UPDATED 1/11 12:19 p.m. ET: Less than a day after she announced she'd be taking a break from social media, Selena Gomez has returned with a new post on her Instagram Stories. According to TMZ, it's been about 20 hours since her break was announced, and she has since come back.
Gomez shared a link to a video in which she did some cooking with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay for his YouTube channel. "[Ramsay] stepped into my kitchen and showed me how to make an amazing breakfast burger," she wrote alongside a screengrab of the video. It's unclear whether Gomez herself shared the post or if it was something handled by her team.
You can check out the video of them making a burger together here.
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In a post shared on her Instagram Stories, Selena Gomez has confirmed that she'll be taking a break from social media.
The singer-songwriter and actor, who was recently once again forced to respond to speculation she's embroiled in a beef with Kylie Jenner, shared a video on her Instagram Stories showing her boyfriend Benny Blanco playing with some children. "I'm off social media for a while, I'm focusing on what really matters," she wrote alongside the clip.
While Gomez didn't specify why she was taking a break from social media, it does come after fans speculated she and Taylor Swift were talking about Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet at the Golden Globes. Jenner and Gomez have been pitted against each other because of the former's association with Hailey Bieber, who was also rumored to have issues with Gomez. Additionally, Jenner was accused of making fun of Gomez's eyebrows on her Instagram Story.
Following the Golden Globes speculation, Gomez commented on a post and clarified what she and Swift were talking about. “Noooooo I told Taylor about two of my friends who hooked up,” Gomez wrote. “Not that that’s anyone's business.”
Gomez previously opened up about taking a break from social media in February 2023. She said the decision that time around was inspired by hurtful comments she received comparing her to an ex-boyfriend's current girlfriend.
"I went through a hard time in a breakup and I didn’t want to see any of the [feedback]—not necessarily about the relationship, but the opinions of me versus [someone] else,” she told Vanity Fair at the time. "They write paragraphs that are so specific and mean. I would constantly be crying. I constantly had anxiety…I couldn’t do it anymore. It was a waste of my time."
More recently, Gomez said she was deleting her Instagram in November after she faced criticism for posts regarding Israel's conflict in Palestine. "People being tortured and killed or any act of hate towards any one group is horrific," she wrote in a post she later deleted. "W need to protect ALL people, especially children and stop the violence for good. I'm sorry if my words will never be enough for everyone or a hashtag. I just can't stand by innocent people getting hurt. That's what makes me sick. I wish I could change the world. But a post won't."
In a post around the time following the criticism, per TMZ, she wrote, "I'm taking a break and deleting my Instagram. I'm done. I do not support any of what's going on."
