While hitting back at body-shamers on TikTok, Selena Gomez recently revealed that she’s been living with an intestinal condition known as small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, or SIBO, which occurs when there’s an abnormal increase in the overall bacterial population in the small intestine, according to the Mayo Clinic . Gomez shared her diagnosis in the comments section of a now-deleted viral TikTok video that showed her on the American French Film Festival red carpet in Los Angeles last month, responding to some commenters who suggested that she was posing on the carpet with her arm placed in a way to cover her stomach. The “Only Murders in the Building” star said that the speculation surrounding her body made her “sick.
” “This makes me sick,” she commented. “I have [SIBO] in my small intestine. It flares up.
I don’t care that I don’t look like a stick figure. I don’t have that body. End of story.
No I am NOT a victim. I’m just human.” Gomez, who has previously opened up about living with other health conditions , including Lupus , has fiercely shut down body-shamers on social media before.
Someone’s body or weight changes aren’t ever anyone’s business, and it’s also important to remember that you never know what health concerns someone may be dealing with — SIBO included. People with SIBO may be dealing with a variety of symptoms — and some may not even be aware they have the condition. Research suggests that SIBO is “substantiall.
