Selena Gomez responds to criticism of her body: “I’m a little fat because I had fun on vacation”

Selena Gomez She attended the Golden Globes last week as a candidate for the award for best television actress in a musical or comedy series for her role in Only murders in the building (available on Disney+).
The commotion that the singer has generated on social networks has nothing to do with her interpretation, not even with the fact that her partner on the red carpet was her little sister. The most commented about Gomez it has been its weight.

It is not the first time that the celebrity suffers body shaming. The Cambridge dictionary defines this anglicism as the act of “criticizing someone based on her body shape, size or appearance”.

Given the barrage of comments about her appearance, Gómez responded in a direct on Instagram with Gracie, her nine-year-old sister. “I’m a little fat right now because I had fun during the holidays“.

The actress, singer and businesswoman has spent her entire life dealing with the pressure of being in the spotlight. She first appeared on television at the age of 11 on the American children’s show Barney & Friends. But it was the Disney Channel series, Wizards of Waverly Place, the one that made Selena famous worldwide at just 15 years old.

After more than half a life in front of the cameras, the actress premiered last year Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me, a documentary that narrates the physical and mental processess that Gomez has been through after being diagnosed with lupus and bipolar disorder.

Many of the comments on Instagram pointed to the kidney transplant that the actress underwent in 2017 as the reason for her weight changes. Gómez, however, has pointed out that if you gain weight it is simply because you eat more.

The celebrity has made public on multiple occasions the negative impact that social networks have on their mental health. Upon his return to TikTok, Gomez posted a short video in which he declared: “Honestly, I don’t care about my weight because people will talk anyway. ‘You’re too small’, ‘you’re too big’, ‘that doesn’t suit you'”.

Many actresses and singers have made public the pressure their bodies are under. Weight gain or loss, fat-phobic attacks, accusations of suffering an eating disorder… Social networks are a soup of comments and ratings on the appearance of famous women.