Flavor Flavor is in Selena Gomezthe corner.

“I don’t know her personally, but Selena Gomez is one of the strongest and most beautiful people inside and out,” Flav, 65, wrote via X Monday, November 4. “I commend her for being so open about her health and mental health. And I applaud her even more for responding to Haterz, but she shouldn’t have to.

He concluded his post with three clapping emojis, alongside a photo of Gomez, 32, posing on a red carpet.

The post was apparently a reaction to Gomez’s recent response to the demeaning comments. “It makes me sick. I have SEBO (sic) in my small intestine,” she wrote via TikTok in a since-deleted comment, referring to small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. “It’s igniting. I don’t care if I don’t look like a stick figure. I don’t have this body. End of story. No, I am NOT a victim. I’m just human.

Flav – who has spoken openly about his love for Gomez’s best friend Taylor Swifteven exclusively by saying Us every week in September that he wants to get married Swift and boyfriend Travis Kelce – uploaded a separate GIF of Gomez speaking with the Tour of the eras interpreter.

In the video, Swift seemed shocked by what Gomez was saying. “I find out Taylor and Selena are best friends,” he captioned the clip.

Gomez has spoken candidly about her struggle with mental health over the years. After being diagnosed with lupus, Gomez underwent treatment in 2014. Since then, she has participated in various voluntary programs for anxiety, panic attacks, and depression.

Gomez shared in 2020 that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Two years later, she released her documentary, My mind and mewhere she detailed her suicidal thoughts that led her to cancel a tour.

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Start a dialogue. Selena Gomez has spoken candidly about her mental health struggles over the years. The singer first sought treatment in 2014 after being diagnosed with lupus. Since then, she has participated in various voluntary programs to manage anxiety, panic attacks and depression. Nine months after completing his treatment in January 2018, Us Weekly (…)

Now, when she rewatched the film, Gomez said it made her “sick” to hear what it said about herself.

“It bothers me,” she said during a panel titled “Mindfulness over Perfection: Getting Real About Mental Health” at SXSW in March. “But I think everyone can understand that feeling. It’s important to speak kindly to each other, but I don’t think I really understood that (at the beginning of the film)… It’s weird to see myself saying these things so long ago that I would never say to myself now . »

THE Only murders in the building The star said she was “terrified” to release the documentary. “I went back and forth about whether I would do it or not,” she admitted. “I think the moment I did that, I felt an insane liberation because there was no hiding place anymore. There wasn’t just this image that people could see and think, “Oh, that looks cool.” This is probably one of the most difficult times of my life.

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