Mayan Lopez has opened up about relations with her dad, George Lopez.Photo:Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images

Mayan Lopez attends the Avalon TV Premiere Party for “The House Of Avalon” at Soho Warehouse

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FilmingLopez vs Lopezis “very healing” for father-daughter duoMayan LopezandGeorge Lopez.

“I think we have a deep respect for each other,” she says. “I think when we go past those doors, we are, yes, father and daughter between scenes. He’ll give me a hug, he’ll give me a kiss. We’re always connected, but we can put our hats on and be creative and critical of each other in ways that it’s just two performers talking to each other and to feel safe, which is something that I haven’t always felt with him.”

“To feel that now, it’s very healing,” Mayan adds.

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Mayan Lopez and George Lopez are healing their relationship.Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

Mayan Lopez and George Lopez attend the Los Angeles Premiere of A24’s “Dicks: The Musical”

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Lopez vs Lopezdetails a fictionalized version of Mayan and George’s relationship as they reconnect their relationship after being estranged for most of Mayan’s teenage years.

The show somewhat mirrors Mayan and George’s real life, with George telling PEOPLE in August 2022 how the pair didn’t talk for “years,” but werebrought back together againdue to the COVID-19 pandemic

“We really became a family again,” Mayan told PEOPLE at the time. “It’s so crazy to think that really two years ago, we weren’t really speaking regularly, if at all.”

George Lopez and Mayan Lopez in ‘Lopez vs Lopez’.Nicole Weingart/NBC via Getty

LOPEZ VS LOPEZ – “Lopez vs Neighbors” Episode 111 – Pictured: (l-r) George Lopez as George, Mayan Lopez as Mayan – (Photo by: Nicole Weingart/NBC via Getty Images)

Speaking to PEOPLE at Sunday’s event, Mayan reveals that things between her and dad are better than ever.

“We’re still at a very good place,” she says. “I think it’s going to be interesting how last season it was so new for us. I’m very curious to see how second season things are going to be changing and I think it’ll be changing in our relationship. And I love my dad and I am so grateful for this experience because we are truly stronger than we’ve been, and so I’m just excited to see where we can go.”

source: people.com