What’s up guys, it’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News, and Selena Gomez took the
stage as Teen Vogue’s Summit speaker where she shared many intimate details including
about her health and career.
Selena Gomez took on one of her biggest roles in 2020 as the Teen Vogue Summit’s keynote
speaker over the weekend, where she touched on a wide variety of topics, including social
equality, the 2020 presidential election, and striving for authenticity in everything
she does.
Sel took the stage in a virtual ceremony via Zoom where she spoke on the importance of
following your dreams and, most importantly, striving for authenticity in everything she
does, which went hand in hand with the summit’s theme of “creating together from the ground
up.”
As many fans know, Selena has conquered Hollywood as an actor AND a musician, but she’s recently
spent her time as an entrepreneur, admitting to producing 16 new projects during quarantine,
and recently launching her Rare beauty line.
She’s also taken on roles behind the camera as a producer for shows like Netflix’ 13
Reasons Why and Living Undocumnented, which follows eight undocumented families trying
to navigate life in the U.S.
It goes without saying that Selena only takes on projects near and dear to her heart, as
she also touched on her activism for the Black Lives Matter movement and the 2020 presidential
election, in which she spoke with Stacey Abrams during a livestream interview about the importance
of women advocating for one another.
Although she admitted she was “inspired” by how much women advocate for each other,
Selena revealed that she would like to see more of that kind of support for women from
men.
She said QUOTE, “I love how supportive women can be of other women and lift each other
up.
And now these young girls can look up to women more than ever, with our vice president, with
people like Stacey Abrams… all of these women that truly are breaking the mold and
they're doing things that are incredible.”
Despite how far women have come, Sel went on to say, “If anything, I would love to
see men championing women more.
I'm believing that this place of all these women just supporting each other is great,
but we also need some support from men.”
Although Sel admitted that she was “lucky enough” to find her passion at a young age,
even now, she opened up about facing her share of difficulties when taking on new projects.
“...and because of that, a lot of people told me ‘no,’ a lot of people said that
I wasn’t able to do it or I wasn’t capable.
To be honest, there are still people to this day that, I think, say that.”
Selena has since grown from the negativity, which has only furthered her drive to succeed,
adding QUOTE, “The theme of everything I do is good quality.
I want to make sure the stuff that I have, whether it’s all the business stuff, to
my work, acting and singing, it’s important for me to be authentic and to connect to something.
Otherwise, it seems a bit pointless to me.
It requires a lot of hard work.
But the payoff is amazing.”
And with hard work comes even harder work focusing on her inner self, as Selena revealed
she has also put a much greater emphasis on mental health; a topic she’s been open and
honest with her fans about since day one.
If anything, normalizing mental health and seeking self-help is her first priority, as
she admits that being open about it is key to getting the long term conversation going.
She said, “I think it's less scary when you talk about it.
So that's some sense of freedom that I gained once I did.
She went on to say:
“I think I had a moment where I felt different.
Like, ‘Why do I react this way?
Why do I feel the way I do and nobody else does?’ and I had to figure that out.
I didn't want just to stay in this place of confusion.”
But once she was comfortable opening up about how she felt on a personal level, Selena admitted
that the discussion that resulted in her vulnerability immediately became a huge part of her long
term objective.
She said, “My journey personally has been all about my timing; when I felt like it was
working, and that’s when I suddenly became so obsessed with making sure that everybody
I knew understood that sharing your emotions was great; How I’m a huge advocate for therapy,
how I feel like there are support groups for everybody, and it’s OK... there’s no way
that people aren’t feeling a certain way, whether they’re figuring that out on their
own or not, we all need each other.”
This seems like the perfect note to leave off on, as Selena couldn’t have said it
better herself, annnnd I think this goes without saying, BUT we can’t wait to see how she
paves the way for fans around the world to live their best and most fulfilling lives.
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I’m your host Sussan Mourad, you can find me on Instagram @Sussan_Mourad bye guys.