Selena Gomez Says She’s Over ‘Being Silent’ and ‘Protecting People That Never Protected Me’

Selena Gomez refuses to apologize for speaking — and singing — her truth.
“I’ve said this before, but I used to be terrified of saying anything. I would find myself protecting people that never protected me or cared for me,” the singer, who released her new album Rare on Friday, tells Billboard in a new interview.
“I wouldn’t want to say the wrong thing, and I wouldn’t want people to think that I had any other motive, other than just being a kind p