Selena Gomez Comes Clean in a Candid Instagram Live: Why Her Voice Has Changed Over the Years

Selena Gomez recently spoke about why her voice sounds different now. During an Instagram Live on Tuesday, a fan asked her about her vocals.

Gomez answered honestly, saying, “So sometimes when I’m on—never mind. There’s no excuse, I don’t really care. I think my point is, is that sometimes things happen. I get weird. My throat kind of swells inside sometimes. That’s all.”

She made it clear that she wasn’t upset by the question. “I’m glad y’all are being real with me on the Live. I appreciate it though, for real,” she added.

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This moment reflects a bigger part of Gomez’s life. She has been in the public eye since her first single in 2008 and has shared her journey through music, including her latest album, I Said I Love You First, made with her husband Benny Blanco.

Over the years, she has openly talked about living with lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease that can cause inflammation in the body, including the throat. She first revealed her diagnosis in 2015 in an interview with Billboard, saying, “I was diagnosed with lupus, and I’ve been through chemotherapy…I locked myself away until I was confident and comfortable again.”

Gomez has also shared how lupus treatments affected her weight, which drew public attention. On Apple TV’s Dear… in 2023, she said, “My weight would constantly fluctuate because I would be on certain medications. And obviously, people just ran with it… 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.”

She explained in a 2020 NPR interview why she chooses to be open about her life. “The reason why I’ve become so vocal about the trials and tribulations of my life is because people were already going to narrate that for me. I wasn’t going to have a choice because of how fast everything moves now. And most of the time, yes, it’s not true, or it’s an embellished version of what the truth is. I want to be able to tell my story the way that I want to tell it.”

Gomez’s honesty shows how she balances being a public figure with managing her health. She continues to share her experiences on her own terms, giving fans a real look at her life.

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