Selena Gomez has said vaping nicotine has changed the way her voice sounds.<\/p>\n
“I’m not gonna be able to change my voice,” the singer, 34, said in a candid Instagram post, external<\/a> on Sunday. “I vaped nicotine a lot.”<\/p>\n “Nicotine is so hard to quit and I just wanted to say, if you’re going through it, or if you’re even trying to vape, it’s just not worth it,” she continued.<\/p>\n “It’s so stupid and it changed my voice,” she reiterated, then laughed: “So if you guys don’t like listening to my voice, that’s totally understandable. I don’t mind. Just don’t listen to it.”<\/p>\n The singer and actress, who has the chronic autoimmune disease lupus, has previously suggested that the condition was affecting her vocal cords.<\/p>\n Asked about her voice in an Instagram Q&A last December,, external<\/a> she said: “Sometimes things happen. I get weird. My throat kind of swells inside sometimes. That’s all.”\u2060<\/p>\n Lupus flare-ups can cause inflammation around the larynx (voice box), which can cause your voice to become raspy and strained – similar to the symptoms of a cold.<\/p>\n Gomez’s voice has also deepened with age, which is not uncommon. However, some fans have fixated on the change, posting compilation videos showing the evolution of her speaking style, external<\/a> on YouTube.<\/p>\n In her Instagram video, the Only Murders In The Building star noted she had recently weaned herself off nicotine.<\/p>\n “I am really excited because I stopped and I just hope I can keep it up,” she said. <\/p>\n “It’s really hard, but I know if you are going through something you can get through it too. It sucks.”<\/p>\n