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Selena Gomez shared why she won’t be able to carry her own kids as she gave emotional update

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Published 18:16 21 Aug 2025 GMT+1

Selena Gomez shared why she won’t be able to carry her own kids as she gave emotional update

Selena Gomez issued heartbreaking update about why she can't carry her own children

Jen Thomas

Jen Thomas

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Topics: Selena Gomez, Celebrity, Parenting, Pregnancy, Health

Jen Thomas
Jen Thomas

Jen Thomas is a freelance journalist and radio presenter for Magic Radio and Planet Rock, specialising in music and entertainment writing.

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Selena Gomez has been very open over the years about her health conditions and they problems they have caused.

The star received a kidney transplant due to lupus complications, and she spoke candidly about her mental health in the Apple TV+ documentary series, My Mind and Me.

Now, the Only Murders In The Building actress has shared why she won't be able to carry her own children.

Selena, 33, is engaged to music producer Benny Blanco and both of them have expressed their desire to be parents.

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The singer revealed in an interview that she wouldn't be able to have her own children, but isn't giving up hope of having a family via other methods.

Selena has been candid about her health problems in the past (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)
Selena has been candid about her health problems in the past (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

Selena told Time magazine: “Before I met my boyfriend, I was single for five years, with the exception of going on a few dates,” she said. “And I was like, ‘Okay, if this is the vibe, then what is the most important thing to me? Family.’”

The star revealed to Rolling Stone that she cannot carry her own children because of two medications she has to take for her bipolar disorder, which is a 'very big, big, present thing in my life', but said 'however I’m meant to have them, I will,' adding that she has tried 'to make bipolar my friend'.

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Selena has considered adoption, she added: "I was alone for five years, and I got really used to it. A lot of people are afraid of being alone and I probably tortured myself in my head for like two years being alone, and then I kind of accepted it. Then I came up with my plan, which was I was going to adopt at 35 if I had not met anyone."

Selena has said the medication she takes for bipolar means she can't carry her own children (instagram/selenagomez)
Selena has said the medication she takes for bipolar means she can't carry her own children (instagram/selenagomez)

Talking to Vanity Fair she made the revelation she couldn't carry her own: "I haven’t ever said this, but I unfortunately can’t carry my own children. I have a lot of medical issues that would put my life and the baby’s in jeopardy. That was something I had to grieve for a while."

She added: "I find it a blessing that there are wonderful people willing to do surrogacy or adoption, which are both huge possibilities for me. It made me really thankful for the other outlets for people who are dying to be moms. I'm one of those people. I'm excited for what that journey will look like, but it'll look a little different. At the end of the day, I don't care. It'll be mine. It'll be my baby."

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