Selena Gomez is fed up.
Every day, Internet users focus on, to choose from: her appearance, her weight, her face, her outfits, her supposed psychological situation… And the singer and actress – crowned at Cannes for her performance in the musical Emilia Perez – sounds the alarm.
Criticized for having placed her hands on her chest during a photo shoot in the middle of the festival (yes yes), the young woman is the subject of speculation about her health. Internet users consider that she is hiding her body in a suspicious manner and are spreading their inappropriate rumors.
And the star gives a salutary rant…
Selena Gomez's stance against body shaming: the star talks about her very specific health problems
Selena Gomez has decided to react to the multiple assumptions and online attacks to which she has been subject since her last public appearance.
“This makes me sick“, she wrote, reports ELLE magazine. The star explains that she suffers from lupus, a disease linked to the small intestine, a very specific digestive tract problem that complicates the digestion of food and can cause bloating as well as stomach pain. Distressing complications linked to the proliferation of bacteria.
“Everything burns inside me“, deplores the singer and actress to her many followers.
“No, I am NOT a victim. I'm just human“, however, would like to point out Selena Gomez on her social networks. Very regularly, the star is criticized for her physique. We tell you about it in this Testimony reported by Selena Gomez herself. Furthermore, the young woman uses her influence to to raise awareness of serious physical health problems, yes, but above all, mental health: we invite you to read this important statement on this subject.
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