Selena Gomez receives high praise from unlikely US rapper — ‘Strongest and most beautiful’

Rapper Flavor Flav has given unlikely praise to Selena Gomez for hitting out at trolls who body-shamed her.
Some TikTok users claimed the actress was trying to hide her body at the premiere of her new movie Emilia Perez during the American French Film Festival in Los Angeles because she posed with her hand on her stomach in several photos.
Gomez lashed out at her critics in the comment section of a clip of her appearance that was shared on the social media platfom, saying she has intestinal illness called small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and “it flares up.”
She added: “I don’t care that I don’t look like a stick figure. I don’t have that body. End of story. No I am NOT a victim. I’m just human.”
Gomez also said her weight can fluctuate as result of other conditions she has such as lupus — autoimmune disease that causes the immune system to attack healthy tissues.
Flavor Flav, real name William Jonathan Drayton Jr, said in a post on X that despite not knowing Gomez he admired her for “clapping back” at “haterz” and described her as one “of the strongest and most beautiful people inside and out.”
Flav added: “I applaud her for being so open about her health and mental health.”
SIBO stands for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, which happens when the passage of food and waste products in the digestive tract slows, creating a breeding ground for bacteria.
The condition is usually caused by surgery or disease and symptoms include bloating, stomach pain, and malnutrition.
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Fans rushed to the comment section to send Gomez their well wishes after she clapped back at haters.
“The internet is everyone’s biggest hater,” one person said.
Another wrote: “They pick on her for everything it’s so heartbreaking.”
Last year, Gomez spoke about how water weight impacts her appearance in a TikTok Live.
She said: “I tend to hold a lot of water weight and that happens very normally, and then when I’m off it I tend to kind of lose weight.”
In September Gomez revealed in an interview with Vanity Fair, that she cannot have children due to various medical issues.