Selena Gomez Says She Wasn’t Allowed to Say This Super-Common Expression During Her Disney Days

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As we all know, Selena Gomez got her start on Disney—along with a ton of other celebs including the Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato, Ryan Gosling, Britney Spears…truly, the list is endless.

And Sel just opened up about being “triggered” by her Disney years in a new interview with Vanity Fair for the 2023 Hollywood Issue (casual!), saying, “I definitely feel free of it. Sometimes I get triggered. It’s not that I’m ashamed of my past, it’s just that I’ve worked so hard to find my own way. I don’t want to be who I was. I want to be who I am.”

She was also asked if there were any moments where she was told what she could and couldn’t say, and apparently there were a bunch of rules she had to follow as a Disney star.

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“Of course. I wasn’t a wild child by any means, but I was on Disney, so I had to make sure not to say ‘What the hell?’ in front of anyone,” Selena explained. “It’s stuff that I was also putting on myself to be the best role model I could be. Now I think being the best role model is being honest, even with the ugly and complicated parts of yourself.”

Yes to that, and before we go, Sel also confirmed she’s working on new music, saying, “The music I’m doing right now is about real things that I’m walking through. It’s really powerful, strong, very pop. The theme generally is freedom—freedom from relationships, freedom from the darkness.”

Can. Not. Wait!

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