Charlie Puth Praises Selena Gomez's Time Off: "It's Important To Feel Like A Human Again"
EXCLUSIVE! We chat to the 'Dangerously' singer about his pal Selena and he copes with fame himself...
Mike PellCharlie Puth has praised Selena Gomez, saying her career time out was a 'great' thing to do.
In August last year, Selena cancelled her Revival tour citing "anxiety, panic attacks and depression", side effects of Lupus, which she revealed she had the previous year.
Speaking exclusively to MTV UK while in town to promote his new single 'Dangerously', Puth spoke of his admiration for his 'We Don't Talk Anymore' collaborator...
"I think it's good and I think it's great that she was taking some time off for herself because I see it on a much smaller scale," he said.
"People kind of treating you, who are maybe not necessarily fans, but seeing you as an object and shouting things at you. Real fans won't like scream obscene things out at you but it's important to feel like a human again so I think her taking some time off is a really good thing."
He also admitted that he sometimes struggles to cope with the attention fame brings himself: "I have to do the same thing to because I can feel it getting to myself sometimes if you know…I'll be emotionally drained and kind of lifeless. So if I take like a week off and just go hiking, I don't look at Twitter every like 5 minutes, but just hit the giant refresh button."
At the AMAs in November Gomez, the most followed person on Instagram, gave an emotional speech while accepting her award for Favourite Pop/Rock Female Artist saying:
"In 2014, this stage was actually the first time that I was authentically 100 percent honest with all of you. I think it's safe to say most of you know my life whether I liked it or not. And I had to stop. Because I had everything. And I was absolutely broken inside. I kept it all together enough to where I would never let you down, but I kept it too much together to where I let myself down."
HIT PLAY TO WATCH CHARLIE PUTH & SELENA GOMEZ'S 'WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE' MUSIC VIDEO HERE:
We don't talk anymore
We don't talk anymore
Like we used to do
We don't love anymore
What was all of it for?
Oh, we don't talk anymore
Like we used to do
I just heard you found the one you've been looking
You've been looking for
I wish I would have known that wasn't me
'Cause even after all this time, I still wonder
Why I can't move on
Just the way you did so easily
Don't wanna know
Kind of dress you're wearing tonight
If he's holding onto you so tight
The way I did before
I overdosed
Should've known your love was a game
Now I can't get you out of my brain
Oh, it's such a shame
That we don't talk anymore
We don't talk anymore
We don't talk anymore
Like we used to do
We don't love anymore
What was all of it for?
Oh, we don't talk anymore
Like we used to do
I just hope you're lying next to somebody
Who knows how to love you like me
There must be a good reason that you're gone
Every now and then I think you might want me to
Come show up at your door
But I'm just too afraid that I'll be wrong
Don't wanna know
If you're looking into her eyes
If she's holding onto you so tight
The way I did before
I overdosed
Should've known your love was a game
Now I can't get you out of my brain
Oh, it's such a shame
That we don't talk anymore
We don't talk anymore
We don't talk anymore
Like we used to do
We don't love anymore
What was all of it for?
Oh, we don't talk anymore
Like we used to do
Like we used to do
Don't wanna know
Kind of dress you're wearing tonight
If he's giving it to you just right
The way I did before
I overdosed
Should've known your love was a game
Now I can't get you out of my brain
Oh, it's such a shame
That we don't talk anymore
We don't talk anymore
We don't talk anymore
Like we used to do
We don't love anymore
What was all of it for?
Oh, we don't talk anymore
Like we used to do
We don't talk anymore (don't wanna know)
Kind of dress you're wearing tonight (oh)
If he's holding onto you so tight (oh)
The way I did before
We don't talk anymore (I overdosed)
Should've known your love was a game (oh)
Now I can't get you out of my brain (whoa)
Oh, it's such a shame
That we don't talk anymore
"I don't want to see your bodies on Instagram. I want to see what's in here," she continued. "I'm not trying to get validation, nor do I need it anymore. All I can say is I'm so grateful that I have the opportunity to be able to share what I love every day with people that I love. I have to say thank you so much to my fans, because you guys are so damn loyal, and I don't know what I did to deserve you. But if you are broken, you do not have to stay broken. That's one thing you should know about me: I care about people. And this is for you."
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24 Things Every Charlie Puth Fan Should Know
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1. He was born on 2nd December 1991... -
2. ...which means he's 24-years-old! -
3. He's from Rumson, New Jersey in the United States Of America. -
4. He graduated from Berklee College Of Music with a degree in Music Production and Engineering. -
5. He started his YouTube channel in 2009 where he would post his own acoustic covers. -
6. He was originally signed by Ellen DeGeneres' record label, eleveneleven… -
7. But left them only to be signed by Atlantic Records. -
8. His full name is Charles Otto Puth, Jr. -
9. His unique eyebrows have always raised questions from fans... -
10. ...but Puth put speculation to rest when tweeted saying that his right eyebrow is permanently scarred from a childhood head trauma incident. -
11. His track 'Marvin Gaye' reached the top spot in the UK chart... -
12. ...and 'See You Again' reached the No. 1 spot in many countries, including the US. -
13. His date for the 2015 AMAs was his Dad! Aww… -
14. He has a sister called Mikaela and a brother called Stephen. -
15. He has a Cavalier King Charles spaniel called Brady... -
16. ...and they often FaceTime each other! -
17. He is pals with the one and only Selena Gomez and they always take the best selfies. -
18. His new album Nine Track Mind is out on 29th January 2016... -
19. ...and he produced it all in his bedroom - with the help of some amazing co-producers, of course! -
20. Despite THAT steamy kiss with Meghan Trainor at the AMAs, Charlie has insisted that they're just friends. -
21. He credits his supportive parents for his early music education. -
22. His family came from very little wealth but Charlie says his parents worked really hard to give him to best childhood possible. -
23. He began learning how to play the piano when he was just four years old.Apple Music Festival, London 2015 -
24. The first time he sang in public was at Birdland in New York, where 16-year-old Charlie did a "horrible rendition" of 'The Secret Of Life' by James Taylor.
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