Selena Gomez receives award and deliveres hearted speech at American Music Awards

At the 2016 American Music Awards on Sunday night, Selena Gomez received the Favorite Female Artist award in the pop/rock genre. She returned to the stage after a long break she announced in August due to health issues, Joinfo.com reports with reference to The Huffington Post.

Addressing the audience, Selena said:

“Thank you guys so much. In 2014, this stage was actually the first time that I was authentically 100 percent honest with all of you. I think it’s safe to say that most of you know a lot of my life, whether I liked it or not, and I had to stop. I had everything and I was absolutely broken inside. I kept it all together enough to where I would never let you down, but I kept it too much together to where I let myself down.

I don’t want to see your bodies on Instagram. I want to see what’s in here [puts hand over heart]. I’m not trying to get validation, nor do I need it anymore. All I can say from the bottom of my heart is that I’m so grateful that I have the opportunity to be able to share what I love every single day with people that I love. And I have to say thank you so much to my fans because you guys are so damn loyal and I don’t know what I did to deserve you. But if you are broken, you do not have to stay broken. If that’s anything, whether you respect me or not, that’s one thing you should know about me is that I care about people. Thank you so much for this. This is for you.”

MERECE O MUNDO! #AMAs pic.twitter.com/3FzTw3I1uf

— Selena Gomez Brasil (@selenagomezbr) 21 ноября 2016 г.