Angelina Chapin

Is this to do with substance abuse and mental health issues?

Is this because of lupus-related treatment?

It sort of becomes a blur and the tabloids are obviously playing it up in the, oh, she's, you know, drunked out and she's having to detox and she's saying, no, I had chemotherapy for lupus.

So it's kind of a tumultuous time for her, but she's making music now.

You know, she's transitioned from acting now

Yeah, there's just so much going on.

And then in the meantime, Mandy started a production company and buys the rights to what later becomes 13 Reasons Why on Netflix, and she wants Selena to star in it.

And so you can see how she's still trying to keep a foothold with her daughter's fame, even as her daughter's on this rocket ship and she's sort of being left behind.

Well, Manti, actually, she was...

re-diagnosed as not having bipolar, as just having ADHD.

But I think you can see from the piece that her behavior seems beyond the scope of someone who's just suffering from ADHD.

In our conversation, Mandy says Selena thought I was too controlling and she needed a break from me and I gave her space and then she came around.

I think she might have alluded to them doing some therapy, but says that it was really Selena's choice.

Yeah.

So the, you know, the origin story, and again, grain of salt with how much you can trust the way public facing people or celebrities talk about these origin stories behind their businesses.

I always think, you know, you come up with something, it sounds good.

You keep saying it in interviews, but the tale goes that...

Yeah, it's COVID sort of 2020 period.

Selena started Rare Beauty at this point.

They are talking more about mental health with one another as mother and daughter privately.