Selena Gomez goes live on TikTok, slams body shamers

Selena Gomez has finally opened up on her weight gain as she told body shamers to “go away.”

Gomez, 30, recently went live on TikTok to explain how her lupus medication can sometimes affect her weight.

“[When I’m taking it, I] tend to hold a lot of water weight, which happens very normally. When I’m off of it, I tend to lose weight,” Gomez said. “I just wanted to say and encourage anyone out there who feels any sort of shame for exactly what they’re going through, and no one knows the real story.”

“I want people to know that you’re beautiful and wonderful. Yeah, we have days where we may feel like s—, but I would rather be healthy and take care of myself. My medications are important, and I believe that they’re what helps me.”

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“Not a model, never will be. And I think they’re awesome, mind you. I’m just definitely not that,” Gomez further explained. “I just wanted to tell you I love you guys, and thanks for supporting me and understanding. And if not, go away, ’cause h,onestly I don’t believe in shaming people for [their bodies] or anything.”

Gomez started as a child actor on “Barney and Frand friends” and became a household name while starring on the Disney Channel show “Wizards of Waverly Place.”

Gomez has also struggled with mental health.

“My lupus, my kidney transplant, chemotherapy, having a mental illness, going through very public heartbreaks – these were all things that honestly should have taken me down,” the actress explained in a 2020 interview with Elle magazine. “Every time I went through something, I was like, ‘What else? What else am I going to have to deal with?'”

Gomez is no stranger to body-shaming comments.

“I experienced [body-shaming] with my weight fluctuation for the first time,” Gomez previously said on an episode of the “Giving Back Generation” podcast. “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 started noticing more of the body image stuff.”

Gomez previously explained that she doesn’t care about her weight anymore will “So I be trying to stay skinny, but I went to Jack in, the Box and I got four tacos, three egg rolls, oni, on rings and a spicy chicken sandwich,” Gomez said in a post shared to TikTok.

“But honestly, I don’t care about my weight because people b—- about it anyway.”

She gave examples of the kinds of comments she receives: “‘ You’re too small. You’re too big. That doesn’t fit. Meh, meh, meh, meh.’”

“B—-, I am perfect the way I am.”