Like most individuals on this world, Selena Gomez has seen her physique change and her weight fluctuate through the years — which she has mirrored on in a relatable, physique constructive Instagram submit.

On January 22, the Solely Murders within the Constructing star posted a pair of images to her IG Tales. The primary was an outdated paparazzi snap of Selena in a zebra-print string bikini. “At this time I realised I’ll by no means appear to be this once more,” she wrote in block textual content over the picture. Within the second – more moderen – image, Gomez is climbing up the ladder of a ship after a swim. She wears a black and white bathing go well with and appears over her shoulder on the digicam. The textual content overlay on this image reads, “I am not excellent however I’m proud to be who I’m. Typically I overlook it is okay to be me.”

Whereas the way in which Selena Gomez’s physique has fluctuated through the years is extremely regular, the quantity of physique shaming she will get on the web undoubtedly is not. When photos of the star in a black-and-white bathing go well with minding her personal enterprise on trip first hit the web a 12 months in the past, for example, the body-shamers went wild within the feedback and it was, frankly, appalling. So appalling, that it is one thing she felt to the necessity to handle, as she’s finished on a number of events.

In a December 2022 interview with GLAMOUR US, she mentioned: “From the time I can keep in mind, I’ve all the time felt like I needed to be excellent or look a sure manner. It took me a very long time to understand that I solely wished to be myself — that what made me distinctive was additionally what made me lovely.”

This text initially appeared on GLAMOUR US.