{"id":2093190,"date":"2025-10-15T15:22:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2093190"},"modified":"2025-10-15T15:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:22:16","slug":"hailey-bieber-on-being-pitted-against-selena-gomez-and-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hailey-bieber-on-being-pitted-against-selena-gomez-and-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Hailey Bieber on Being Pitted Against Selena Gomez and Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<hr data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\"><strong data-node-id=\"1.0\">THE RUNDOWN<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-kw9lqy emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"2.0\">In her <em data-node-id=\"2.0.1\">WSJ Magazine <\/em>profile, Hailey Bieber opened up about how she dislikes being pitted against other stars, including Justin\u2019s ex Selena Gomez.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"2.1\">She said she \u201cdidn\u2019t ask\u201d for that treatment and doesn\u2019t feel competitive with other beauty brands, either.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"2.2\">The star spoke in more detail about being compared to Gomez in June 2023, saying, \u201cI\u2019ve hated it since the beginning.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Hailey Bieber is celebrating one of Rhode\u2019s most successful years ever, following <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a64916388\/hailey-bieber-rhode-1-billion-deal-net-worth-effect\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a64916388\/hailey-bieber-rhode-1-billion-deal-net-worth-effect\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"its $1 billion acquisition by e.l.f. Beauty\" data-node-id=\"4.1\" class=\"body-link css-inlxvj emevuu60\">its $1 billion acquisition by e.l.f. Beauty<\/a> and its recent launch in Sephora. Still, she told <em data-node-id=\"4.3\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/style\/fashion\/hailey-bieber-rhode-what-next-c9b2e911?\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/style\/fashion\/hailey-bieber-rhode-what-next-c9b2e911?\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"WSJ Magazine\" data-node-id=\"4.3.0\" class=\"body-link css-inlxvj emevuu60\">WSJ Magazine<\/a><\/em> that those milestones haven\u2019t stopped negative comments about <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a41591571\/justin-bieber-hailey-bieber-relationship-timeline\/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=mgu_ga_elm_md_pmx_hybd_mix_us_17925201838&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=17923888557&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADCsZxfrRGqolO5X9AAES-5G5IFSF&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwjdTCBhCLARIsAEu8bpJdpHCtH7Cy2gijNNRT_cjey0KvmovmKMWTzmMHWvQ6YtboPaTvmoYaAvChEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a41591571\/justin-bieber-hailey-bieber-relationship-timeline\/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=mgu_ga_elm_md_pmx_hybd_mix_us_17925201838&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=17923888557&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADCsZxfrRGqolO5X9AAES-5G5IFSF&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwjdTCBhCLARIsAEu8bpJdpHCtH7Cy2gijNNRT_cjey0KvmovmKMWTzmMHWvQ6YtboPaTvmoYaAvChEALw_wcB\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"her marriage to Justin Bieber\" data-node-id=\"4.5\" class=\"body-link css-inlxvj emevuu60\">her marriage to Justin Bieber<\/a> or people pitting her against other celebrities, including <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a43147547\/selena-gomez-hailey-bieber-drama-timeline\/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=mgu_ga_elm_md_dsa_hybd_mix_us_20576459911&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=20576459911&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADCsZxdJnruVEh9omebb3fEJzBsf3&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwjdTCBhCLARIsAEu8bpJWo7o5XkTgdt0kVzPzhAAkOVEWrSgBLbVMSdertiyfFwV587t4Qj4aAuM4EALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a43147547\/selena-gomez-hailey-bieber-drama-timeline\/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=mgu_ga_elm_md_dsa_hybd_mix_us_20576459911&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=20576459911&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADCsZxdJnruVEh9omebb3fEJzBsf3&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwjdTCBhCLARIsAEu8bpJWo7o5XkTgdt0kVzPzhAAkOVEWrSgBLbVMSdertiyfFwV587t4Qj4aAuM4EALw_wcB\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Justin\u2019s ex Selena Gomez\" data-node-id=\"4.7\" class=\"body-link css-inlxvj emevuu60\">Justin\u2019s ex Selena Gomez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">She said she doesn\u2019t feel competitive with other Sephora brands, including Gomez\u2019s Rare Beauty line. \u201cI think there is space for everybody,\u201d she said, noting that she is most competitive with herself. \u201cI don\u2019t feel competitive with people that I\u2019m not inspired by.\u201d<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"watch-next\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-12\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">When the reporter tried to ask directly about comparisons to Gomez and Rare Beauty, Hailey\u2019s publicist shut the question down. But Hailey still addressed how little she appreciates being pitted against anyone.<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"recirculation\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-13\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">\u201cIt\u2019s always annoying being pitted against other people. I didn\u2019t ask for that,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen people want to see you a certain way and they\u2019ve made up a story about you in their minds, it\u2019s not up to you to change that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">While speculation about her and Justin\u2019s relationship hasn\u2019t stopped either, Hailey stressed what their reality is: \u201cWe\u2019re both really finding our voices of who we are and, I believe, both really walking authentically in what it is we actually want to be doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"11\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">The star spoke more explicitly about being pitted against Gomez in June 2023. \u201cI don\u2019t think that this is about me, Hailey Bieber, and Selena Gomez\u2014this is not about this pitting between two women and division between two women,\u201d she said on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"The Circuit With Emily Chang\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-06-30\/hailey-bieber-looks-to-beat-beauty-brand-fatigue-with-rhode-label\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-06-30\/hailey-bieber-looks-to-beat-beauty-brand-fatigue-with-rhode-label\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" data-node-id=\"11.1\" class=\"body-link css-inlxvj emevuu60\"><em data-node-id=\"11.1.0\">The Circuit With Emily Chang<\/em><\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s about the vile, disgusting hatred that can come from completely made-up and twisted and perpetuated narratives. That can be really dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"12\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">She was especially disgusted that she and Gomez were compared solely because of their connections to Justin. \u201c[Two women] being pitted against each other because of a guy? It\u2019s awful,\u201d she said. \u201cI hate it. I\u2019ve hated it since the beginning. And I think that kind of goes back to a little bit of just being misunderstood when it\u2019s like time and time again I don\u2019t know why I keep having to say, and we keep having to say, that there is no issue and there is no problem. It\u2019s so disappointing that people still behave this way over a man. It\u2019s the world we live in, unfortunately.\u201d<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-14\" data-node-id=\"13\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-yj5rqk e94w1mj9\">\n<h6 class=\"css-12xbh4x e94w1mj7\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-before\" class=\"css-0 eagam8p0\"\/><span class=\"css-8lle59 e94w1mj5\">More on Hailey Bieber<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-after\" class=\"css-0 eagam8p1\"\/><\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.elle.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE RUNDOWN In her WSJ Magazine profile, Hailey Bieber opened up about how she dislikes being pitted against other stars, including Justin\u2019s ex Selena Gomez. She said she \u201cdidn\u2019t ask\u201d for that treatment and doesn\u2019t feel competitive with other beauty brands, either. The star spoke in more detail about being compared to Gomez in June [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2093191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[274717,394994,285977,285684,394993],"class_list":["post-2093190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-a8e6441d-a473-43c7-84d7-528aefd6919c","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-locale-us","tag-shorttitle-hailey-on-being-pitted-against-selena-and-others"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hailey-Bieber-on-Being-Pitted-Against-Selena-Gomez-and-Others.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2093190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2093192,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093190\/revisions\/2093192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2093191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2093190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2093190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2093190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}