Selena Gomez Opens Up About Her Difficult Time During Filming For '13 Reasons Why'

Selena Gomez Opens Up About Her Difficult Time During Filming For ’13 Reasons Why’

And why the show is so important

Selena Gomez has opened up about her difficult time during filming for 13 Reasons Why which she executive produced in 2016.

The star spent 90 days in a treatment facility in 2016 to deal with “anxiety, panic attacks and depression”.

“To be frank with you, I actually was going through a really difficult time when [the show] started production,” Gomez told CNN at a Netflix panel for the show.

“I went away for 90 days and I actually met tons of kids in this place that we are talking about. A lot of the issues these characters are experiencing. I would say yes, I’ve had to deal with it on a different scale.”

“Whether it was just kids or growing up in the biggest high school in the world, which was the Disney channel, it was also adults that had the audacity to kind of tell me how I should live my life,” she continued.

“And it was very confusing for me. It was so confusing. I had no idea who I was going to be and what I’m still going to become. It definitely hits home.”

13 Reasons Why is based on the young-adult novel by Jay Asher about a teenage girl who comitts suicide and leaves behind 13 cassette tapes explaining why she did it.

“It hits a very important part of me and I think this is what [kids] need to see,” she said. “They have to see something that’s going to shake them. They have to see something that’s frightening… I want them to understand it… I would do anything to have a good influence on this generation. It’s hard but I definitely relate to everything that was going on and I was there for the last episode, I was a mess just seeing it all come to life because I’ve experienced just that.”