Current:Home > StocksSelena Gomez Explains Why She Shared She Can't Carry Her Own Child -InvestPioneer
Selena Gomez Explains Why She Shared She Can't Carry Her Own Child
View
Date:2025-04-14 06:51:49
Selena Gomez is getting vulnerable about her decision to share that she's unable to carry children.
The Only Murders in the Building actress, 32, declared that her health struggles are "not shameful" and spoke to the power in being honest with the public about her reality.
"I truly believe that there is power in being vulnerable and telling people when you need help or when you want help," Selena said at a Women in Film dinner in Beverly Hills on Sept. 19, per footage shared from the event. "So yeah, I shared that I can’t carry a child. Yeah, I shared that I have bipolar. F–k off."
She added, "That’s what my life is. That’s who I am."
Selena, who was seated next to her 11-year-old sister Gracie Elliot Teefey at the event, passionately explained that the reason she's so open about her health journey is because she wants women to feel seen and to show that she doesn't have it all figured out.
“I really want to be an advocate for women, and that’s why I share; that’s why I like to be honest, because everybody’s going through something,” Selena said. “I don’t have it all put together. I am me, and that’s all I can be."
The Rare Beauty founder went on, "So do not ever let anyone tell you that you are not a good person, that you aren’t kind, that you won’t treat people with respect. Cause that is not lame, that is so cool of you guys."
"That is the fact,” Selena finished. “So, screw anyone who tells you you’re a victim. You’re a survivor in my book."
The "Who Says" singer first disclosed publicly that she's unable to carry her own children a little over a week prior in Vanity Fair's October issue.
"I haven’t ever said this ... but I unfortunately can’t carry my own children," Selena shared. "I have a lot of medical issues that would put my life and the baby’s in jeopardy."
She added that this "was something I had to grieve for a while."
The Only Murders star, who is dating Benny Blanco, explained that she's accepted her reality and is excited to become a mother one day.
"It’s not necessarily the way I envisioned it,” she said. “I thought it would happen the way it happens for everyone. I’m in a much better place with that. I find it a blessing that there are wonderful people willing to do surrogacy or adoption, which are both huge possibilities for me."
“It made me really thankful for the other outlets for people who are dying to be moms. I’m one of those people,” Selena continued. “I’m excited for what that journey will look like, but it’ll look a little different. At the end of the day, I don’t care. It’ll be mine. It’ll be my baby.”
veryGood! (8)
Related
- Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow owns a $3 million Batmobile Tumbler
- What's the Commonwealth good for?
- Fossil Fuels Aren’t Just Harming the Planet. They’re Making Us Sick
- California Water Regulators Still Haven’t Considered the Growing Body of Research on the Risks of Oil Field Wastewater
- North Carolina justices rule for restaurants in COVID
- Amid a child labor crisis, U.S. state governments are loosening regulations
- Mangrove Tree Offspring Travel Through Water Currents. How will Changing Ocean Densities Alter this Process?
- Amy Schumer Crashes Joy Ride Cast's Press Junket in the Most Epic Way
- Scoot flight from Singapore to Wuhan turns back after 'technical issue' detected
- SpaceX wants this supersized rocket to fly. But will investors send it to the Moon?
Ranking
- US appeals court rejects Nasdaq’s diversity rules for company boards
- Game of Thrones' Kit Harington and Rose Leslie Welcome Baby No. 2
- A group of state AGs calls for a national recall of high-theft Hyundai, Kia vehicles
- BaubleBar 4th of July Sale: These $10 Deals Are Red, White and Cute
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Hi Hi!
- Sinkholes Attributed to Gas Drilling Underline the Stakes in Pennsylvania’s Governor’s Race
- Ahead of COP27, New Climate Reports are Warning Shots to a World Off Course
- The racial work gap for financial advisors
Recommendation
Selena Gomez's "Weird Uncles" Steve Martin and Martin Short React to Her Engagement
A Biomass Power Plant in Rural North Carolina Reignites Concerns Over Clean Energy and Environmental Justice
Tucker Carlson Built An Audience For Conspiracies At Fox. Where Does It Go Now?
Inside Clean Energy: How Should We Account for Emerging Technologies in the Push for Net-Zero?
A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
Nearly a third of nurses nationwide say they are likely to leave the profession
CNN announces it's parted ways with news anchor Don Lemon
Indian Court Rules That Nature Has Legal Status on Par With Humans—and That Humans Are Required to Protect It