Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez Childhood Struggles & Financial Harships

In the new issue of BOP, Justin and Selena open up about their childhood struggles — and explain how their secret pain helped their love become so strong.

Justin and Selena were both raised by single teen mothers and grew up with hardly any money. Justin and his mom, Pattie, lived in low-income housing for a while, but were forced to move in with Justin’s grandparents, Bruce and Diane, when things times got really tough. Justin told BOP:

Selena and her mom, Mandy, faced similar financial hardships. When she was young, Selena recalled being so poor in her hometown of Grand Prairie, TX that her mother would save up change so that they could drive a few hours away to visit their family and friends.