#AccessHollywood#selenagomez#mentalhealth Selena Gomez’s little sister Gracie Elliot Teefey is continuing to inspire her. At the second annual Rare Impact Fund Benefit, the Emmy-nominated actress told Access Hollywood what continues to drive her passion to supporting the youth when it comes to mental health. “So many things. First, I’ll start with the fact that I have an 11-year-old sister who means the world to me and when I was younger, I had no way of understanding the emotions I was feeling until I was much older,” she told Access. “There are so many people in the younger communities that are in pain and if there’s anything I can do to help one person, it makes everything else I do so worth it,” she added. The “Only Murders in the Building” star also revealed why she decided to post a makeup-free selfie. Selena’s second annual Rare Impact Fund Benefit aims to raise $100 million to increase access to youth mental health services and education globally
Good to see you, Selena. I'm quite well. You look stunning tonight, girl.
Thank you. I've been, you know, the Spanx work.
Yeah.
What is the second annual Rare Impact Award?
What drives you now? What drives your passion to support the youth when it comes to mental health?
So many things. First, I'll start with the fact that I have an 11-year-old sister who means the world to me.
And when I was younger, I had no way of understanding the emotions I was feeling until I was much older.
And I just—there's so many people in the younger communities that are in pain.
And I just—if there's anything I can do to help one person, it makes everything else I do so much worth it.
You do that in actions. I saw that you posted online, no makeup with a little blemish thing like that.
And what was it? It was like, you want to let the young girls know every side of you.
Because that's like the slogan, right? You want them to know every side of you.
Why was that important to post a picture like that? Because that was cool.
Oh, thank you. I don't think it's—I think it's maybe important.
But it's—reality, it's just the truth, you know?
I want people to know that everything isn't perfect, even if it seems like it.
And everything's a highlight.
People need to be reminded that there are people that really care and love about—and love them, you know?
