It seems just yesterday that Selena Gomez and the Weeknd made their relationship red carpet-official at this May's Met Gala. But as anyone who's ever kept a secret knows, the time other people know about the secret and the actual time the secret "thing" itself manifests often differ by a long time. And in an interview with Ryan Seacrest, Selena shared about the mental toll of keeping her superstar romance under wraps.
When Selena and the Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) stepped out together in May, much was made of the fact that the two were clearly loving up on each other.
But as Selena shared with Seacrest, part of the reason she knew that she had to go public about her relationship is because she couldn't maintain the energy of hiding it, which would've been her personal preference:
"It's really hard when I would want to spend so much time hiding things. It's too much pressure, and I think everyone gets over everything eventually. I just want to be happy. If that's me just being myself, then I don't really care."
Obviously, Selena has some experience on hiding a high-profile relationship, or at least not addressing it outright. But it seems that she and Abel have a good and secure thing going on, which you can sense when you see her subtly flaunting her relationship on the 'gram:
Also in this interview, Selena opened up yet again about the break she took from touring and the public eye last year: "I've been doing this for so long and I needed a second to breathe. When I did that, I came back and I had it for a while, and I think it's safe to say I feel like I have a whole album put together at this point. I wanted to make sure my life was balanced and happy and healthy first."
And part of that healthy balance might come from keeping fewer big secrets—including a new, supportive boo.
