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 Wanted to Leave the 2018 Met Gala After Realizing She Was ‘Completely Orange’
usmagazine.comSelena Gomez famously showed up to the Met Gala in 2018 looking like she went a little (ok, a lot) heavy on the tanning lotion.
And now, she’s revealing her first thought once she realized that she was, well, “completely orange.” The 29-year-old Rare Beauty founder was asked about her “most memorable beauty disaster” in a Wednesday, February 2, interview with Glamour UK.
Naturally, the Met Gala tanning mishap came to mind. “While I was getting ready for the Met Gala a few years ago, we put on a bit of tanning lotion and it looked beautiful, but as the night went on it kept getting darker and darker,” she recalled to the outlet. “When I sat down, I saw a photo of myself and it looked completely orange.” Her gut reaction?
It’s time to leave. “Here I am at this prestigious event [and] my first thought was, ‘I have to get out here!’” she said. The Only Murders in the Building actress previously told Vogue in September 2021 that she decided seconds later to address her skin tone head on as opposed to waiting for the internet to start commenting on her appearance. “I had my security take a video of me because my first reaction was just to get the hell out of there and so, I’m running to my car.
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