Selena Gomez opened up in a new interview about emerging from years of mental health and physical struggles stronger and more determined.
and other social media platforms lately for what she said was their complicity in spreading COVID-19 vaccine misinformation -- has become so much more than a pop star as she closes out her second decade in the spotlight.
Short called her a"brilliant" actress who overwhelmed the cast with her"warmth and loveliness," while also finding the time to explain the meaning of some of the things the kids say to her elders. “There was a line in the script that said, ‘She’s an OG.’ And Steve walked up and said, ‘Can somebody tell me what OG means?’ ” Gomez recalled. “I started dying laughing.” Another time she taught them the lyrics to Cardi B's raunchy"WAP," which had them all laughing.
And while she appears to have had a blast on set, Gomez also talked about how the lack of privacy and the constant press presence in her life since her debut as a child star at seven years old has been mentally taxing. “For a while, I felt like an object,” she said, recalling how she sought mental health treatment soon after being diagnosed with the autoimmune disease lupus in 2014, which led to rumors that she was struggling with substance abuse. “It felt gross for a long time ...
The singer was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2018, and she said the news felt like a"huge weight lifted" off of her."I could take a deep breath and go, 'OK, that explains so much,'" she said. Part of her focus on eliminating toxicity from her life includes re-taking control of her personal narrative by giving the passwords to all her social media accounts to her assistant in 2017.
And while she said earlier this year that she was considering quitting music because she didn't feel that she was being taken seriously, Gomez -- who released her first all-Spanish language album, in March -- appears to have had a change of heart. “I don’t think I’ll ever quit making music,” she said. “I’m not saying I want a Grammy. I just feel like I’m doing the best I can, and it’s all about me. Sometimes, that can really get to me.
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