Selena Gomez is the “New It Girl,” according to Elle magazine, and they might be on to something! At just 19 years old, Gomez has made a name for herself as a TV and music star, a fashion entrepreneur, and the most love-to-hate girlfriend of teen heartthrob Justin Bieber.
The young star opens up in the magazine’s July issue about growing up poor, Justin’s softer side, and why she wants out of teenybopper roles!
On boyfriend Justin Bieber renting out L.A.’s Staples Center for a private Titanic screening:
“If I’ll share anything with you, it’s that he really is a hopeless romantic. I had just mentioned it in the car – all I said is that I really want to see Titanic again, and then …”
On growing up poor:
“I can remember about seven times when our car got stuck on the highway because we’d run out of gas money … [but my mom still] saved up to take me to concerts. She took me to museums, aquariums, to teach me about the world, about what’s real.”
On wanting to step away from young girl roles:
“I get offered the teenybopper movies, and I’ve done that. I haven’t done a mega-hundred-billion-dollar Transformers movie, but that’s not what I want to do either.”
photo courtesy Elle
