Selena Gomez Had To ‘Grieve’ Being Unable To Carry Her Own Child

Selena Gomez has opened up about her inability to carry her own children because of health complications that may put her life and the baby’s life in jeopardy.

The singer has previously spoken about her complications with lupus and how she was diagnosed with bipolar in April 2020.

Selena Gomez also recently gushed about her romance with Benny Blanco, saying she’d never been loved like the way he does her.

In a new interview with Vanity Fair, the “Only Murders in The Building” actress got candid about her evolving plans for motherhood, disclosing that she can’t carry her own children and would have to resort to surrogacy or adoption.

“I haven’t ever said this…but I unfortunately can’t carry my own children,” she said. “I have a lot of medical issues that would put my life and the baby’s in jeopardy. That was something I had to grieve for a while.”

She added, “[But] I’m in a much better place with that. I find it a blessing that there are wonderful people willing to do surrogacy or adoption, which are both huge possibilities for me.”

“It made me really thankful for the other outlets for people who are dying to be moms. I’m one of those people,” she continued. “I’m excited for what that journey will look like, but it’ll look a little different. At the end of the day, I don’t care. It’ll be mine. It’ll be my baby.”

The 32-year-old singer also reveled in her relationship with Benny Blanco, noting that she has never been loved like that before.

Gomez and Blanco privately started dating midway through 2023 but kept their relationship out of the spotlight for several months before going public in December 2023.

Since then, the couple hasn’t been shy about sharing sweet photos of each other on social media and showing their love through custom accessories.

“I’ve never been loved this way…He’s just been a light. A complete light in my life. He’s my best friend. I love telling him everything,” Gomez said in her Vanity Fair story.

Speaking about when he first said he wanted to marry her on “The Howard Stern Show” back in May, she added, “After the interview, I was dying laughing. Like, ‘Anything else you wanted to put out there?'”

Gomez previously weighed in on her desire to become a parent sometime in the future but acknowledged that her health complications would seemingly hamper her chances.

In a November 2022 Rolling Stone edition, she recalled crying in her car because the medications she was taking for her bipolar disorder would likely affect her ability to carry children.

“That’s a very big, big, present thing in my life,” Gomez told the news outlet before adding that her hopes about raising kids through other means were still solid. “However I’m meant to have them, I will.”

She also noted at the time that she hoped she’d have gotten married at age 25.

“I grew up thinking I would be married at 25,” she said. “It wrecked me that I was nowhere near that — couldn’t be farther from it. It was so stupid, but I really thought my world was over.”

The “Midnight Vibes” singer has previously spoken about how she was prioritizing her health after her 2015 Lupus diagnosis. Gomez explained that the complication brought about side effects like anxiety, panic attacks, and depression, “which can present their own challenges.”

According to Rolling Stone, she noted that her health complications also affected her mental health, which brought about inconsistent emotional highs and lows.

“I’m 30, and I’m going to go through moments in my life,” she shared at the time. “If there is a silver lining, it’s this, ‘I remind myself that I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the psychotic break, if it wasn’t for my lupus if it wasn’t for my diagnosis.’ I think I would just probably be another annoying entity that just wants to wear nice clothes all the time. I’m depressed thinking about who I would be.”

The businesswoman was recently confirmed to be a billionaire thanks to her successful beauty brand, Rare Beauty.

Bloomberg reported that the actress and singer now has a net worth of $1.3 billion, crediting the “vast bulk” of her wealth to her beauty brand, which the former Disney star founded in February 2019.

Gomez’s acting and music career also contributed to her net worth. However, over 80 percent of her wealth is tied to her majority stake in the Rare Beauty company.

Speaking on Gomez’s success in the business world, marketing expert Stacy Jones told the outlet that “Selena is not just a pop star” but “a multifaceted businesswoman with diverse income streams contributing to her impressive net worth.”