Selena Gomez says she is deleting her Instagram account after backlash over “neutral” comments about the Gaza conflict.

Selena Gomez I might leave Instagram again. In a quickly deleted Instagram Story on Thursday, Nov. 2, the Rare Beauty founder, 31, shared a frustrated message to her 430 million followers on the platform. “I’m taking a break and deleting my Instagram,” she wrote in the text post. “I’m done now. “I don’t support anything that’s happening.” Below you can see a new post from her Instagram story. Although the IG story was quickly deleted, Selena’s Instagram account was still active at the time of the publication.

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Selena’s post came just four days after she used the same platform to speak out about the conflict in Gaza. “I’ve been taking a break from social media because it breaks my heart to see all the horror, hatred, violence and terror that is happening in the world,” she wrote on Monday, October 30. or any act of hatred against any group is horrible. We must protect ALL people, especially children, and end violence forever. I’m sorry if my words will never be enough for everyone or for a hashtag. I just can’t stand seeing innocent people get hurt. This is what makes me sick. I wish I could change the world. But not a publication. Love, Selena.

Many took to social media to criticize the former Disney Channel actor for taking a neutral stance despite recently liking a pro-Israel post from the comedian. Amy Schumer and despite having many followers on Instagram. “Selena Gomez is literally the third most followed person on Instagram with nearly 500 million followers,” one social media user wrote at the time. “One publication will make a difference. This is why it irritates me when celebrities make a “neutral” statement. They only do it for their reputation. Not because he actually cares.

If you delete your account, this won’t be the first time Only murders in the building. The star retreated, or at least backed away, from the platform. In a 2019 interview, she explained why she always wonders if she should be there. “I think our world is going through a lot of difficulties, obviously,” she said during the Cannes Film Festival, according to CNN. “But specifically for my generation, social media has been terrible.”