Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Why Selena Gomez Always Will Make Time for Wizards of Waverly Place

Why does Selena Gomez continue to make time in her busy schedule...for Wizards of Waverly Place after all these years?

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
It's commonplace for child stars who evolve into more mature
entertainers who eventually outgrow their roots and distance themselves from
the projects. But Selena Gomez has always maintained a strong
connection with Wizards of Waverley Place, which really launched her career.
Not only does she still love and talk about the
Disney show, she's still friends with her co stars and
the team behind it, and it's even a guest star
and EP on the new reboot. And she tells the

(00:24):
lore she's chosen to keep it all in her life, saying,
I was in these crucial years of my brain developing,
and all those people on the show with me have
grown and evolved, and I want them to be in
my life. I think that's why I always go back.
I genuinely feel like I owe a big part of
my life to that show. It's home, it's safe, and
my twelve year old sister just gets a kick out
of it, So half the reason I'm doing it is

(00:46):
for her. That's Selena Gomez. New episodes of her more
mature series Only Murders in the Building debut Tuesday on Hulu.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
That's direct from Hollywood,