Selena Gomez has thanked her cousin for "teaching her to be strong"

In videos uploaded to social media, Selena can be heard saying: "You taught me to be strong. You're brave and beautiful. I pray for you guys all the time."

Selena has a lot of love for her friends too and previously praised her pals Ashley Cook, Raquelle Stevens and Courtney Lopez for "saving her life".

She said: "I've seen a lot of cattiness, and I think it's so important to have healthy friendships. I really do. I mean my friends, without a doubt, have saved my life in multiple situations. I mean that. Because they're honest, they're loving, they unconditionally love, they never judge, and they give me sound advice. I have three amazing, amazing friends and they are supportive, they are encouraging and when one of us maybe slips and falls, we aren't afraid to be honest with each other. I just find that when I'm around other people or when I bring my friends with me to some places, people talk about our friendship, and I want girls to have that because it's just so competitive and it's very catty."

Selena's friends aren't afraid to call her out when she gets "caught up".

She added: "I got a little caught up because it happens when I'm working, and I start second guessing some of the opportunities that I've had and maybe I'm like, 'I don't think this is good. And oh, I wish I could have done that, I wish, I wish, I wish.' And they would kind of stop me and they'd say, 'You have been given so much.' And that in that moment, it was just, 'Oh my gosh you're absolutely right. I am extremely, extremely blessed. I have been given so much.'"