“He was like, ‘Are you okay?’

I was like, ‘I miss my mom!'”

Only Murders in the Buildingisn’tjusta comedic murder mystery it’s also an occasional tearjerker.

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Steve Martin and Selena Gomez on ‘Only Murders in the Building’.Disney/Patrick Harbron

Selena Gomezhas experienced this firsthand, as she recently toldSaoirse Ronanduring their chat forVariety’sActors on Actorsseries.

I was like, ‘I miss my mom!'"

“My mom was fantastic,” Gomez shared.

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Selena Gomez and her mother, Mandy Teefey.Allen Berezovsky/WireImage

“She would never ever put me in a room by myself.

She was just very aware of things that I didnt know when I was growing up.”

She added that she now has a lot of “respect” for the way her mother raised her.

you might just enjoy that, have fun, and then youre going to go home.’

Little things that helped my sanity."