She’s setting the record straight! Selena Gomez made a major reveal in a recent interview with Billboard magazine, finally divulging what her long time away from the spotlight was all about.

“I was diagnosed with lupus, and I’ve been through chemotherapy,” the Revival singer told the magazine for its Oct. 17 issue. “That’s what my break was really about. I could’ve had a stroke.”


The 23-year-old songstress added that though rumors were swirling as to why she was keeping a low profile over the past few months, she had to bite her tongue.
“I wanted so badly to say, ‘You guys have no idea. I’m in chemotherapy. You’re a–holes,’” she said of fending off rumors that she was suffering from addiction. “I locked myself away until I was confident and comfortable again.”