Selena Gomez slammed for suggesting life would be 'better' if she were still poor in Texas

The singer opens up about the life-saving procedure she underwent earlier this year.

Selena Gomez is in hot water after suggesting life could have been "better" if she hadn't become famous.

In her most recent Instagram post, Gomez, 25, can be seen sitting on a porch outside the modest-looking home in which she spent much of her early childhood in Grand Prairie, Texas. There, she was raised by her then-teenage mother, Mandy Teefey, who was struggling to make ends meet.

"The home I grew up in, from birth to 13…" the LA-based star captioned the photo of the Texas bungalow. "I visit this place every chance I get. In many ways it very well could have been better than my life today, but I'm grateful for a voice that can enable change today. Even when I don't know how to do it well or actually want it."

She concluded, "I love you Grand Prairie. Thank you."

The former Disney star, who took time off from her musical career to receive a life-saving kidney transplant courtesy of Francia Raisa, was taken to task by some of her followers on social media.

"Crazy how you think your life could have been 'better' possibly," one person commented. "Maybe it honestly could have, maybe not. But… you would not have been nearly half the places you've been and you wouldn't have the same friends and your kidney donor wouldn't be your friend either."

Another person tweeted, "Awwww poor Selena Gomez, her life is so rough being a celebrity and having so much money. Give me a break."

An Instagram comment read: "Why she hating life though. All the opportunities she has in life one could only dream of and she's over here talking about she sometimes doesn't even want it. Like come on girl."

Gomez recently got back together with her ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber after splitting with The Weeknd in October 2017. But their rekindled romance hasn't been all smooth sailing.

According to TMZ, when Gomez told her mum that she and Bieber were in couples therapy, she and Teefey got into a huge argument which ended with Teefey being taken to hospital. She was released the same day.

A family member previous told TMZ, "Justin is a vile human and will never be accepted by us. As long as [Gomez] is even speaking to him in any way, it is not only disrespectful to everyone around her, it is disrespectful to herself."

Last year, she told Business of Fashion that her "insecurities… friendships, family, mental health" issues were "amplified" because of her fame. She also explained that being in the public spotlight makes friendships hard.

"You have to figure out the people that are in your circle," she said. "I feel like I know everybody but have no friends… [Would it] be the same if I was in regular school?"

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