{"id":2123646,"date":"2025-10-29T22:59:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T22:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2123646"},"modified":"2025-10-29T22:59:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T22:59:23","slug":"a-listers-are-defending-selena-gomez-amid-online-criticism-around-her-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/a-listers-are-defending-selena-gomez-amid-online-criticism-around-her-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"A-Listers Are Defending Selena Gomez Amid Online Criticism Around Her Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"bf909c83-189f-4d53-88a7-72c22b4ce419\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/selena-gomez-explains-whispering-taylor-swift-golden-globes\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/selena-gomez-explains-whispering-taylor-swift-golden-globes\">Selena Gomez <\/a>is one of the most talked-about women in the world, from her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/selena-gomez-movies-and-shows\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/selena-gomez-movies-and-shows\">star-studded career<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/jennifer-aniston-selena-gomez-friendship\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/jennifer-aniston-selena-gomez-friendship\">A-list friendships<\/a>, to her recent <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/selena-gomez-benny-blanco-reported-wedding-date\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/selena-gomez-benny-blanco-reported-wedding-date\">wedding to record producer Benny Blanco<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, it was her new music video that made headlines this week, with Gomez dropping new single &#8216;In the Dark&#8217;, featuring on the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/nobody-wants-this-off-screen-couples\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/nobody-wants-this-off-screen-couples\"><em>Nobody Wants This<\/em> season two<\/a> soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\" href=\"\" data-url=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" 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Watched this Selena Gomez video, besides a few weird derp shots that ppl were able to clip and super misrepresent how she looks she looks extremely beautiful, is prob one of the most\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/hGOf38CaX4<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1982276573265817656\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1982276573265817656\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">October 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"e427ee8b-dad7-4c9b-a4b8-513be5caf8eb\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve been in the internet for like 48 hours and despite minor benefits I might have to leave,&#8221; she posted to her X account. &#8220;Imagine what it wud feel like if people talked about you this way. Try to imagine the mental fortitude she presumably has&#8230; How do u think little girls feel reading stuff like this about another woman?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It shud not be ok to do high school level bullying,&#8217; she later added. &#8220;Accounts shud be suspended for body shaming en masse. This is disturbing &#8211; in part because it&#8217;s not even true if u actually watch this video.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-T7uyxRCtiQMkQqWAZzVNLn\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-T7uyxRCtiQMkQqWAZzVNLn slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Celebrity news, beauty, fashion advice, and fascinating features, delivered straight to your inbox!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"e81d3bfe-9933-4138-a97b-667302ddce3a\">Gomez has spoken out previously about dealing with online negativity, particularly relating to her appearance, on the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5EqqB52m2bsr4k1Ii7sStc\" data-url=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5EqqB52m2bsr4k1Ii7sStc\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"><em>On Purpose with Jay Shetty<\/em><\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Women have it much harder,&#8221; Gomez reflected in the 2025 interview, later adding: &#8220;My weight&#8217;s a big [issue]. Everyone just has something to say and it&#8217;s really making me sad. Not even sad because, I&#8217;m not a victim, everyone &#8211; I just think it&#8217;s made me a tad bitter and I feel really guilty for saying that but it&#8217;s true.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gomez has been open in the past about living with her autoimmune disease, Lupus, explaining that her weight can fluctuate and her appearance can appear altered due to her medication.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would rather be healthy and take care of myself,&#8221; she stated. &#8220;My medications are important, and I believe that they&#8217;re what helps me&#8230; [I&#8217;m] not a model, never will be. I think they&#8217;re awesome, mind you. I&#8217;m just definitely not that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m human,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;So of course sometimes I read things, but I do most of the time ignore everything. There are ways to combat it &#8211; I understand the power of what social media is, it\u2019s just tricky.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We will continue to update this story.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\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.marieclaire.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selena Gomez is one of the most talked-about women in the world, from her star-studded career and A-list friendships, to her recent wedding to record producer Benny Blanco. 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