Selena Gomez has shocked fans after reacting to a TikTok about her weight while dating Justin Bieber.
“It’s about more than a lost love. It’s me learning to choose myself, to choose life, but also hoping that people can find grace and peace ...
...in that too. The song is about knowing that you completely lost every part of who you are just to rediscover yourself again,” she said.
“I felt haunted by a past relationship that no one wanted to let go of. Then I just moved past it, and I wasn’t afraid anymore… I feel like I ...
...had to go through the worst possible heartbreak ever and then just forgetting everything at the drop of the hand, it was really confusing.”
Selena then went on to call her and Justin’s breakup “the best thing that ever happened” to her.
“I just think that needed to happen and ultimately it was the best thing that ever happened to me,” she said.
The clip went on to show a screenshot of an Instagram comment Selena had left in the past that suggested Justin preferred to date “models.” Replying to someone ...
...who had commented that Justin had “really messed up” under one of her old posts, Selena appeared to claim: “He’s rather models. I’m just too normal.”
Echoing Selena’s alleged comment in the caption of the TikTok, the user claimed, “He rather models. My poor baby.”
“So sad,” one person wrote. “omg this devastated me,” echoed another.
But fans were left really shocked when Selena herself entered the conversation to leave a single sad face emoji under the TikTok.
The move quickly sparked a mixed divide amongst fans. While many internet users were left all the more upset for Selena, ...
But fans were left really shocked when Selena herself entered the conversation to leave a single sad face emoji under the TikTok.
...others accused her of “stirring the pot” by drawing attention to the past relationship in a negative light once more.
“the hate towards selena for responding to a tiktok about her weight is so unnecessary… she’s been body shamed for about a decade, especially ...
...recently because of her lupus medication… she has every right to comment something regarding HERSELF and HER body,” one person tweeted.
“I don’t understand how a woman can be bodyshamed from the media down to the person she was in love with and yet still be the bad ...
...guy for speaking up about it, it’s really ‘we support all women and their struggles’ until it’s Selena Gomez,” said another.
I don’t understand how a woman can be bodyshamed from the media down to the person she was in love with and yet still be ...
...the bad guy for speaking up about it, it’s really “we support all women and their struggles” until it’s Selena Gomez
“Selena had been bodyshamed for years from someone she loved and now it’s HER fault for speaking about it?! ARE YOU FOR REAL?! Just say you hate women,” a third user wrote.
Selena had been bodyshamed for years from someone she loved and now it’s HER fault for speaking about it?!
“Selena had been bodyshamed for years from someone she loved and now it’s HER fault for speaking about it?! ARE YOU FOR REAL?! Just say you hate women,” a third user wrote.
hailey can do a whole podcast about selena’s relationship in 2022 and justin can say that he’ll always love her in 2019, but selena gomez cant comment about how she felt about her body during her past relationship?
“hailey can do a whole podcast about selena’s relationship in 2022 and justin can say that he’ll always love her in 2019, ...
... but selena gomez cant comment about how she felt about her body during her past relationship?!” one popular tweet read.
Looking incredibly friendly at the Academy Museum Gala in October, Selena and Hailey posed for the now-viral photo — and put speculation of any bad blood to rest in the process.
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