Selena Gomez openly admits she can't have children.
In his Vanity Fair In the cover story published Monday, the actress and singer reflected on how her health issues prevented her from getting pregnant safely.
“I've never said this, but unfortunately I can't carry a pregnancy to term. I have a lot of medical issues that would put my life and the baby's life at risk. It's something I've had to suffer for a while,” she said. Only murders in the building star.
Gomez was diagnosed with lupus in 2013 and later received a kidney transplant. Gomez has also publicly revealed that she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, which she was also open about in her Apple TV+ documentary. My mind and I.
In an interview with Rolling Stone By 2022, Gomez had already reflected on her desire to become a parent. She recalled crying in the car after visiting a friend who was trying to get pregnant, as she was taking two medications for her bipolar disorder that would make it unlikely she would be able to carry a pregnancy to term.
“It's a very, very big gift in my life. However I'm meant to have them, I'm going to have them,” she said of the children she had at the time.
Despite her publicized health battles, the Emilia Perez The star explained that she is open to all possible alternatives to becoming a mother, including adoption and surrogacy.
“It's not necessarily how I imagined it. I thought it would happen the way it happens to everyone,” she said of parenting.[But] I'm in a much better place with that. I find it a blessing that there are wonderful people who are willing to do surrogacy or adoption, both of which are great options for me. It's made me really grateful for other outlets for people who are dying to be moms. I'm one of those people. I'm excited about what that journey will be like, but it will be a little different. At the end of the day, I don't care. It's going to be mine. It's going to be my baby.”
Gomez has been candid in the past about her interest in adoption. In an interview with Time magazine earlier this year, she shared that she decided she would adopt at 35 if she didn't meet any potential romantic partners. “I was alone for five years, and I got really used to it. A lot of people are scared of being alone, and I probably tortured myself in my head for about two years being alone, and then I kind of accepted it. Then I came up with my plan, which was that I would adopt at 35 if I didn't meet anyone,” she said.
Gomez, who is 32, publicly confirmed her romance last December with boyfriend Benny Blanco. “I've never been loved like this,” she said. Vanity Fair of the music producer. “He's just been a light. A complete light in my life. He's my best friend. I love telling him everything.”
If Gomez were to get married, she also revealed that she has no plans to change her last name: “I'm not changing my name, no matter what. I'm Selena Gomez. That's all.”