Selena Gomez has always been transparent with what she feels, but for the first time, she came clean and confessed the reason why she closed her Instagram for a while. The singer spoke about this situation with Fast Company and revealed that she left this social network in 2018 because of Justin and Hailey Bieber.
Let us remember that that year was one of the most complicated for the actress, because not only did she definitively end “his great love for her,” but also, a few weeks later, she had to endure seeing him with someone else. “They just broke my heart. I didn’t need to see what everyone was doing,” explained Selena, who although she didn’t say the names explicitly, we all know she was referring to Justin and Hailey. And to “add salt to the wound,” the ‘Calm Down’ performer had to face constant comparisons between her and her model, which filled her with stress and insecurities.
“There were times when I didn’t feel good about my appearance because of what I saw on Instagram. She thought: ‘I wish my body looked like that,’ ”said the famous woman.
“None of the sample sizes fit me, and that made me feel embarrassed. “Isn’t it unrealistic to expect a normal woman’s body not to change?” she added.
Selena Gomez and her bipolar disorder
Things seemed to get worse for Selena, since around that time, she also entered a rehab clinic, where she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, something she kept to herself until two years later for fear of criticism.
“I grew up wanting to please everyone. From a very young age I had a responsibility; The young people saw me as a reference. I didn’t know who I was. Having that responsibility made me tread carefully. I thought it might be harmful to tell people who I really am. It began to be a threat that scared me. Well, if you’re not well, then you can’t work,” she recalled.
Selena Gomez hugs and accepts herself
Despite everything that happened, a calm came for the singer, who managed to understand more about her condition and began to work on it.
“I went through a really difficult time with my ups and downs; I didn’t know what to do or how to control it. I wanted to cancel things. It was a tormenting feeling. That’s why, when I found out about my diagnosis, I thought: ‘I feel a little relieved, I understand myself a little better.’”
Selena Gomez has become a great inspiration for many people not only because of her music but also because of her messages of love and her constant displays of sisterhood and empathy.
This story was written in Spanish by Nayeli Párraga in Cultura Colectiva
