Selena Gomez Can't Carry Children due to Medical Issues

Selena Gomez has opened up about her inability to carry her own children in a vulnerable new interview.

“I unfortunately … have a lot of medical issues that would put my life and the baby’s in jeopardy,” the singer-actress, 32, told Vanity Fair in a cover story published Monday. “That was something I had to grieve for a while.”

Gomez has previously been open about her diagnosis with lupus, an incurable autoimmune disease where the body's immune system becomes hyperactive and attacks normal tissue. Symptoms can be managed using medication. 

In 2017, she revealed she had a kidney transplant linked to her lupus, telling Rolling Stones in 2022 that she may not be able to have a safe pregnancy, due to the medication she takes to treat bipolar.

“It’s not necessarily the way I envisioned it,” she continued. “I thought it would happen the way it happens for everyone.”

However, the “Only Murders in the Building” star added, “I’m in a much better place with that. 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.”

Gomez concluded, “At the end of the day, I don’t care. It’ll be mine. It’ll be my baby.”

The “Wizards of Waverly Place” alum has spoken about her family plans in the past, telling Time magazine in May that she had always planned to adopt by age 35 if she was still single.

Gomez is currently in a relationship with music producer Benny Blanco. She has been dating Blanco since July 2023 — and the record producer, 36, recently said on “The Howard Stern Show” that he wants to have kids with his partner.

“That’s my next goal, to check the box. … I love being around kids,” he said but played coy about possibly proposing.

The “Lose You to Love Me” singer laughed off Blanco’s admission in Monday’s Vanity Fair profile, adding, “I was dying laughing. Like, ‘Anything else you wanted to put out there?'”

Gomez went on to gush about her romance with her partner, crediting him with being “a light in [her] life” and her “best friend.”

The newly minted billionaire said, “I’ve never been loved this way. … I love telling him everything.”

Gomez previously dated Justin Bieber on and off from 2010 to 2018, as well as The Weeknd in 2017. She was also linked to the Chainsmokers’ Drew Taggart in early 2023.