Selena Gomez gets raw and emotional in new documentary

The pop star shares a lot of herself in the show, including her health issues, and says she finds it a nerve-racking experience

- Alison de Souza

LOS ANGELES - By any measure, Selena Gomez is one of the biggest stars in the pop culture firmament.

A chart-topping pop singer who has sold more than 210 million singles worldwide, the former Disney Channel star is also a successful actress and television producer, picking up an Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy nomination this year for the hit show Only Murders In The Building (2021 to present).

She is a media darling as well, a tabloid fixture because of highprofile romances with fellow pop stars such as Justin Bieber, The Weeknd and Nick Jonas. And in 2016, she became a Guinness World Records record-holder as the first person to hit 100 million followers on Instagram.

But as her career soared, she was battling serious mental and physical health issues behind closed doors - including a diagnosis of lupus and bipolar disorder, which led to depression and a kidney transplant in 2017.

Now, Gomez is lifting the lid on what happened in Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me, a documentary debuting on Apple TV+ on Friday.