The before and after of a changing body, a reflection entrusted to Stories of Instagram: like this Selena Gomez shared the idea that his physical is very different compared to a few years agobut what really matters, in the end, is how you feel in your own shoes.
«Today I realized that I will never be like this again», he wrote publishing the first image; a shot that portrays her at the seaside, in a bikini. «I’m not perfect but I’m proud to be who I am», he added by sharing a more recent photo, still in costume, with a softer body: “Sometimes I forget that it’s okay to be me.”
It is not the first time that Gomez has touched on the topic, also thanks to the many episodes of body shaming of which she has been a victim throughout her career.
Last year, for example, after participating in the Golden Globe Awards, she had to defend herself from the haters; on that occasion she had tried to play down: «I’m a little big right now because I enjoyed it during the Christmas holidays», without however hiding the fact that attacks of this type are difficult to sustain. A discussion also taken up on TikTok, where he underlined that no matter how you look, you are never enough: too fat, too thin, in any case wrong.
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Today, at 31, the artist is more accustomed to letting bad things slide over her. «You must know that due to my health condition I have to take medicine and this causes my body to retain a lot of fluids and it swells. Guys, I would like to encourage anyone who feels gratuitously attacked for their physical appearance. And yes, there are days when we look horrible in the mirror, but what really matters is being healthy. I’m not a model, I never will be. I want to tell you that you are beautiful just the way you are”, her words on TikTikok. And again: «Thank you for being close to me, thank you for supporting me. And if you don’t want to be on my side, forget it and put your heart at rest. I don’t believe in those who practice body shaming, I’m not interested in having anything to do with it.”
Lupus and a subsequent kidney transplant are the health problems Gomez is referring to. A justification that wasn’t necessary, but that she felt like giving, also as encouragement to all those in the same situation as her.