The 23-year-old "Hands to Myself" singer, who started acting when she was 10 years old with a role on "Barney & Friends," said people always had opinion about her, reported ET online.
"I didn't have the opportunity to figure out my life without people having an opinion every step of the way," Gomez said.
However, the former Disney star doesn't have any regrets about it.
"I chose this. So I'm not gonna sit here and say, 'Oh, my God, poor me, I didn't have a normal childhood.'," she said.