Selena Gomez: "I'm okay with where I am and who I am"

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It's Sunday morning on CBS And here again is Jane Pauley That's Selena Gomez alongside co-stars Steve Martin and Martin short and the hit series only murders in the building the actress pop star and Business mogul is the subject of our Sunday profile from Tracy Smith on any red carpet Selena Gomez is the picture of beauty poise and confidence But she'll be the first to tell you that things aren't always what they appear Just cut to the chase for instance her latest film Amelia Perez Gomez co-stars as the wife of a powerful Mexican drug lord who secretly Transitions with the help of a character played by Zoe Saldana to listen to accept the film is a hard-hitting true crime story a poignant love story a journey of Self-discovery and by the way, it's also a musical Oh But somehow it all works at the end of a shooting day, what were you like? What were you feeling usually a little sore from the dance numbers? Why do you want to do this I found it Incredibly compelling. I've never really seen a movie like this before I don't think I've ever been this proud of something in the acting field And that's really saying something at 32 Selena Gomez has a lot to be proud of yes She's an accomplished actor, but she's also a very successful singer-songwriter And thanks to her wildly popular rare beauty line of cosmetics She's a billionaire. Yep, and a very active philanthropist It's all quite impressive and even more so when you realize where she started She was born in the Texas town of Grand Prairie. Her mom Mandy Teefey was only 16 years old Selena's parents split when she was 5 and she says the family had a lot of love and not much else you struggled Do you remember the times when it was tough to? Make ends meet to put food on the table. Of course, my mom worked multiple jobs She also was finishing high school when she was having me when I'm doing something great today It just makes me more thankful for the lessons that my mother taught me Selena was barely 10 when she landed a part on TV's Barney and Friends And a few years later she became a fixture on the Disney Channel from your chin to your toes and elephant trunk growth She branched out into music and became a pop sensation Hey, it's Selena. Does that work? And when the pandemic came she switched gears again Hosting a popular online cooking show shot in the kitchen of her LA home Cameras everywhere from every aspect of it. And how are your cooking skills now? They're not that great And then in 2021, oh you fancy she helped cook up one of the biggest hits on TV Only murders in the building with co-stars Steve Martin and Martin short This is it Our one chance to get to know Tim Kono. Oh, that's a nice high drama line. Okay, give me another why what was better with that? Nothing. It was perfect. It was just reeking of your years on CBS How has working with Martin short and Steve Martin changed how you look at the world and every way These men Steve and Marty have been working longer than I've been alive But they are the first ones to be on set They take time to ask everyone they run into how their day is and on top of it They think everything through they are Wonderful people and they've helped me grow up in a lot of ways been savage You can just splice that under the Charles Hay yeah, I'll get out the splicer these guys have become my friends and Allies and the people I can ask advice from I couldn't be more grateful to work with them Selena Gomez is the first to admit that she's had a magical life and that it hasn't always been a bed of roses She's been open about her health struggles like having lupus and receiving a kidney transplant Gomez was diagnosed with lupus depression and anxiety She also decided to take her battles with anxiety and depression and her bipolar diagnosis public her 2022 documentary my mind and me is an unvarnished look at her life the highs and the very deep lows Were you nervous about sharing that with the world a little bit once I released it It felt like a huge relief because I am a firm believer that one of the strongest things you can do is be vulnerable And that doesn't mean you have to pour your heart out to everyone but I made that choice because I knew I wasn't the only one that felt that way and If my world was already out there for everyone to see I'd like to tell my part of the story and to add on that. It's a dream what I'm doing And this is part of what her dream looks like she held a benefit last month for her rare impact fund a Charity aimed at helping young people who suffer from the same mental health challenges She's been through of all the things you do and you do a lot. How important is this? This is probably the most important thing to me besides my family, but this is the cherry on top of everything It seems another high point is her relationship with music producer Benny Blanco. You talked a bit about your personal life So I'm just gonna ask a tiny bit about one of the sexiest men alive and people magazine What you think when you heard that it was very charming To know that there is someone in the world that Deeply cares about every tiny detail about who I am I'm really really lucky. So yeah It's clear from her latest project that she's an artist who likes to take risks But Selena Gomez's gutsiest move has been sharing her real self and that has made all the difference I mean the reaction in general has been overwhelmingly positive hasn't it? Sure Maybe I I just I don't I it's not that I really need anyone's Approval. I think I'm just really I'm okay with where I am and who I am and I'm glad I'm glad that I finally got there