Selena Gomez got extra candid with her followers recently, addressing blunt comments about both her speaking voice and her upper lip.
In a clip from a recent Instagram livestream that’s been circulating on X, the Rare Beauty founder responded to one follower’s question about the way her voice sounds. “I’ve gotten this question a few times, the voice thing,” she began.
“Sometimes things happen,” she continued, cutting herself off from giving a more detailed explanation. “I get weird. My throat kind of swells inside sometimes. That’s all.”
Also in the video, Gomez tells fans: “I’m glad y’all are being real with me on the live, I appreciate it, for real.”
That wasn’t the only personal question the singer/actress answered recently, though. In a video posted to her Story, a chuckling Gomez said, “Someone made me laugh, because they asked me, ‘How do you, like, shave your mustache?’”
“I totally get it,” she added. “I actually have melasma, you guys … It’s from the sun. You all have to obviously wear sunscreen and be careful … but it’s actually not [a mustache]. It’s my melasma. I take care of and treat it, but yeah, it’s there. That’s me.”
According to Cleveland Clinic, melasma is a common skin disorder that typically affects a person’s “cheeks, nose, chin, above the upper lip and the forehead,” leaving discoloration that can lighten and darken depending on the season. The main causes are sun exposure and hormonal fluctuations.
Gomez is known for getting real with her fans, with the star opening up about everything from her struggles with lupus to mental health and SIBO. The latter — also known as small intestinal bacterial overgrowth — is the result of an increase in bacteria in the small intestine that causes digestive issues.
The star’s frankness with fans this week comes as she’s closing out an exciting year. In addition to marrying producer Benny Blanco in September, she reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with her joint album with her now-husband, I Said I Love You First. Earlier this month, she scored her fourth Golden Globe nomination in a row for her performance in Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building.
“Thank you to the @goldenglobes for our recognition after 5 seasons!” she reacted to the news at the time. “I’m deeply grateful and forever honored.”
