Body shamers beware. Singer and actress Selena Gomez (Only Murders in the Building) doesn’t have time for negative comments about her body – nor does she care.
Gomez posted a video responding to trolls and did it with a little dry humor. “I try to stay skinny, but I went to Jack in the Box, and I got four tacos, three egg rolls, onion rings and a spicy chicken sandwich,” Gomez said, emphasizing the words “spicy chicken sandwich” and making us want one, too. “But honestly, I don’t care about my weight because people bitch about it anyway.”
She then started imitating the comments she hears people say. “‘You’re too small. You’re too big. That doesn’t fit. Meh, meh, meh, meh.’ Bitch, I am perfect the way I am. Morale of the story – bye.”
In 2017, Gomez underwent a kidney transplant due to complications from lupus and has since explained that “weight fluctuations” are caused by some of her health issues and the medications that she takes.
“It’s the medication I have to take for the rest of my life – it depends on even the month, to be honest,” she said back in 2019. “So, for me, I really noticed when people started attacking me for that. And in reality, that’s just my truth. I fluctuate. It depends [on] what’s happening in my life.”
At first, the attacks about her weight bothered her, but not anymore; nor should they. Selena Gomez is a talented and beautiful person inside and out. Period.