- Selena Gomez told Jimmy Fallon she “can’t watch” his new documentary, “My Mind & Me.”
- “I’m not going to lie, I can’t see it. And to be honest, I was scared to throw it,” she said.
- “My Mind & Me” follows Gomez’s experiences with mental illness and her diagnosis of bipolar disorder.
Selena Gomez told Jimmy Fallon she “can’t watch” his new documentary, “My Mind & Me.”
Gomez told Fallon during Monday’s episode of “The Tonight Show” that he began filming the deeply personal documentary seven years ago and that the filming “went through all the different phases of my life from being diagnosed and doing all the things that I had to go through.”
The documentary, which premiered on Apple TV+ on November 4, features Gomez’s experience with mental illness, namely her diagnosis of bipolar disorder, which she made public in 2020 via an Instagram live chat with Miley Cyrus. . Vogue reported at the time.
“It’s tough,” Fallon told Gomez about her experiences and the documentary.
“Yes, it is,” Gomez agreed. “Not going to lie, I can’t see it. And to be honest, I was scared to throw it.”
“I knew that being honest and completely transparent was what I wanted to be known for,” Gomez continued. “I don’t want to be something unattainable.”
Fallon acknowledged that Gomez recently visited President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at the White House to discuss mental health in America.
While that was “just a conversation,” Gomez said, she hopes “more is going to happen” and that it was “incredible” to be with a “group of young people, discussing mental health and the crisis we’re going through.” come back in.”
Speaking about the reason she did “My Mind & Me,” Gomez told Fallon that she wants “people to know that it’s not just you and they’re not alone.”
