Selena Gomez Addresses Being Body Shamed, Says She 'Lied' About How It Made Her Feel & Explains Why

Selena Gomez opened up about her response to being body shamed and explained both how and why she “lied” about how the hurtful comments made her feel in the past.

The 30-year-old “Kill ‘Em With Kindness” hitmaker explained that comments about her body and weight became a problem following her diagnosis with lupus and her kidney transplant during an appearance on Apple TV+’s Dear…

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“My weight would constantly fluctuate because I would be on certain medications. And obviously, people just ran with it,” Selena said during the show, via BuzzFeed. “It was like they couldn’t wait to find a thing to bring me down. I was being shamed for gaining weight because of my lupus.”

She added that she “lied” while addressing the hate on social media at the time, saying, “I would go online and I would post a picture of myself and say [the negative comments] don’t matter. I’m not accepting what you’re saying — all the while being in the room posting that, crying my eyes out, because nobody deserves to hear those things.”

Selena also revealed why she felt the need to lie: “I was posting these things saying it doesn’t bother me because I didn’t want it to bother other people who are experiencing the same thing. Getting shamed for what they look like, who they are, who they love. I just think it’s so unfair; I don’t think that anybody deserves to feel less than.”

The star has been the subject of body shaming comments in 2023. She seemingly addressed the hateful words after the 2023 Golden Globes and directly commented on her weight and her medication in a recent TikTok.