Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television producer. After appearing on the children's series Barney & Friends (2002–2004), she received wider recognition for her portrayal of Alex Russo on the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place, which aired from 2007 until 2012.
Gomez also starred in the films Another Cinderella Story (2008), Princess Protection Program (2009), Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009), Ramona and Beezus (2010), and Monte Carlo (2011). Thereafter, she focused on more mature roles in Spring Breakers (2012), Getaway (2013), The Fundamentals of Caring (2016), and The Dead Don't Die (2019). She voices the character of Mavis in the Hotel Transylvania film franchise, and serves as an executive producer of the Netflix television drama series 13 Reasons Why (2017–present) and the Netflix documentary series Living Undocumented (2019).
Selena Gomez Taking Break From Social Media As Her 'Heart Breaks'
perezhilton.comSelena Gomez is staying offline for a bit. The Only Murders in the Building star took to Instagram Stories on Monday to explain why she has remained silent on social media and not commented on the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict as some other celebrities have done over the past few weeks.
For Selena it isn’t so easy. She says she’s needed to take a break — explaining her “heart breaks to see all the horror, hate, violence and terror that’s going on in the world”: Although she condemned the violence happening at this time, many people were not satisfied with what she had to say.
Her statement was actually met with a lot of online criticism, with some bashing her for being selectively outspoken and taking a “neutral” stance on the conflict.
Others slammed her for saying a post wouldn’t “change the world” — when she currently has over 430 million followers on IG. So it’s safe to say a good amount of social media users weren’t thrilled with her comments… Related: Bella Hadid Breaks Silence On Israel-Palestine Conflict In a follow-up post, Selena shared a black-and-white picture of her younger sister Gracie and added: It’s unclear if this was in response to folks saying she wasn’t doing anything.
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