
It's gonna hurt my stomach, it's gonna put me in that mindset, and I'm going to wish I could go and protect her." "And even if it's something she went through, and I didn’t know she went through it, as a mother, it's gonna affect me. We went through that, and we found healing and we've moved past some of it," she explained during an appearance on the "On Purpose With Jay Shetty" podcast. "The reason why is because we lived some of that together. Mandy admitted that she had no immediate plans to watch her daughter's Apple TV+ documentary after its release. When so many times, they probably should’ve.”

… We never, ever would give up on you.’ And they haven’t. She continued: “They’re always like, ‘Once we found out everything it made so much sense, Selena. Even to this day, I keep saying thank you and I’m sorry.” “Then they know it wasn’t me so then when I wake up the next day they tell me what happened but they explain to me, they’re like, ‘Look, we know that that’s not you talking and we’re really concerned and just know that we love you, we don’t see anything different from what was last night to now.’ … I just say I’m so sorry because I remember certain things that I did and I was so mean. “I shouldn’t have spoken to them the way that I did, and I shouldn’t have treated them the way that I did, sometimes,” the Princess Protection Program actress tearfully said in her My Mind & Me documentary. Scroll below for Selena’s ups and downs with her mother:Ĭredit: Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/ShutterstockĪmid Selena’s mental health challenges, she admittedly lashed out at Mandy and her stepfather as they attempted to help. “Far from medical or preachy, we've struck a balance between education, media and self-reflection that truly inspires growth.” We have taken an unexpected and innovative chance on the way people can understand and participate in a creative foundation to show anyone that a shift is possible,” Mandy said in a statement at the time. “We hope to be the one-stop shop for all aspects of mental fitness. She used to make the kids in the neighborhood do casting calls and try to direct them.” She added: “I'm surprised she actually had friends. She went to one of my rehearsals with me and sat through the whole thing, not moving,” Mandy, a former actress herself, said during a March 2017 interview with The New York Times. “On the way home, she was quiet, and then she goes, 'You know, Mom, that might be funnier if you did it this way.' And I thought, ‘Oh, no. “All I could do is just say, 'I'm sorry, but you'll understand someday.’”Īs Selena navigated a career in the acting industry, first landing the role of Gianna on Barney & Friendsbefore becoming a household name on the Disney Channel, her mom was her No.

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“She would vent and yell at me,” Teefey - who remarried Brian Teefey in 2006 - recalled during the TV special. While the “Bad Liar” songstress has since come to understand how her mom worked tirelessly to support their family of two, Selena initially struggled to cope with the divorce. She supported me, sacrificed her life for me.” My mom gave up everything for me and had, like, three jobs. She added: “Having me at sixteen had to have been a big responsibility. “I wanted to have my mom and dad together. “I blamed my mom a lot because I wanted a family so bad,” the Only Murders in the Buildingstar recalled during a June 2011 E! Entertainment special about her life. Long before Selena Gomez became a household name, she was the daughter of Mandy Teefey(née Cornett) and Ricardo Gomez.Īt the age of 16, Teefey and Ricardo welcomed their baby girl, named for late singer Selena Quintanilla. Selena Gomez’s Ups and Downs With Her Mom Mandy Teefey Through the Years: A Timeline Selena, for her part, was able to get her relationship with Mandy back on track following the breakup. The mother-daughter pair even founded Wondermind, a multimedia platform designed to offer mental health support, together in April 2022 alongside Daniella Pierson.

The Spring Breakers star’s romance with the Canada native eventually fizzled for good by 2018, with Bieber moving on with Hailey Bieber(née Baldwin). “ is really hoping that they give him another chance, but he knows that it is going to take some time.” “There is a lot of uncertainty about him as far as Selena’s family is concerned,” a source exclusively told Us Weekly in December 2017, noting Mandy had trust issues when it comes to the “Baby” crooner after the former couple’s rocky history. While the mother-daughter duo remained tight as Selena pursued her Hollywood dreams, things hit a snag when the Rare Beauty founder entered into an on-and-off relationship with Justin Bieber. She added: “I’m surprised she actually had friends.
