Gomez, 20, who was linked to three men including Justin Bieber, Nick Jonas and Taylor Lautner, said she likes to keep her love life low key, reported Ace Showbiz.
"Sure, I knew people would talk about it, but I can't be afraid to live my life. I had my first 'boyfriend' (Nick Jonas), which wasn't really a boyfriend, at 14, 15.
"You're young and you don't know how to be. You don't think: 'Now I have a boyfriend - let's keep it super-private and low key,' because that's not what you're thinking about," she said.
"You're thinking about: 'Oh my God, we're holding hands!' You're just thinking about stuff like that. Everybody falls in love and you would never want to hide something you're so happy about. But I've learned a lot. You keep the things that are super-private to yourself. I definitely want to do that now. But it's so hard," she said.
When asked how does she feel when people still see her as a child actress at the age of 20, Gomez said, "I don't know if that's a bad thing. In acting it's definitely a good thing that I look younger because I can play younger roles.
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