The 23-year-old went was exposed to the gay community from a young age through her mother, who worked in a modelling agency and revealed she's definitely questioned her sexuality in the past.
"Oh, I think everybody does, no matter who they are. I do, yeah, of course. Absolutely. I think it's healthy to gain a perspective on who you are deep down, question yourself and challenge yourself; it's important to do that."
Her liberated and self-reflective second studio album, Revival carefully crafted over a year, showed a new, grown up side to Gomez.
Throughout the process she felt a certain pressure to establish her credibility as a musician.
"I understand that I come from Disney or whatever, but I feel like I've just scratched the surface of what I wanna do in film and music.
"Even though I've been doing it for a while, I don't feel like I have really gone there yet, and that's fine. I think I gotta grow into it and make mistakes and learn and whatnot, but I do feel like that (credibility) is the one thing that people don't give me enough of."
The star also admitted running her name through Google from time to time, adding she didn't do it often and tried to steer clear of album reviews.
"I can't do anything about it now, the album is out, so I have to be confident in what I released. But yes, I have, of course. If people text me things or if I hear people talking about stuff, yeah, I'll do it.
"What have I not read about myself at this point? My gosh. I think I've been pregnant 15 times. That's always been the craziest thing for me, which is my favorite. I'll be at the beach and have the flattest stomach or not and regardless, I'll be pregnant."
- nzherald.co.nz
