Santiago of Chile - Ritz-Carlton 2-2-1011
Twenty fans are parading on stage to meet his idol, and restrained emotion gives way to tears. It is noon at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Santiago and a handful of lucky girls, all under 15, are selected from outside the enclosure to meet personally with Selena Gomez, currently the biggest star of the Disney Company Juvenile .
Hours before his first-and almost exhausted-concert in Chile, Movistar Arena tonight, the actress and singer of 18 is his first meeting with fans and local media. Hence the warning of the organizers of the conference is clear from the beginning: they are banned all questions about his personal life and their relationship with Justin Bieber.
"I think I've accomplished in my career I have done through my music and acting, not my personal life. I feel that this part belongs to me," said Gomez, originally known as the star of the show Wizards Waverly Place, and then through his albums Kiss & Tell (2009) and A Year Without Rain (2010). Although now, is his alleged affair with Baby interpreter which is on the cover of celebrity magazines and websites worldwide.
"There are times when many people are aware of what I do and my personal life, and that bothers me a bit," says the artist, without referring in detail to the rumors, and adds: "But I have a very strong family and such amazing fans that help me with that. "
Both parents are in fact next to her on this first tour undertaken by South America, and on Friday arrives in Buenos Aires. Gomez arrived in the capital on Sunday, and these days has taken to exercise its role as ambassador for UNICEF, in an activity with children from Valparaiso, as well as surprised by the enthusiastic legion of fans he has in the country, you provided in your Twitter account.
"(The Chilean fans) are very passionate, amazing and made me feel very welcome. The truth is not what I expected, I am surprised and grateful," says the daughter of Mexican-American father and Italian-American mother, who handles with skill words of good breeding that all "Disney girl is asked, and include a statement of admiration for the 33 rescued from the San José mine:" The history of mining has greatly influenced me, and has been a way very special to know more about Chile, "he says.
In any case, his days as part of the Mickey Mouse factory seem to be coming to an end, something he has said in several interviews and now returned to remark: "I've been in the channel (Disney) since I was 11 years This year I turned 19 and I feel there comes a time when you have as you graduate from college. Do not leave the channel because something has bothered me or because I want to do something better, I feel I just grew up, but I will always have a relationship with channel because I owe him a lot, "he says.
The emancipation of the Disney Channel singer is a process that his peers have already begun, although unlike Demi Lovato and Miley Cyrus, Gomez does not exploit a more sexy and has been embroiled in controversies with illegal substances. "We are all different but very fortunate to be doing what we're doing, but this is not a competition between us," he says.
Along with advancing a "great party" for tonight's concert with his band The Scene (whose repertoire ranges detailed below), Gomez da lights in their next steps in acting and music. The most immediate is the premiere on July 1 (September 22 in Chile) from Monte Carlo, youthful romantic comedy that separates it from its previous role of a more child. This could follow his first album with songs in Castilian. "First I wanted to do for my grandmother, who does not speak English very well, but I think it's important for my fans do not necessarily speak the language," he explains.
How Gomez faces a present and future that moves away from the image of "Disney girl"? "I am the luckiest person in the world. Do not take anything for granted, I'm grateful every day I live and I intend to work very hard to keep doing what I do" is her recipe.
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