Selena Gomez re.veals why she was ‘always skinny’ while dating Justin Bieber

Selena has commented on the subject once more by publicly reacting to a TikTok about her weight during her and Justin’s relationship.

The video in question was shared by user @donttellmymomma.f, and featured a series of old paparazzi photos of Selena alongside the caption: “The reason why Selena is always skinny when she dates Justin Bieber.”

The clip went on to show a screenshot of an Instagram comment Selena had left in the past that suggested Justin preferred to date “models.” Replying to someone who had commented that Justin had “really messed up” under one of her old posts, Selena appeared to claim: “He’s rather models. I’m just too normal.”

The video quickly went viral, with many users quickly expressing their empathy for Selena as they reacted to her apparent past claim.

“Hailey can do a whole podcast about selena’s relationship in 2022 and Justin can say that he’ll always love her in 2019, but Selena Gomez cant comment about how she felt about her look during her past relationship?!” one popular tweet read.

Selena and Justin spent seven years in a turbulent on-again, off-again relationship, beginning in 2011. They last attempted to make things work in November 2017, though ultimately split for good the next March.

Just three months later, Justin started dating Hailey Bieber, and by September 2018, the pair were legally married.

Selena documented her feelings about the split in her 2019 hit song “Lose You to Love Me,” which charts the experience of a breakup leading to self-love.

Explaining how she came to write the song in her recently released documentary, My Mind and Me, Selena said: “I text Julia Michaels and Justin Tranter and said, ‘I think I’m ready to just say I’m sad.’ We wrote the song in 45 minutes. The fastest song I’ve ever written.”

“It’s about more than a lost love,” she said. “It’s me learning to choose myself, to choose life, but also hoping that people can find grace and peace in that too. The song is about knowing that you completely lost every part of who you are just to rediscover yourself again.”

Selena revealed that she felt “haunted” by the past relationship, most of which unfolded in the public eye.

“Everything was so public,” she said. “I felt haunted by a past relationship that no one wanted to let go of. Then I just moved past it, and I wasn’t afraid anymore… I feel like I had to go through the worst possible heartbreak ever and then just forgetting everything at the drop of the hand, it was really confusing.”

“I just think that needed to happen and ultimately it was the best thing that ever happened to me,” she said to her fans.