Selena Gomez Shuts Down Plastic Surgery Speculation: ‘Leave Me Alone’
Selena Gomez has had enough of the chatter about her appearance. The 32-year-old pop star recently sounded off in the comments after coming across a video on TikTok discussing the “changes” in her face over the years, revealing that she’s not had any work done beyond injections.
“Honestly I hate this,” wrote Gomez, who’s been open about her struggles with Lupus. “I was on stripes because of [a] flare up. I have Botox. That’s it.”
“Leave me alone,” she added.
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The video’s creator, Marissa — whose bio indicates she works as a PA at a plastic surgery center in Florida — never specified what procedures she thinks Gomez has undergone, telling followers that she doesn’t know “what to attribute any of these changes to” while showing a side-by-side comparison of younger vs. slightly older Selena. “I think she’s been through so much in her life, especially medically related, so I don’t think it’s fair to speculate whether or not she’s gotten cosmetic things done,” the user added in the original clip. “At the end of the day, let’s just leave her be.”
Upon seeing Gomez’s comment, Marissa made a follow-up video apologizing for any hurt feelings her initial post caused. “Although I always try to lead with grace and mindfulness, I am sorry this upset you,” she wrote in her caption.
Once again, the Rare Beauty founder weighed in via the replies. “I love you,” Gomez wrote. “Not about you. I just get sad sometimes.”
Gomez has long been vocal about her experiences with mental health and body-shaming, especially after revealing that she’d been diagnosed with Lupus in 2015. She touched on how her weight often fluctuates due to the medication she takes for the autoimmune disorder on the Apple TV+ series Dear… last year, saying haters “couldn’t wait to find a thing to bring me down” once her body started changing.
“I would go online and post a picture of myself and I would say, ‘It doesn’t matter, I’m not accepting what you’re saying,’” she added at the time. “All the while being in the room posting that, crying my eyes out, ’cause nobody deserves to hear those things.”
