American singer-actress Selena Gomez reveals her ‘pet peeve’

Hollywood star-singer Selena Gomez, who began her career as a child actress, has said that her pet peeves are people who are late. Gomez, who recently announced her engagement to record producer Benny Blanco, told W Magazine: “My pet peeves are people who are late.” She also dislikes being given preferential treatment just because she’s famous, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

She said: “I don’t like how people treat other people if they treat me differently. I notice those things very quickly. Because I have lovely people in my life that have nothing to do with the industry, and I really pay attention to how people treat my friends and people around me.” Gomez recently was seen alongside Karla Sofía Gascon and Zoe Saldana in ‘Emilia Perez’. She revealed that she relished the challenge of performing in Spanish in the crime-comedy film.

She shared: “I was extremely proud to speak Spanish. I was nervous, but I have released a whole album in Spanish before. I’m more comfortable singing in Spanish, so doing an entire film was a little intimidating.” Meanwhile,Gomez recently said that she’s “never wanted to be the centre of attention”. The actress loves the experience of working with “collaborative” filmmakers, like Jacques Audiard, who directed ‘Emilia Perez’.

She told Variety: “I’ve never wanted to be the centre of attention, so I love working with filmmakers that make it feel collaborative. Jacques was like a little kid. He would get so excited when we’d do something right, and he would let us know - even though I couldn’t understand him half the time. I was appreciative.” The “Wolves” hitmaker is also keen to test herself as an actress.

The 32-year-old star said: “I have been acting and singing my whole life, but this is all a new experience for me. I’m really proud of the choices I’ve made, because I go for the parts that scare me a little. That’s the rush I crave.”

Gomez began her career as a child actress, appearing on the television series Barney & Friends (2002–2004), and emerged as a teen idol for her leading role as Alex Russo on the Disney Channel sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place (2007–2012). She signed with Hollywood Records in 2008 and formed the band Selena Gomez & the Scene, which released three albums: Kiss & Tell (2009), A Year Without Rain (2010), and When the Sun Goes Down (2011). Gomez has since released three solo studio albums that debuted atop the US Billboard 200. Her EDM-infused debut record, Stars Dance (2013), yielded the international top-ten single “Come & Get It”. She moved to Interscope Records and released the electropop album Revival (2015), supported by the top-ten singles “Good for You”, “Same Old Love”, and “Hands to Myself”. Its follow-up, the dance-pop-influenced Rare (2020), contained her first Billboard Hot 100 number-one single “Lose You to Love Me”. Gomez then released the Spanish-language EP Revelación (2021), which earned her nominations at the Grammys and Latin Grammy Awards. She has released many collaborative singles, including “We Don’t Talk Anymore”, “It Ain’t Me”, “Wolves”, “Taki Taki”, and “Calm Down (Remix)”, the last of which is the most successful Afrobeats song.

Agencies