[INTERVIEW] Selena Gomez’s ‘Elle’ Interview: I Grew Up Poor

Selena makes startling confessions in the July 2012 issue of ‘Elle’ magazine including what it’s like to grow up poor! Find out all the details!

Selena Gomez may be a huge pop star today, but she didn’t always live among the rich and famous! Selena went through rough times as a child!

Selena’s parents divorced when she was just 5-years-old! The “Love You Like A Love Song” singer was an only child with her mom Amanda Cornett, a stage actress, and they quickly found themselves living a life of poverty! “I can remember about seven times when our car got stuck on the highway because we’d run out of gas money.”

Fortunately, Selena’s mother was determined to show her daughter the world despite their monetary standing! “She saved up to take me to concerts. She took me to museums, aquariums, to teach me about the world, about what’s real,” Selena added.

Today, Selena, 19, is a thriving actress/singer, immersed in a deep relationship with Justin Bieber, and has a bright future ahead of her! We say her mom did a job well done!

HollywoodLifers, are YOU happy for Selena’s success?

[Elle]

– Chris Rogers

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damm cece you must really be jealouse of selena just because shes rich and youre not and she has a boyfriend dosnt mean u have 2 hate

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i think she should go back to where she came from and i wish that she becomes poor agin and that justin breaks her ugly heart and that she gets hit by a bus too.

Um no Naomi.. This was meant for you to be proud of her and for you to be inspired by her journey.

“Selena’s parents divorced when she was just 5-years-old!” Love that exclamation mark! Her mom was only 17 when Selena was born…are we surprised the marriage didn’t work?!?

i dont mean to be rude but, Wasn’t she in Barney? I’m not calling her a liar but acting gives you alot of money….

In the case of Barney [my siblings were obsessed in the early 90s] – the programme started out as a public access show in TX and moved to PBS syndication. No child actors were making huge salaries for Barney and Friends.

Um, are we supposed to feel sorry for her? I don’t want to sound mean, but they are many other kids out there in other countries who went through worse than she did. I’m not saying that she didn’t go through a tough life, but the headline is making it seem that she was living on the street or something.

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she shouldn’t really complain. millions of people havde gone through a worser childhood than her. demi lovato went through hell and still was up until recently.

3.7% how could you not be happy for her maybe because your not successful

and of course some people do actually need the money. The single parents who are working hard but still don’t have much left. But most people abuse the system.