‘Then there were those moments of not feeling positive about how I looked because of what I’d see on Instagram,’ Gomez says
Selena Gomez has opened up about her reasons for deleting Instagram from her phone five years ago.
In conversation with Fast Company, the 31-year-old singer spoke candidly about her exit from the social media platform in conjunction with her official split from Justin Bieber in 2018. In the spring of that year, the “Who Says” creator and “Ghost” vocalist called it quits after eight years of being in an on-again, off-again relationship.
And, according to Gomez, the breakup was a huge factor in removing herself from Instagram. Soon after the musical pair ended things, Bieber was confirmed to be dating Stephen Baldwin’s daughter Hailey. One month later, Bieber and Hailey were engaged, tying the knot in September of 2018.
For the former Disney Channel star, having just gotten out of the tumultuous relationship, she had no interest in keeping up with her ex. “I had just gotten my heart broken. I didn’t need to see what everyone was doing,” she told Fast Company.
“Then there were those moments of not feeling positive about how I looked because of what I’d see on Instagram,” Gomez continued. “Wow, I wish my body looked like that.”
