Selena Gomez Self-Owns With Pic of Taylor Swift: “I Look Constipated”

Selena Gomez has been in the public eye since 2002, when she was a teeny-tiny “and Friends” on Barney and Friends. She later starred on the Disney Channel show The Wizards of Waverly Place, beginning in 2007. And, like magic, she seems to have managed to have made it through the last two decades-plus with her sense of humor intact. Case in point: A photo she posted of herself and pal Taylor Swift at Tuesday's MTV Video Music Awards.

“She looks stunning, I look constipated,” she wrote on her Instagram Stories alongside a photo of the two smiling at each other. “Typical.”

Granted, Gomez, who took home the Moonman for Best Afrobeats for “Calm Down,” her collaboration with Rema, does sport the “smiling at my friend” equivalent of being caught mid-sneeze in the shot, sure. But it’s a cute mid-sneeze, made all the cuter by her self-deprecation. 

Swift, who swept the awards and took eight of the 10 categories her work was nominated in, including Artist of the Year, Video of the Year, and Song of the Year (seems like “Anti-Hero” turned her into a hero after all), was visibly delighted for Gomez during the awards, blowing kisses when her friend took the stage to accept her own statue.

Gomez also seemed to take a stance on her Instagram Stories Tuesday night, sprinkling in a text-only slide amid the celebrations of her win and constipation face: “I will never be a meme again,” she posted. “I’d rather sit still than be dragged for being myself. Much love.”

Gomez has been keeping busy in various arenas, starring in the third season of Only Murders in the Building on Hulu, as well as releasing her new single, “Single Soon.” It’s a wonder she even has time to make jokes about her own facial expressions.

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