Selena Gomez was diagnosed with the autoimmune disorder in 2015. Since then, she's undergone chemotherapy and received a kidney transplant from her friend Francia Raísa to address the condition. As part of her treatment regimen, Gomez takes medication that helps to reduce her lupus symptoms. And she has been open about the side effects, some of which resulted in an influx of hurtful comments from body shamers on social media.
"My weight would constantly fluctuate because I would be on certain medications. And obviously, people just ran with it," she shared on an episode of AppleTV+'s "Dear..." released in March. "It was like they couldn't wait to find a thing to bring me down. I was being shamed for gaining weight because of my lupus."
Gomez, however, has refused to let those comments get her down or prevent her from doing what's best for her body. "I just want people to know that you're beautiful and you're wonderful," she said during a TikTok Live in February. "We have days where maybe we feel like sh*t, but I would much rather be healthy and take care of myself." Gomez went on to say: "My medications are important and I believe they are what helps me."
