Selena Gomez is opening up like never before in her upcoming Apple TV+ documentary, Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me. The doc, which comes out Nov. 4 on Apple TV+, explores the last six years of the pop stars’ life, including her struggles with her health, both mental and physical. Selena talks about her parents in the documentary. Her mother Mandy Teefey and her father Ricardo Joel Gomez were teenagers when Selena was born, and they split up a few years later. They both got remarried and Selena now has two half-sisters and one stepbrother.
Selena’s parents have witnessed their daughter’s career surge from a child actress to a Grammy and Emmy Award nominated superstar. Keep reading below to find out more about Selena’s mother and father, as well as her stepdad Brian Teeefey and her stepmom Sara Gomez.
Ricardo Joel Gomez, also known as Rick Gomez, was born in Mexico and met Selena’s mom (then Amanda “Mandy” Corbett) in high school in Texas. They were teenagers when Mandy got pregnant and gave birth to Selena on July 22, 1992 in Grand Prairie, TX. Rick and Mandy got married after Selena was born, but the relationship wasn’t meant to be and they got divorced when Selena was 5 years old.
Rick was relatively absent from Selena’s life growing up and Mandy raised their daughter on her own. She told Harper’s Bazaar in 2013, “When I was seven, my dad would go to Hooters to watch [San Antonio] Spurs games, but he started noticing that when I would come, with my little pigtails, all the waitresses would be like, ‘Hey!’ So he ended up half spending time with me but with all those cute girls coming over. And that became our thing.”
Rick wasn’t involved in Selena’s childhood singing and acting endeavors. “He didn’t want to be a part of this industry life, so it was really me and my mom, our journey,” the Only Murders in the Building star told Rolling Stone.
