Selena Gomez has candidly shared that she broke down in tears after marrying Benny Blanco, revealing it stemmed from her long-standing anxiety and fear of losing happiness too quickly.
Speaking at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Conference in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, the 33-year-old singer and actress admitted she often finds it difficult to fully enjoy positive moments because she’s constantly waiting for something bad to happen.
“This is how I work personally, but something great happens in my life, I expect something bad to happen,” Selena Gomez explained.
“So instead of being present and saying, ‘Okay, wow, we’ve done a great thing,’ which I do, I’m always thinking, ‘Okay, but this could all go away tomorrow, so how can I make sure that doesn’t happen?’”
The Rare Beauty founder revealed that this mindset hit her particularly hard after she tied the knot with music producer Benny Blanco on September 27 in California, following two years of dating.
“I would say that’s my biggest conflict sometimes when wonderful things happen,” she shared. “I got married and then I was sobbing because I was like, ‘I’m gonna die the next day.’ I just think that’s a little life thing.”
Selena Gomez has long been open about her mental health journey, including her experiences with bipolar disorder, anxiety, and depression — subjects she explored deeply in her 2022 documentary Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me.
Her emotional honesty at the event resonated with many, highlighting her ongoing efforts to find peace and balance amid life’s highs and lows.
