” singer’s new car over the weekend.

Authorities said Remini, Lopez’s best friend and a “King of Queens” alum, was driving on Saturday when they were hit by an alleged drunk driver. The pop diva was a passenger and Lopez’s two children and Remini’s daughter were inside the car, law enforcement sources said.

The accident went down in the 22000 block of Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu around 4:20 p.m., said Lt. James Royal of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. No injuries were reported.

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“The person who ran into her left the scene and was apprehended a short time later and was charged with DUI,” Royal said, adding that the suspect was a man named Robert Reitz.

Reitz, 53, was released Sunday morning on $30,000 bail (actual payment of $15,000), according to Sheriff’s Department jail records.

The “I Luh Ya Papi” singer, 45, took to Instagram to unload additional deets via various hashtags -- she added that they were rear-ended while she and Remini were stopped at a light. No one was hurt but the self-proclaimed Jenny From the Block apparently had some choice words for the other driver.

“Sitting at a light, Riding high right before some drunk fool rear ended us in my new whip!!!” she wrote, sharing a selfie of the pair sitting in her ride. “Thank god everyone ok!!! #GRATEFUL #THANKYOUGOD #DontdrinkandDrive!!!! #cursedthatfoolout #theBronxcameout #dontmesswithmycocnuts #mamabear #leahstayedcalm #thatwasweird.”

Prior to that, the songstress had posted a snapshot of her twins Max and Emme hanging out with Remini’s daughter Sofia in the backseat of her custom car as well as a shot of Max alone.

“These three cuties make my day!! #Coconuts #Sofia #lunchwthekiddies #bigpimpin’ #brooklynindahouse,” Lopez wrote.

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