Selena Gomez speaks out after breaking the internet with Hailey Bieber photo-Rishma Dosani-Entertainment – Metro

Selena Gomez was all smiles at the premiere for her My Mind and Me documentary (Picture: Getty)

Selena Gomez has addressed the wild reaction that her cozy embrace with Hailey Bieber received.

Last month, the pair basically broke the internet when pictures emerged of them posing together at the Academy Museum Gala, after years of feud rumors.

The snaps put paid to any speculation of lingering bad blood due to the Lose You To Love Me singer’s former relationship with Justin Bieber – who married the model in 2018.

Speaking in an interview to promote her new Apple documentary, My Mind and Me, the 30-year-old was questioned on the story behind the viral photos.

‘Yeah, it’s not a big deal. It’s not even a thing,’ she simply replied.

Selena also shed light on her new doc, which explored intense periods in her life where she battled with mental health issues as well as her Lupus struggles.

Selena addressed the reaction to her viral photo with Hailey Bieber (Picture: Getty)

Hailey and Selena broke the internet last month (Picture: Rex)

In the film, she read out haunting diary extracts, stating in one: ‘“I have to stop living like this. Why have I become so far from the light? Everything I ever wished for, I’ve had and done all of it. But it has killed me. Because there’s always Selena.”

Discussing what she meant by this passage, the Only Murders In The Building actress continued to Vulture: ‘I think it’s about discovering myself through my 20s; I had to do that in front of people, and I don’t know anything different.

‘I think that Selena – and I hate talking about myself in the third person, I’m so sorry – is not a reflection of where I am now. I don’t want people to think that I will forever live in this sad-girl world. Because that’s not true.

‘Alek [Keshishian, director] has said this, and it’s very true, that when people say, “What’s the end of the movie?” The end of the movie is where I am now. Living in New York, and just being. That’s all I want to do.’

Selena recently made headlines when she shared a friendly moment with Hailey, at a swanky celebrity party in October.

Pictures of the duo looking close were shared on Instagram, leading to huge reaction from fans around the world – shattering rumors that they were feuding over the Baby singer.

Justin dated Selena on and off for eight years before they finally went their separate ways in March, 2018 – and he rekindled his romance with Hailey months later.

They announced their engagement soon after, and tied the knot in a secret ceremony in that same year, before hosting an elaborate celebration for family and friends in 2019.

Hailey and Justin got married in 2018 (Picture: FilmMagic)

Fans have continuously questioned the timeline of the two relationships and speculated that there was an overlap, slamming the fashionista in comments on social media.

However, speaking on the Call Her Daddy podcast at the end of last month, Hailey spoke out against the rumors for the first time, insisting that she would ‘never’ date someone who was still in a relationship.

‘Your husband was in a very public relationship. People were obsessed with them being together,’ host Alex Cooper questioned in the candid chat. ‘Were you ever with Justin romantically at the same time as her?’

‘No. Not one time. When him and I ever started hooking up or anything of that sort, he was not ever in a relationship. Ever. At any point. I would never…,’ she replied.

Hailey slammed the rumors surrounding her relationship (Picture: Getty)

‘It’s not in my character to mess with someone’s relationship, I would just never do that. I was raised better than that. I was not interested in doing that and I never was.

‘I think there are situations where you can still have a back-and-forth with someone, but even that was not the situation. I can say, period, point blank, I was never with him when he was in a relationship with anybody. That’s the end of it. I had been involved with him since I was 18.’

Reflecting on the timeline, Hailey insisted that she understood how things appeared from the outside, but said that it was different behind closed doors.

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‘They were not in a relationship at that time. But, of course, there’s a very long history there and it’s not my relationship, it has nothing to do with me, so I respect that a lot,’ she continued.

‘It’s hard for me to talk about this because I don’t want to talk on either one of their behalf again because it was their relationship and I honestly respect that very deeply.

‘I know for a fact that the reason we were able to get back together was because it was very much completely closed. And that is respectful for me.’

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