Selena Gomez has said rewatching parts of her new documentary about her life and career "broke my heart" but that they were "important to share".
Selena Gomez says that re-watching the harder moments in the documentary "broke [her] heart": "I just wish I could hug that version of myself." #AFIFEST https://t.co/c5py9n8XbS pic.twitter.com/G5d0IwgLkH
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The singer and actress wished she "could have hugged that version of myself" and hopes the film opens up conversations about mental health and loneliness.
It comes ahead of the release of the "uniquely raw and intimate" Apple TV+ documentary, titled My Mind and Me, which charts her six-year rise to fame.
Speaking at the premiere of the film in Hollywood on Wednesday night, she told US publication Variety: "Being able to see that version of myself and watching that back broke my heart, to know that I was ever that girl.
"I just wish I could have hugged that version of myself, but I feel like it was important to share it because I did want people to start talking about this.
"Hopefully, after the pandemic, if people are feeling these lonely feelings and not understanding, I just hope it opens people up."
The Only Murders in the Building star added that she did not think the documentary would open her up to "more scrutiny", having started her career as a child star on the Disney Channel.
"I think by me being more transparent and honest about what I walked through, there's nothing that they can say that will honestly affect me," she told Variety.
"I am who I am, and everyone is about to see it."
Aside from her acting, Gomez has sold more than 210 million singles worldwide and amassed over 45 billion global streams of her music.
She said she would "hopefully" release new music next year. Her last solo album, Rare, was released in 2020.
My Mind and Me is scheduled for release on 4 November.
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Source: Press Association
