Selena Gomez No Longer Feels Haunted by Her Disney Past: ‘I Definitely Feel Free of It,’ but ‘Sometimes I Get Triggered’

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Zack Sharf Selena Gomez told Vanity Fair as part of its 2023 Hollywood Issue that she no longer feels haunted by her Disney past.

The “Only Murderers in the Building” actor rose to international fame as the star of Disney Channel’s “Wizards of Waverly Place,” but being a Disney star put a limit on what she could say in public and more.

Gomez is feeling more liberated after the release of her 2022 Apple documentary “My Mind and Me.” “I definitely feel free of it,” Gomez said about her Disney past. “Sometimes I get triggered.

It’s not that I’m ashamed of my past, it’s just that I’ve worked so hard to find my own way. I don’t want to be who I was. I want to be who I am.” When asked if there were times in her child acting career where she was prevented from speaking her mind, Gomez answered, “Of course.