Selena Gomez offered a rare and candid glimpse into her life through “My Mind and Me,” a documentary that allowed her to share her deepest emotions.
The documentary delved into Gomez’s journey as she confronted mental health challenges, battled body dysmorphia, navigated life in the public eye, and dealt with her health condition.
However, in 2023, Gomez appeared to have some regrets about this decision.
Selena Gomez Regrets ‘My Mind and Me’
In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter and Gomez, Universal Music Group CEO Sir Lucian Grainge, and Thrive Global CEO Arianna Huffington, the Grammy-nominated singer confessed what she thought about the documentary in retrospect.
Apparently, Gomez was “very against it.”
“There was a very long period of time where I just didn’t know if it was a good idea,” Gomez revealed. “I knew, eventually, that one day I wanted to maybe just be an actress for a while, and I didn’t know if it would jeopardise things in my life. I don’t know what I’m doing—letting people into my life. And then, the moment it was released… I had no choice at that point. And I was relieved. I felt like a huge weight was lifted.”
Apple TV distributed the documentary. It garnered critical acclaim, with The New York Times noting its “honest portrait study of stardom and mental illness.”
“It’s far from the first music document to reveal that it can be lonely at the top, but it is among the few to convey that there are no easy answers for that when mental illness is at the root.
Of all the portrayals of pop superstars that have been produced in-house in recent years, “My Mind & Me” is probably the one with the least celebratory third act, which is something to celebrate,” Variety said about the documentary.
For some, reliving that trauma again by watching the documentary might trigger one’s memories. Gomez experiences that too. She admitted that it has become” very hard” for her to watch the documentary.
“I will never watch it again, but I’m very proud of it. I couldn’t have been luckier to have the people that worked on it with me,” she continued to say.
Although Gomez has taken some steps back from the documentary, it has garnered significant recognition within the industry.
In November 2022, the Critics Choice Association awarded it the Seal of Female Empowerment in Entertainment, while both the MTV Movie & TV Awards and iHeartRadio Music Awards acknowledged it as the Best Documentary of 2022.
Additionally, the documentary has received a nomination for a Primetime Creative Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming, credited to Alek Keshishian and Paul Marchand.