Selena Gomez: I would 'cry my eyes out' over bodyshaming comments

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Selena Gomez has often said that she's unaffected by social media bodyshaming comments. Now, though, she admits that's not truthful. "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," she said on Apple TV+'s "Dear."The "Only Murders in the Building" star thought that her fibbing would be beneficial to others. "I was posting these things saying it doesn't bother me 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," she said. "I just think it's so unfair.

I don't think that anybody deserves to feel less than."Selena, 30, is no stranger to being bodyshamed. In January, online trolls criticized her body after she was photographed in a swimsuit in Mexico.

Shortly after, Selena said "I'm not a model, never will be."The pop star has been open about body image, particularly given that she was diagnosed with lupus in 2014.