Selena Gomez Addresses Her Public Breakups & How It Feels Now Being on 'The Other Side'

Some major events happened in Selena‘s life between 2015 and 2020, including constant rumors about her and Justin Bieber, undergoing chemotherapy for her Lupus, undergoing a kidney transplant (which was donated by her BFF), going through a breakup with The Weeknd, breaking up with Justin Bieber (just shortly before his engagement to his now-wife Hailey Bieber), and much more.

In a new interview, Selena was asked about this time period in her life.

She told THR, “It was necessary for me to walk through those things. I had a lot of soul-searching to do. By all means I don’t have life figured out, but I do know that during that time I was learning so much about myself. I was, you know, obviously going through a really tough break-up, and then I was left with the question of my career and where am I gonna go and what’s gonna happen?”

She added, “It just was all of these different things I was feeling. And then my medical stuff kind of kicked in — I was dealing with my lupus and I was dealing with some kidney problems. It was actually really hard. But, being on the other side of it, I have to be honest, it’s actually been really good for me. It allowed me to develop a character where I don’t tolerate any sort of nonsense or disrespect in any way, and I’m really proud of how I came out of it.”