Selena Gomez feels defeated when asked about her personal life
It’s off-putting to me when fashion and beauty magazines use teenagers for their covers. But is it equally demoralizing to see 23-year-old Selena Gomez on the cover of Marie Claire? Come hell or high water, magazines are just incapable of making Selena look older than 15. Hopefully she’ll be blessed with looking young for her age for the rest of her life. Anyway, Selena isn’t talking about much in this Marie Claire interview, but I did learn some new stuff. Did you know that Selena has a roommate and they borrow each other’s clothes? Celebrities: they’re just like us! They borrow their roommate’s Metallica t-shirt too. Here are some interview highlights:
On dating: “I’ve been dating. I’ve been having the best time. But I don’t trust anybody, so dating can only be fun if I know I’m going to have fun.”
On how she deals with agents & managers: “Authenticity is my life. They make great choices, but I make the decisions.”
On being known for who she dates with not who she is: “I would try to promote something that I loved, and the entire interview would be about my personal life. I would leave a room feeling defeated, feeling embarrassed, but I would always make sure to put that smile on my face because I wasn’t going to let them get to me.”
On taking control of her career: “I had to not be afraid to ask dumb questions, which means I asked a million things about every single step that I was making.”
On her upcoming tour and film: “I finally just wanted to go for it. I wanted to do things that I knew were going to be me. I don’t want people to look at me as someone who is just this celebrity person.”
Even though she’s had some extreme ups and downs over the past few years, I’m a believer in Selena Gomez. Is that weird? Like, I think she has a good head on her shoulders and I believe she’ll always be okay. Even though I know she wants to do more film and TV work, I sort of think she should just focus on music right now, because that’s going well for her and she has a nice voice. And even though everyone wants her to find the next big boyfriend after Justin Bieber, I like that she’s taking some time and dating around and not taking it too seriously, which is what you’re supposed to do when you’re 23. I even have faith that Selena will figure out this nonsense with Orlando Bloom, honestly. Like, he’s the one who looks like a douche. She’s just “having fun.”
Photos courtesy of Marie Claire.
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