Selena Gomez says heavy vaping changed her voice and she has quit

Selena Gomez says heavy nicotine vaping changed her voice, and she has quit.

She explained it herself in a video of about a minute posted to her Instagram Story on Sunday, Oct. 18, as reported by Variety. People also dated the posts to Sunday, Oct. 18.

The 34-year-old singer and actor did not soften the message. She called vaping nicotine “so stupid”, according to E! News. She said nicotine is hard to quit. She said vaping is not worth it.

She said she is excited to have stopped. She hopes she can keep it up, though it is hard. She linked heavy use to the change listeners have noticed in her voice.

Gomez also addressed people who have commented on her voice. If they do not like listening to it, she said, they are free to tune out. It was blunt. It drew a line.

For fans who have followed the conversation about her voice, this fills in missing context. When the topic came up during an Instagram Live last December, she did not mention vaping. She said at the time that her throat sometimes swells on the inside.

Gomez has long spoken openly about her health. She has lupus, a long-term condition where the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues. She received a kidney transplant in 2017. She has also spoken publicly about her bipolar disorder diagnosis, including in the 2022 documentary Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me.

Day to day, she remains in the middle of two big jobs. She stars in and executive produces, meaning she helps run the show as well as act in it, the Hulu comedy series Only Murders in the Building alongside Steve Martin and Martin Short. The series returns on Dec. 8 for its sixth season. The new run is set in London under the title Only Murders in London.

She also launched the cosmetics brand Rare Beauty in 2020. That business now sits alongside acting and music in her public life. Followers heard this latest update straight from Gomez, in her own voice, on her own account.

What makes this stand out is how direct it was. No representative. No formal statement. Just a short video, a clear admission about a habit she now realises harmed her voice, and a message that quitting is hard but worth trying to stick with.