Selena Gomez discusses plans to 'have my own children'... two years after revealing she can't carry kids due to medical issues
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By DIANA COOPER, US SENIOR SHOWBIZ REPORTER and ASHLEIGH GRAY
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Selena Gomez gave rare insight about her future plans to start a family while speaking at Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York City this month.
The 34-year-old entertainer-turned-businesswoman spoke alongside colleague Elyse Cohen and Fast Company editor Yasmin Gagne, revealing she will 'eventually' have kids.
Gomez, who married husband Benny Blanco nearly one year ago, was asked by Gagne what accomplishment she's most proud of her mental health-focused non-profit Rare Impact Fund reaching.
She answered, 'I think what makes me proud is knowing that we're truly making a difference... I think there's a bunch of stigma around everything and I have a 13-year-old sister who means the world to me, and eventually I'll have my own children, and this is something that I don't want to be taboo.'
The actress continued, 'I don't mind if people think it's "out there," but I love what we have accomplished and I think we'll just continue to grow in that manner and hopefully continue to do great things.'
It comes two years after she revealed in a Vanity Fair interview that she 'can’t carry' children due to medical reasons.
Selena Gomez gave rare insight about her future plans to start a family while speaking at Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York City this month; seen September 17
'I haven’t ever said this,' she told the publication at the time, 'but I unfortunately can’t carry my own children.'
Gomez elaborated, 'I have a lot of medical issues that would put my life and the baby’s in jeopardy. That was something I had to grieve for a while.
Although her path to motherhood will 'look different,' the star insisted she wants to be a mom someday.
She told the outlet: 'It’s not necessarily the way I envisioned it. I thought it would happen the way it happens for everyone.
'I’m in a much better place with that. I find it a blessing that there are wonderful people willing to do surrogacy or adoption, which are both huge possibilities for me.'
'It made me really thankful for the other outlets for people who are dying to be moms. I’m one of those people. I’m excited for what that journey will look like, but it’ll look a little different,' she shared.
Gomez said that through surrogacy or adoption, the child will be 'mine.'
'At the end of the day, I don’t care. It’ll be mine. It’ll be my baby,' she expressed.
Two years after she revealed she's unable to carry her own children for medical reasons, Gomez said she will 'eventually' have kids
The former child star will mark one year of marriage with Benny Blanco on September 27; seen in January
The Only Murders in the Building star wore a cream-colored, high-neck blouse and beige skirt for the speaking engagement
The 34-year-old entertainer-turned-businesswoman spoke alongside colleague Elyse Cohen (L) and Fast Company editor Yasmin Gagne (R)
Elsewhere in the live conversation this month, the Only Murders in the Building sensation reflected on the growth of her company.
'For me, I'm so fortunate to know that we started with just five people in a conference room to now having these incredible employees and people that come and intern for us,' she effused.
And she staunchly stated that she enforces a zero tolerance policy when it comes to disrespect.
'I think good leadership for me begins with how I treat people. So everyone in my office, if anyone is disrespecting someone, it does not fly for me.
'I want us to all be on the same mission discussions and agree to disagree happens, but if I can just try to find the middle ground of it, it makes me really proud.
'If I'm upset, I think it's better to communicate it than to, I don't know, discredit someone else's feelings. I think there's a way to do that. I'm really lucky. I have a great team that helps me go through any of those hard moments.'
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