LIED ABOUT NOT BEING AFFECTED BY BODY-SHAMING: SELENA GOMEZ

Singer-actor Selena Gomez has opened up about how bodyshaming comments on social media took a toll on her, and how she would lie about being unaffected. “I lied. I would go online and I would post a picture of myself and say [the negative comments] don’t matter, I’m not accepting what you’re saying — all the while being in the room posting that, crying my eyes out, because nobody deserves to hear those things,” the 30 year-old said during an episode of the docuseries Dear….

The reason she put up a brave front, she revealed, was “because I didn’t want it to bother other people who are experiencing the same thing — getting shamed for what they look like, who they are, who they love. I just think it’s so unfair. I don’t think anybody deserves to feel less than”, reported US Weekly.

The Only Murders in the Building actor, who was diagnosed with lupus in 2014, has been candid about how the medications cause her body weight to fluctuate. “I tend to hold a lot of water weight and that happens very normally. And then when I’m off of [my medication], I tend to lose weight,” Gomez explained during a TikTok live in February. “I just wanted to say and encourage anyone out there who feels any sort of shame for exactly what they’re going through, nobody knows the real story. I just want people to know that you’re beautiful and you’re wonderful and, yeah, maybe we have days where we feel like s**t, but I’d much rather be healthy and take care of myself,” she added.

Recently, Gomez took a brief online reprieve after making headlines for an ongoing drama with model

Hailey

Bieber.

“I’m going to be taking a second from social media because this is a little silly,”

Gomez explained in a TikTok livestream last month. “I’m 30, I’m too old for this. But I love you guys so much, and I will see you guys sooner than later. I’m just gonna take a break.”

She returned to the platform nearly one week later to encourage her followers to “be kinder”.

I would go online and post a picture of myself and say [the negative comments] don’t matter — all the while crying my eyes out. SELENA GOMEZ, Singeractor