{"id":251145,"date":"2025-10-30T23:48:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T23:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/251145\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T23:48:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T23:48:15","slug":"selena-gomez-gives-advice-for-protecting-mental-health-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/251145\/","title":{"rendered":"Selena Gomez Gives Advice for Protecting Mental Health on Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSelena Gomez<\/a> hosted her third annual Rare Impact Fund Benefit<\/a> on Wednesday night, where mental health<\/a> was top of mind. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe L.A. event supported Gomez\u2019s Rare Impact Fund, which she founded in 2020 with a mission to mobilize $100 million for organizations increasing global access to youth mental health services and education. Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> served as host for the evening along with performances from Laufey and The Mar\u00edas, as Gomez kicked things off by admitting that despite publicly talking about mental health for years (her own included<\/a>), \u201call of this, believe it or not, is still a weird and hard topic. Tonight is about proving that progress is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShe told the crowd at Nya Studios West how \u201cnothing has made me prouder than what I\u2019ve been able to do with this fund\u201d and spoke to its importance, as \u201cwe\u2019re living in a world where pressure, especially on young people, has never been greater. From social media bullying to suicide, mental health isn\u2019t a side issue, though some people may feel that way. It\u2019s the foundation of everything \u2014 creativity, connection, learning, safety, hope and when young people reach out for help, they need to know that help exists.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe social media component in particular is something Gomez is very familiar with, as one of the world\u2019s most followed people on Instagram whose every post garners a headline. When it comes to social and mental health, Gomez told The Hollywood Reporter, \u201cI think it\u2019s so important to take breaks. I think it\u2019s so crucial for people to even just try it for a day, even if it\u2019s an hour and it\u2019s so hard for you to do. There\u2019s a whole world in front of you \u2014 I know that it feels like it\u2019s everywhere and it\u2019s so big and great on the phone, but there\u2019s so much more that we can be.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tBack inside the gala, Gomez brought Kimmel to the stage by referencing the recent suspension <\/a>(and quick return) of his late night show, saying, \u201cHe\u2019s important to all of us right now in this room and in what we can often feel like [are] isolating and uncertain times, this person has shown us the importance of conviction as well as compassion. He reminds us all of the freedoms we often take for granted and the joy that we work so hard to protect.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tKimmel joked that \u201cI\u2019m excited to be here; honestly, after the month I\u2019ve had, I\u2019m excited to be anywhere\u201d to big cheers from the crowd, as he continued, \u201cI was this close to starting an OnlyFans. We have a very special event for you tonight filled with moving stories from amazing organizations that our president wants to defund.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tHe celebrated the Rare Impact Fund for raising over $20 million for 30 nonprofit organizations since it\u2019s founding, reaching more than 2 million young people in the process. \u201cThis room is filled with some of the top nonprofit leaders, entertainers, executives and philanthropists that I would be honored to one day share a cell with in El Salvador,\u201d Kimmel teased, adding that when it came to the night\u2019s fundraising, \u201cif you forgot to get Selena and Benny [Blanco] a wedding gift<\/a>, [this is] a great way to make up for it.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tThe benefit raised over $600,000 in commitments on site, with guests including Blanco, Lil Dicky, Jay Shetty and Jake Shane. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Selena Gomez hosted her third annual Rare Impact Fund Benefit on Wednesday night, where mental health was top…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,48,1048,84,4592,393,394,11784],"class_list":{"0":"post-251145","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-events","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-jimmy-kimmel","13":"tag-mental-health","14":"tag-mentalhealth","15":"tag-selena-gomez"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}