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Selena Gomez Opens Up About Being Attacked For Weight Gain

“That really messed me up for a bit.” - by Lauren Williamson
  • 13 Nov 2019
Selena Gomez Opens Up About Being Attacked For Weight Gain
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Need another reminder that celebs aren't immune to crappy commentary on the Internet? Well, Selena Gomez has just opened up about the public discussion around her fluctuating weight as she dealt with lupus and it's equal parts sad and inspiring. 

"I have lupus and deal with kidney issues and high blood pressure so I deal with a lot of health issues and for me that’s when I really started noticing more of the body image stuff," the 27-year-old explained on the Giving Back Generation podcast.  

Selena – revealed her lupus diagnosis in October 2015 and received a kidney transplant in September 2017 – revealed that the medication she has to take for the rest of her life can change her body month-to-month, something that strangers felt the need to comment incessantly.

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"I really noticed when people started attacking me for that," the singer said. "In reality, that’s just my truth. I fluctuate. It depends what’s happening in my life. Right [it's totally out of my control], and that got to me big time. I think for me, that really messed me up for a bit."

But ultimately the experience helped change her relationship with social media for the better.

"I’m very happy with living my life. We were talking about it earlier, being in the present because that’s it. Similar to me posting a photo then walking away, for me that’s it. I’ll do a red carpet, I’ll do whatever, I don’t need to see it. I did it. I participated. I felt wonderful and that’s where the extent of it is. I don’t care to expose myself to everyone and hear what they have to say about it."

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I'm very aware some of my fans had noticed I was laying low for part of the summer and questioning why I wasn't promoting my new music, which I was extremely proud of. So I found out I needed to get a kidney transplant due to my Lupus and was recovering. It was what I needed to do for my overall health. I honestly look forward to sharing with you, soon my journey through these past several months as I have always wanted to do with you. Until then I want to publicly thank my family and incredible team of doctors for everything they have done for me prior to and post-surgery. And finally, there aren't words to describe how I can possibly thank my beautiful friend Francia Raisa. She gave me the ultimate gift and sacrifice by donating her kidney to me. I am incredibly blessed. I love you so much sis. Lupus continues to be very misunderstood but progress is being made. For more information regarding Lupus please go to the Lupus Research Alliance website: www.lupusresearch.org/ -by grace through faith

Selena previously responded to body shaming comments backs in 2018 after she was papped in a bikini while boating on Sydney Harbour.

“The beauty myth – an obsession with physical perfection that traps modern woman in an endless cycle of hopelessness, self consciousness, and self-hatred as she tries to fulfill society’s impossible definition of flawless beauty,” she wrote alongside a video montage of her day with friends.

She's also been honest about how she's handled the changes in her body post-kidney transplant.

“I have a bit of an obtrusion that will be there forever,” she told TODAY about her stomach. “And that means I’m going to have to dress differently. It was really, really massive at first.”

“It was really hard in the beginning,” she said about her surgery scar in an interview with Billboard. “I remember looking at myself in the mirror completely naked and thinking about all the things that I used to bitch about and just asking, ‘Why?'”

“I don’t have perfect abs, but I feel like I’m wonderfully made,” she added. 

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Lauren Williamson is the Digital Content Manager for Women's Health and Men's Health. She's an experienced journalist, editor and social media fiend who's well versed in reporting on everything from food trends to fitness, health news to haircare. She has a double degree in Journalism and Political Science.

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