Selena Gomez has opened up about how she will never be able to carry children of her own.
In a deeply personal interview with Vanity Fair in September 2024, Selena Gomez shared new insights into her health journey, revealing that she is unable to bear children due to significant medical issues. The multi-talented star disclosed that her health conditions present risks that would endanger both her life and that of a potential baby.
However, she has come to terms with her situation though and is grateful for all that she does have.
She told Vanity Fair: “I haven’t ever said this but I unfortunately can’t carry my own children. 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.
“I’m now in a much better place,” she said. Selena’s plans for having children involve exploring options like surrogacy and adoption. “I find it a blessing that there are wonderful people willing to do surrogacy or adoption, which are both huge possibilities for me,” she explained. “It made me really thankful for the other outlets for people who are dying to be moms. I’m one of those people. 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,”
“Before I met my boyfriend, I was single for five years, with the exception of going on a few dates,” she shared. And I was like, ‘Okay, if this is the vibe, then what is the most important thing to me? Family.”
Selena’s health journey began making headlines in January 2014 when she privately completed a two-week stay at a rehab facility, later revealing that she had been diagnosed with lupus and undergoing chemotherapy. “I wanted so badly to say, ‘You guys have no idea. I’m in chemotherapy.” she told Billboard at the time.
Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that can cause inflammation and damage to various parts of the body, including the skin, joints, kidneys, and heart. Despite her ongoing battle with lupus, Selena has shown incredible resilience. In September 2017, she announced on Instagram that she had undergone a kidney transplant due to complications from the disease. She publicly thanked her friend Francia Raisa for her life-saving donation, expressing deep gratitude for the act of selflessness.
Selena’s openness about her health is part of her broader advocacy for mental health and awareness about chronic illnesses. Last year, she candidly discussed her battle with lupus on the Apple TV+ series *Dear*. In this episode, she revealed that her lupus diagnosis in 2014 included a serious warning about the risk of stroke and the challenges of medication side effects. “So, hearing from a doctor, ‘You could have had a stroke onstage, you could have died’ — it was a lot,” she recounted. Selena also addressed the public scrutiny she faced regarding her fluctuating weight, attributing it to her medication. “I was being shamed for gaining weight because of my lupus,” she said.
By Ezinne Okorie.
