"I was a victim," says the actress and singer about the intermittent courtship that she had with the Canadian artist between 2011 and 2018
Two years after her on-and-off relationship with Justin Bieber came to an end, Selena Gomez has spoken for the first time about her interrupted seven-year courtship with the Canadian. "I feel like I was the victim of certain abuses," the 27-year-old singer confessed in an interview on Lulu Garcia-Navarro's podcast on National Public Radio. With her words, Gomez refers to the emotional abuse that she claims she suffered while dating Bieber. “I think it's something that I needed to internalize as an adult. As much as I don't want to spend the rest of my life talking about this, I'm really proud to be able to say that I feel stronger and that I've found a way to get through it,” she explained.
It is the first time that the artist has opened up emotionally about her relationship with Bieber. Everything arose as a result of being asked about her last song Lose You To Love Me which, as confirmed by the singer, is focused on her history with the Canadian. “I'm so proud,” Gomez said of her latest musical hit. "I feel like I wasn't treated properly [in the relationship and breakup] and even though I had accepted it, I kind of needed to say some things that I wish I had said," she continued.
In two months you replaced us / as if this were easy / you made me think I deserved it / in the hardest moment of my recovery /, Gomez sings in her new song. A lyric that refers to how just a few months after making his courtship with Justin Bieber official, in March 2018, the Canadian singer began a relationship with Hailey Baldwin, whom he married in September 2018. You promised me the world and I I gave myself completely / I put you first and you loved that, the lyrics continue.
The actress also insisted that with her song she does not intend to transmit hate, but rather it is "a song that says: we had something nice and I would never deny that it was not that." “It was very difficult and I am happy that it is over,” she added. Selena Gomez claims to feel very complete now that she has reconciled with herself. "Since I don't want to spend the rest of my life talking about this, I feel really proud to say that I am stronger than ever and that I have found a way to overcome it," she concluded.
Although he had never spoken about it, these revelations have not surprised the followers of the ex-partner because a few months ago it was Justin Bieber himself who, in an Instagram post, recognized many mistakes from his past, such as "using drugs", "abusing all my relationships” and being “disrespectful to women.”
The singers share a media history and with many ups and downs. They began their relationship in 2011 and ended it in 2014. After the breakup, both starred in a controversial dispute on Instagram because Selena's followers began to criticize her then-partner, Sofia Richie. The singer threatened to close his public profile and Selena Gomez responded with a forceful comment: "If you can not deal with negative comments, then stop posting images with your girlfriend. It should be something special between you. Do not be angry with your fans. They love you and were there for you before anyone else." After these disagreements and years without hardly speaking to each other, Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber returned to resume contact and decided to give themselves a new opportunity. It was at the end of 2017 when they were seen together again walking the streets of Los Angeles, riding a bicycle, kissing and even directing romantic messages on social networks. Just a few months after making their courtship official, in March 2018, it was learned that the couple had broken up again and that Bieber was beginning a relationship with model Hailey Baldwin, whom he secretly married in September of that same year.
Gomez, who suffers from lupus and underwent a kidney transplant in 2017 as part of her fight against this autoimmune disease, then suffered an emotional crisis that led her to be admitted to a psychiatric center in October 2018, where she remained for two months. After her rehabilitation, the interpreter of Wolves began little by little to resume her life, returning to social networks -platforms with which she has also had her ups and downs and that have caused her a lot of anxiety and depression-, attending more and more public events, participating in a film project with Woody Allen and also collaborating with fashion brands such as Puma or Coach. After almost four years practically away from music, last October Selena Gomez released Rare, her new album that has placed her at the top of the music charts thanks to songs like the one that recalls her story with Justin Bieber .
