Why justin and selena broke up

Facebook Twitter Show more sharing options Share Close extra sharing options. By Christi Carras Staff Writer. Music Selena Gomez has million Instagram followers. Christi Carras.

Follow Us twitter instagram email facebook. More From the Los Angeles Times. They have had quiet date nights at home and outings to local, low-key spots. They are still catching up and just enjoy hanging out. They have learned from past mistakes and are not putting any pressure on each other. Things are much different and more mature. In December , Gomez and mom Mandy Teefey unfollowed each other on Instagram , but a source close to the family shared with PEOPLE exclusively that the mother-daughter duo's recent estrangement is not just because of the singer's reunion with Bieber.

It's been hard on Selena. She really believes Justin has changed and wishes her family would trust her. Gomez and Bieber were seen together the week before celebrating Valentine's Day together at church and, later, at the Montage in Beverly Hills. Gomez chose a very special day to make her on-again romance with Bieber Instagram-official: his birthday. Boom," she captioned the 'gram, which was shared with her million followers. A source close to the "Sorry" singer told PEOPLE the reunited couple - whom another insider confirms were never "officially" back together - are taking a breather.

And despite reports that the couple split because of Gomez's mom's disapproval of the relationship, a source told PEOPLE Mandy Teefey had nothing to do with the pair's hiatus.

They have their own issues and are always on and off," said a source about the couple, who first dated in Though he had been spotted with Selena in March , the "Sorry" singer started dating Hailey Baldwin in June , marrying the model in September of the same year. Though they married at a New York City courthouse in September , the pair married again! Gomez said in a statement, "This song was inspired by many things that have happened in my life since releasing my last album. I thought it was important to share the music, as I know many can relate to the fact that the road to self-discovery generally comes through the scars in one's life.

Gomez seemed to make a direct reference to Bieber when she sings, "Set fire to my purpose and I let it burn. The song also made reference to the fact that Bieber moved on fairly quickly with his now-wife. Need more evidence? She said, "I've found the strength in it. It's dangerous to stay in a victim mentality. And I'm not being disrespectful, I do feel I was a victim to certain abuse. The interviewer asked Gomez if she meant "emotional abuse," and the Rare singer said, "Yes.

And I had to understand the choices I was making. As much as I definitely don't want to spend the rest of my life talking about this, I am really proud that I can say I feel the strongest I've ever felt and I've found a way to just walk through it with as much grace as possible. Gomez said in the same interview that her song, " Lose You to Love Me ," helped her cope with the end of the relationship. It was really beautiful. Paparazzi photograph Gomez walking into her Studio City home 10 minutes after Bieber arrived there in his car TMZ has the photos one night; he was there with mutual friends.

Multiple sources tell TMZ that Bieber and Gomez reconnected around the time Gomez announced she had gotten a kidney transplant in September. Days later, Gomez and Bieber are photographed having breakfast together, going to church, hanging at Bieber's Los Angeles house.

Bieber's car is photographed that night , arriving at Gomez's. He leaves the next morning. Gomez and The Weeknd's breakup is reported by E! A source insists to E! November Apparently, things did shift between the two as Gomez is seen watching Bieber play hockey not once, but twice. December Gomez and her mother, Mandy Teefey no longer follow each other.

A TMZ report claims that Teefey was voluntarily hospitalized and released the same day after a "heated conversation" with Gomez about Bieber.

Gomez reportedly told her mom about attending couples' therapy with Bieber and her mom "flipped However, a People source said, "It's been a stressful time for Mandy and she made the decision herself to go to the hospital and make sure everything was okay. This wasn't just about Justin.

Selena doesn't bring Justin to any family events. Selena is spending Christmas with her family. As of now, Justin is not invited. By February, mother and daughter had seemingly made peace. January People and E! A source told E! Everything is so different this time around.

February The couple's date nights are in full force, spending Valentine's Day together, making appearances at church. She even went as Bieber's date for his father's wedding in Jamaica.

March In a since-deleted Instagram post, Gomez confirms her relationship with Bieber by wishing him a happy birthday on the platform. Boom," she writes.

Just a week later multiple sources tell E! April Gomez and Bieber attend church on the same night—separately. Sources emphasized that while the two "are still very close," and overall civil, there isn't room for a serious relationship between them. May E! She respects him as a person but has decided she is much happier doing her own thing.

Selena rarely even talks about Justin anymore, and is fully open to dating. June Bieber attends a Miami church conference with his ex Hailey Baldwin. The two start dating after. July News breaks that Bieber proposed to Baldwin after reconciling weeks earlier. Gomez's friend Theresa Mingus shares a video of the singer boating in a bikini in New York, clearly unbothered by the developments. Selena via rsully4 Instagram stories. Nearly every major outlet reports on Gomez's mindset post-engagement.

She hasn't been talking about him since they ended things again earlier this year. It was never a healthy situation for Selena and Justin. It was just too much baggage. It was like their past tainted everything. It wasn't possible for them to have a future.

September A couple of months later, Gomez spoke to ELLE about lessons she'd learned from her twenties and new music. She also announced a break from social media, writing on Instagram, "As much as I am grateful for the voice that social media gives each of us, I am equally grateful to be able to step back and live my life present to the moment I have been given.

Kindness and encouragement only for a bit! October After news breaks of Gomez's hospitalizations for low white blood cell count and her decision to seek treatment for her mental health, photos of Bieber crying alongside Baldwin emerge. Us Weekly reports the next day that Bieber "doesn't feel whole," despite marrying Baldwin a month earlier and that he "still loves Selena a lot, but as a friend and is praying for her.

An Us Weekly source goes further, saying, "For Justin, there's always going to be a soft spot in his heart for Selena. November The following month, Baldwin unintentionally follows and then unfollows a Selena Gomez fan account , making fans go wild.

March Seemingly out of nowhere, Bieber responds to a troll who accuses Bieber of marrying Baldwin to get back at Gomez. His lengthy comment reads:. April Baldwin also voiced her thoughts on persistent Jelena fans writing, then deleting, on her Instagram Stories, "You little internet kiddos need to learn how to move on for real.

We're adults that have better things to do than waste time explaining something just so you can stop your delusional fantasies.

I'm not gonna sit here and let obsessive strangers try to tell me about my own husband, you wanna talk about somebodies [sic] husband then get ur own. June Gomez quietly deletes her final remaining trace of Bieber on her Instagram, her birthday post to him from the year before.

September Just as quietly, Baldwin likes a photo of Gomez and her pals on Instagram, hinting at possible civility amongst the three parties ahead of her second wedding to Bieber. Baldwin later clarified, in a since-deleted Instagram comment , that her post had nothing to do with Gomez's song.

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