“ The heart wants what it wants Selena Gomez sings. She grew up from the age of 14 under the eyes of Disney cameras, for the series The Wizards of Waverly Place, before being machine-gunned by the paparazzi due to her hypermediatized relationships with Nick Jonas, Taylor Lautner and especially Justin Bieber from 2011. 2014. Meanwhile, she had already begun to break her image as the perfect little Puritan American girlfriend by throwing away her chastity ring while playing in spring breakers by deliberately trashy indie director Harmony Korine in 2013 and breaking free from her band Selena Gomez & The Scene to go solo with the album Dancing star. The commercial failure of the latter could have explained the fact that she did not go to defend him on tour, but, in 2015, she explained to Scoreboard :
” I was diagnosed with lupus (a chronic autoimmune disease) e I had chemotherapy. This is the real reason for my break. I was in danger of having a stroke. “
Since then, the artist has established himself as a champion of mental and physical health and vulnerability. And the new documentary Selena Gomez: My mind and meavailable from 4 November on Apple TV + confirms this.
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me, a documentary on 6 years of life
It is Alek Keshishian who directs this docu-truth shot for six years as close as possible to the former Disney heroine. The one who first worked with her for the ” Hands to myself »Already shines in this exercise since he signed Truth or Darewho entered Madonna’s favorite tour in 1991. For six years, we follow Selena Gomez through her professional challenges, in light of her mental and physical health issues. Because in addition to her lupus, the artist was diagnosed with depression and bipolar in 2019, which he made public with the aim of helping to destigmatize mental disorders. The documentary also concludes with Selena Gomez’s invitation to the White House to reflect on establishing a mental health program for young people.
The documentary outlines many health problems encountered by the artist, which he detailed with the media RollingStonein particular the fact that the kidney she received for a transplant will not last more than 30 years and that the drugs she takes for her bipolarity would prevent her from having children. But Selena Gomez intends to have offspring despite everything: ” it’s a very important thing, very present in my life […]no matter how I should take them, I will “.
Who is Francia Raisa, the one who donated her kidney to Selena Gomez?
Around organ transplantation, another scandal surrounds the release of this sensitive and powerful documentary. Indeed, as part of the promotional marathon for Selena Gomez: My mind and me in which the artist is currently engaged, he specifically mentioned the fact that he felt he had no real friends in the music industry. entertainment world aside from Taylor Swift. Faced with an Instagram post that pulled this phrase out of context, the longtime friend who donated a kidney to Selena Gomez in 2017 publicly concisely commented: ” Interesting “.
It was enough that a wave of mass cyberbullying was triggered against the singer, accused of ingratitude. And this even if for years he has repeatedly expressed his eternal gratitude to Francia Raisa, actress and dancer. In December 2017, as she received an award on stage at the Women in Music Awards, Selena Gomez tearfully said during her acceptance speech:
“Thank you very much, everyone. To be honest, I think France should get this award because it saved my life.”
“France should receive this award… it saved my life. “- Selena Gomez
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A controversy over the form that takes away the substance of the problem raised by the documentary
We can therefore regret the way in which complete strangers could come across Selena Gomez, whose observations were obviously truncated or at least did not reflect the substance of her thoughts, as she has already shown her gratitude to her friend. They even share a tattoo showing the date of the organ donation in question. We can also regret that such a story, which should remain private, could provoke such a media frenzy, to the point of obscuring the substance of the documentary, which is nevertheless so important since it aimed to raise awareness on mental health problems and de-stigmatize problems. . Especially since Selena Gomez shares a rare vulnerability there, entrusting her with her worst pains, fears and anxieties, especially around her difficulties in becoming a mother. See what the worst is needed haters attacking him is revolting.
Without making the resilience glamorous, however, we bet it will be able to recover, as the author of Revival has often done (the title of her second solo album released in October 2015). Listening to the lyrics of her new single, aptly titled “My Mind & Me”, we can in fact expect that Selena Gomez will soon release a new, introspective, cathartic album. Like this brave life-saving documentary.
A photo credit: Apple TV +
Source: Madmoizelle
Ashley Root is an author and celebrity journalist who writes for The Fashion Vibes. With a keen eye for all things celebrity, Ashley is always up-to-date on the latest gossip and trends in the world of entertainment.
