Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television producer. After appearing on the children's series Barney & Friends (2002–2004), she received wider recognition for her portrayal of Alex Russo on the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place, which aired from 2007 until 2012.
Gomez also starred in the films Another Cinderella Story (2008), Princess Protection Program (2009), Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009), Ramona and Beezus (2010), and Monte Carlo (2011). Thereafter, she focused on more mature roles in Spring Breakers (2012), Getaway (2013), The Fundamentals of Caring (2016), and The Dead Don't Die (2019). She voices the character of Mavis in the Hotel Transylvania film franchise, and serves as an executive producer of the Netflix television drama series 13 Reasons Why (2017–present) and the Netflix documentary series Living Undocumented (2019).
Selena Gomez Addresses Being Body Shamed, Says She 'Lied' About How It Made Her Feel & Explains Why
justjared.comSelena Gomez opened up about her response to being body shamed and explained both how and why she “lied” about how the hurtful comments made her feel in the past.
The 30-year-old “Kill ‘Em With Kindness” hitmaker explained that comments about her body and weight became a problem following her diagnosis with lupus and her kidney transplant during an appearance on Apple TV+’s Dear… Read more about Selena Gomez’s response to being body shamed… “My weight would constantly fluctuate because I would be on certain medications.
And obviously, people just ran with it,” Selena said during the show, via BuzzFeed. “It was like they couldn’t wait to find a thing to bring me down.
I was being shamed for gaining weight because of my lupus.” She added that she “lied” while addressing the hate on social media at the time, saying, “I would go online and I would post a picture of myself and say [the negative comments] don’t matter.
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