Selena Gomez Sometimes Gets ‘Triggered’ by Her Past on Disney Channel: ‘I Don’t Want to Be Who I Was’

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Who says she can’t let go? Selena Gomez no longer feels constrained by her former Disney star label  — but getting there wasn’t always easy. “I definitely feel free of it,” Gomez, 30, told Vanity Fair in an interview published on Wednesday, February 15. “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.” The Only Murders in the Building actress – who rose to fame starring as rebellious Alex Russo on Disney’s Wizard of Waverly Place from 2007 to 2012 — shared that she wasn’t a “wild child” in her teen years “by any means,” but there were still rules to follow laid down by the network.In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies“I had to make sure not to say ‘What the hell?’ in front of anyone,” she explained to the outlet, adding that she also put pressure on herself to “be the best role model I could be.” Gomez has often gotten candid about the struggles she faced while being a child star, saying during the TCA Summer 2021 Tour that she “signed my life away to Disney at a very young age and I didn’t know what I was doing.” Now, the “Lose You to Love Me” singer is all about authenticity.

Gomez opened up about the honesty she’s tried to put out into the world during her Apple TV+ documentary, Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me. “Now I think being the best role model is being honest, even with the ugly and complicated parts of yourself,” she explained in the film.“Now I don’t feel like I’m lying to people,” Gomez continued. “It’s not that I was lying … I was scared of what people would think or that people wouldn’t hire me.