Selena Gomez briefly entered rehab, but not for substance abuse

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Selena Gomez in July 2013, just before the release of “Star Dance,” her first album since starring in the movie “Spring Breakers.” (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

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We’re serious about this one. Dating mega-famous tween heartthrob Justin Bieber in 2011 only amplified Gomez’s fame. Sure, she might have gained new fans, might have lost old ones -- heck, she was even threatened by some for kissing the Biebs, but the attention put her name all over the entertainment map. In this photo, the two are about to lock lips at a Lakers game. Before Bieber, Gomez dated “Twilight” star Taylor Lautner. And who can forget her first love, Jonas Brother Nick Jonas? (Noel Vasquez / Getty Images)

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By 2011, Selena swapped her lapel microphone for one with a cord when she began hosting MTV award shows. She started by lending her talents to MTV’s VMA pre-show, where she was polite and pleasant. Things changed when she filmed the promotion video to host MTV’s Europe Music Awards two months later. Gomez got a whole lot “grown up” with the use of slight profanity and a new gangster inspired look. (Here, Gomez attends the Fulfillment Fund’s Star Gala in Beverly Hills, a week before she hosted the EMAs.) (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)

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Hitting new heights, or perhaps trying to shed her squeaky-clean Disney image, Gomez starred in the just-in-time for spring 2012 movie “Spring Breakers,” directed by Harmony Korine, pictured center, of the famed “Kids,” “Gummo” and “Mister Lonely.” Gomez performed some pretty intense scenes, including one in which she said costar James Franco’s rapper-gangster character tried to influence her through emotional exploitation. “There were real moments in there,” Gomez said of that particular scene to The Times. “The way [Franco] was reacting really freaked me out.” (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)

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Gomez returns to her hometown of Dallas to perform the halftime show at the Minnesota Vikings vs. Dallas Cowboys football game on Thanksgiving Day 2013. A Dallas Cowboys fan, Gomez tweeted, “Feels SO good to be home. Hi Dallas. I hope I make TX proud.” (Jamie Squire / Getty Images)

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Starring in another indie film, Gomez plays an angry girlfriend coping with the death of her beau in the dark film “Rudderless.” Gomez poses above with the film’s director, William H. Macy, left, and actor Billy Crudup, during the film’s promotional tour at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

By Nardine Saad

Feb. 5, 2014 11:53 AM PT

Selena Gomez spent about two weeks in rehab in January, though the “Come & Get It” singer wasn’t there to be treated for substance abuse, her rep said Wednesday.

“Selena voluntarily spent time at Meadows, but not for substance abuse,” her rep told The Times, declining to comment on why specifically Gomez had entered the facility.

The rehab news was first reported by RadarOnline, which said Wednesday that Gomez had voluntarily checked into rehab Jan. 5 at Dawn at the Meadows, a facility in Arizona that specializes in patients ages 18 through 26 struggling with emotional trauma, addiction and other problems.

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In late December, the squeaky-clean starlet canceled February dates on the Australian leg of her “Stars Dance” tour, citing a a need to “spend some time on” herself.

“My fans are so important to me and I would never want to disappoint them,” the 21-year-old said in a statement. “But it has become clear to me and those close to me that after many years of putting my work first, I need to spend some time on myself in order to be the best person I can be.”

At the time, sources stressed to various outlets that the singer was fine and had just been working “nonstop” for months.

“She is not having a breakdown. She wants to be the healthiest that she can be and this means taking a little break. But she is fine. She is OK,” a source told E! News in December.

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Radar told a slightly different story, saying Gomez was “broken-hearted” after her split from Justin Bieber in early 2013 even though he was, according to a source, a “bad influence” on her. Another source alleged she’d been “partying hard” before hitting rehab.

However, yet another source told the website, ““It’s important to remember that Selena had worked in Hollywood nonstop for six years. She was exhausted. Selena was smart enough to understand that she needed to take control of her life.”

Sources told TMZ that the “Wizards of Waverly Place” alum’s decision to go to rehab was “largely based on ‘that crazy boy’” and things she was exposed to when she was around him and his friends.

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