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 struggles to cope with media exploitation of her personal issues
peoplemagazine.co.zaSelena Gomez struggles to accept the inaccurate way she is often portrayed in the media. In a new chat with Amy Schumer for Interview magazine, the Come & Get It singer admitted that the way her issues have become negative news stories has been deeply troubling for her, especially as she is battling autoimmune disease lupus and bipolar disorder. “My intention was never to become a tabloid (personality),” insisted Selena. “So, when things kind of happened that way, it got out of control.
And then I was like, ‘Wait, none of this is true.’ “The way the media has sometimes tried to explain things has made it sound really bad, when in reality there’s nothing wrong with the fact that I needed to go away or that I fell in love.
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