Selena Gomez Gives Advice for Protecting Mental Health on Social Media: “It’s So Important to Take Breaks”

Selena Gomez hosted her third annual Rare Impact Fund Benefit on Wednesday night, where mental health was top of mind.

The L.A. event supported Gomez’s Rare Impact Fund, which she founded in 2020 with a mission to mobilize $100 million for organizations increasing global access to youth mental health services and education. Jimmy Kimmel served as host for the evening along with performances from Laufey and The Marías, as Gomez kicked things off by admitting that despite publicly talking about mental health for years (her own included), “all of this, believe it or not, is still a weird and hard topic. Tonight is about proving that progress is possible.”

She told the crowd at Nya Studios West how “nothing has made me prouder than what I’ve been able to do with this fund” and spoke to its importance, as “we’re living in a world where pressure, especially on young people,…