Selena Gomez Recalls Feeling “Embarrassed” Over Her Body in Photoshoot _ E! News

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00:00 Selena Gomez is opening up about feeling embarrassed over her body during a photoshoot fitting.

00:07 The "Calm Down" singer is reflecting on dealing with critics commenting on her body online

00:12 in 2017, as she privately battled lupus and ultimately needed a kidney transplant.

00:19 Selena goes into detail about the situation in an interview with Fast Company, published

00:25 on October 3rd, saying, quote,

00:28 "None of the sample sizes were fitting, and that would make me feel embarrassed.

00:33 Although how unrealistic is it to expect a normal woman's body not to change?"

00:39 The 31-year-old adds that it was coming at a time when she no longer had a, quote, "teenager's

00:45 body."

00:46 However, a physical change wasn't the only hardship she was enduring at the time.

00:52 Looking back at her highly publicized 2018 breakup with Justin Bieber, the "Wolves" artist

00:58 noted that she started comparing herself on social media.

01:02 "I had just gotten my heart broken.

01:04 I didn't need to see what everyone was doing."

01:07 Selena, who dated Justin on and off for eight years, recalls, quote, "Then there were those

01:13 moments of not feeling positive about how I looked because of what I'd see on Instagram.

01:18 Wow, I wish my body looked like that."

01:22 But just because the singer was logged off didn't mean the internet trolls backed down.

01:28 At the time, paparazzi snapped photos of Selena on an Australia getaway, wearing a bikini

01:34 with her transplant scar visible, leading some users online to tear apart her appearance.

01:41 Eventually, Selena returned to Instagram to tell everyone to calm down.

01:46 She posted in 2018, saying, quote, "The beauty myth.

01:51 An obsession with physical perfection that traps modern women in an endless cycle of

01:56 hopelessness, self-consciousness, and self-hatred as she tries to fulfill society's impossible

02:03 definition of flawless beauty.

02:05 I choose to take care of myself because I want to, not to prove anything to anyone.

02:12 And in her sales."

02:21 "I'm not a beauty queen.

02:22 I'm a beauty guru."

02:23 "I'm not a beauty guru."

02:28 (upbeat music)