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04.11.2022 - 23:59 / usmagazine.com
Motherhood on her mind. Selena Gomez revealed that — although her bipolar disorder might make it impossible for her to carry children — she still plans to start a family one day.
“That’s a very big, big, present thing in my life,” the Only Murders in the Building star told Rolling Stone in November 2022 while discussing how her diagnosis has affected her plans for the future. “However I’m meant to have them, I will. I think there’s something over me that is maybe my bipolar that kind of just keeps me humble — in a dark way.”
Gomez has frequently spoken about her desire to settle down, even telling friends Raquelle Stevens and Amy Cook during an August 2022 episode of the TATATU series “Giving Back Generation” that she planned to leave Hollywood eventually and “become a mom.”
She added: “Eventually, I’m going to be tired of all of this, so I’m probably just going to devote most of my life to philanthropy before I peace out.”
During that episode, Gomez opened up about what she wants from the person with whom she’ll eventually have kids. “I can’t deal with an egotistical person,” the former Wizards of Waverly Place star said at the time. “I have zero patience. We are all the same people. We all s–t, we all eat … we all bleed red. That’s the way life is.”
The “Same Old Love” singer’s comments came two months after she revealed that working with Steve Martin and Martin Short changed her standards when it comes to dating. “Being around two adult gentlemen — because that’s what they are, they are very sweet and kind and hilarious and inappropriate sometimes and it’s the best — I just learned so much,” she told The Hollywood Reporter in June 2022. “And my expectation for a man, to be honest, or any human, is to be as decent as these
Standing up for herself. Before announcing her infertility struggles, Jennifer Aniston has been candid about her potential plans to become a mother — and why she wasn’t putting pressure on the process.
Forever friends? Fans speculated that Selena Gomez and Francia Raisa — who donated her kidney to the singer in 2017 — had a falling out after the pair seemingly threw shade at one another on social media.
A special tribute! After undergoing a kidney transplant, Selena Gomez gave her new organ a sweet nickname.
Sharing her journey. Christina Applegate revealed her multiple sclerosis diagnosis in August 2021 and has been candid about how the disease affects her life ever since.
The feelings are mutual!
Back in 2017, Selena Gomez revealed that she had undergone a kidney transplant. Now she’s let it be known that her new(ish) kidney has a name.
Rolling Stone, Selena Gomez opens up about how her may inhibit her ability to carry her own children in the future. After visiting with a friend who is trying to get pregnant, Gomez said she broke down in tears: Due to the two medications she takes to treat her bipolar disorder, she says she “likely” won't be able to carry children of her own, writes Rolling Stone's Alex Morris.“That's a very big, big, present thing in my life," Gomez says.
The American Film Institute’s AFI Fest got underway in earnest Wednesday at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood with the world premiere of the Apple TV+ documentary Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me, where the star walked the red carpet and participated in a post-screening Q&A (which AFI asked me to moderate) joined by the film’s director and co-writer Alex Keshishian.
Selena Gomez revealed that she may never be able to carry children because of her bipolar medications — but she still plans on becoming a mom.
Long before Selena Gomez became a household name, she was the daughter of Mandy Teefey (née Cornett) and Ricardo Gomez.
A look inside the complicated life of Selena Gomez. The superstar documented her career and health journey from 2016 to 2020 in Apple TV+’s My Mind & Me, which starts streaming on Friday, November 4.
Marvelous in magenta! Selena Gomez was a radiant sight at the premiere of her new documentary, My Mind & Me.
– Selena Gomez when asked by Vulture about the “powerful” statement she and Hailey Bieber made by posing together for a photo at last month’s Academy Museum Gala after years of feud rumors.
Alex Russo forever! Selena Gomez honored her Disney Channel roots with a Wizards of Waverly Place-related photo with an updated twist.