--- title: Selena Gomez Discusses Having a Few Close Friends description: In a new interview, Selena Gomez suggests that she only has a few real friends, even if she knows "everybody." canonical: https://time.com/4936487/selena-gomez-on-friends/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-11T21:06:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:09.079Z og:title: Selena Gomez on the Importance of Having a Few Close Friends og:description: "I feel like I know everybody but have no friends" og:url: https://time.com/4936487/selena-gomez-on-friends/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt369949aca8042012/6988dd42656a3f39a2bd1a13/selena-gomez.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2017 BoF 500 Gala og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Selena Gomez on the Importance of Having a Few Close Friends twitter:description: "I feel like I know everybody but have no friends" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt369949aca8042012/6988dd42656a3f39a2bd1a13/selena-gomez.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Why Instagram Queen Selena Gomez Says She Only Has a Few Close Friends  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 11, 2017 9:06 PM UTC  Selena Gomez attends the 2017 BoF 500 Gala at Public Hotel on September 9, 2017 in New York City. Selena Gomez attends the 2017 BoF 500 Gala at Public Hotel on September 9, 2017 in New York City.Mike Pont—WireImage  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 11, 2017 9:06 PM UTC Selena Gomez is the [most popular person](http://time.com/4512549/selena-gomez-instagram-100-million/) on Instagram, with more than 100 million followers. Now 25, she’s become a tastemaker pioneer, but just because she’s ascended the heights of stardom and entered the social media stratosphere doesn’t mean she’s found a huge number friends along the way. “You have to figure out the people that are in your circle. I feel like I know everybody but have no friends,” Gomez [told _Business of Fashion,_](https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/people/inside-the-millennial-mind-of-selena-gomez) suggesting that online popularity doesn’t always translate into real-life relationships. “I have like three good friends that I can tell everything to, but I know everyone. I go anywhere and I’m like, ‘Hey guys, how’s it going?’ And it feels great to be connected to people, but having boundaries is so important. You have to have those few people that respect you, want the best for you and you want the best for them. It sounds cheesy, but it’s hard.” Gomez was previously known to be a confidant of [Taylor Swift’s,](http://time.com/4225085/taylor-swift-grammys-selena-gomez/) and was in a relationship with [Justin Bieber](http://time.com/4452301/selena-gomez-justin-bieber-instagram-sofia-richie/). Now, she’s linked to The Weeknd also known as [Abel Tesfaye.](http://motto.time.com/4655702/selena-gomez-weeknd-relationship-instagram/) She added she has a new perspective on the ways social media influence relationships with peers. “I see a disconnect from real life connections to people, and that makes me a little worried. I do think social media is an amazing way to stay connected, to learn more things about what’s going outside your little bubble, but sometimes I think it’s too much information,” she said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4936487/selena-gomez-on-friends/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4936487/selena-gomez-on-friends/"},"headline":"Why Instagram Queen Selena Gomez Says She Only Has a Few Close Friends","datePublished":"2017-09-11T21:06:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:09.079Z","description":"In a new interview, Selena Gomez suggests that she only has a few real friends, even if she knows \"everybody.\"","url":"https://time.com/4936487/selena-gomez-on-friends/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Selena Gomez"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt369949aca8042012/6988dd42656a3f39a2bd1a13/selena-gomez.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt369949aca8042012/6988dd42656a3f39a2bd1a13/selena-gomez.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2017 BoF 500 Gala","caption":"2017 BoF 500 Gala","creditText":"Mike Pont—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4936487/selena-gomez-on-friends/","name":"Why Instagram Queen Selena Gomez Says She Only Has a Few Close Friends"}}]}] ```