Francia Raisa Insists She Has ‘No Beef’ With Selena Gomez After Feud Rumors: ‘People Are So Mean’

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Francia Raisa appeared on Josh Peck’s Good Guys podcast connected Aug. 1 to beforehand her enactment of salsa, and she did JUST that portion addressing rumors of a feud betwixt herself and longtime friend, Selena Gomez. “You guys, there’s nary beef, conscionable salsa,” she joked, denying speculation that the two had a falling out.

She besides admitted that it’s been pugnacious for her to spot mendacious headlines astir herself regarding this topic. “Whenever I thought astir my sanction being successful the press, I ne'er thought astir it similar this,” Francia admitted. “I ever thought astir it from an actor’s perspective.” Francia currently stars connected How I Met Your Father and was a moving histrion agelong earlier she made headlines for donating a kidney to Selena successful 2017.

Selena and Francia astatine the Billboard Women successful Music event. (Matt Baron/Shutterstock)

Selena needed a kidney transplant amidst her conflict with Lupus, and Francia bravely stepped successful to donate hers. The 2 had been friends for years astatine the time. “She and I went nationalist with our concern years ago, and honestly, we had to,” Francia explained to Josh. “The property got ahold of the communicative and we wanted to archer it. As for what’s going connected lately…does anyone prep you for this benignant of stuff? Never. We ne'er get prepped for this benignant of stuff. It ever catches maine by surprise.”

For years, fans person commented connected the presumption of Selena and Francia’s relationship connected societal media, which has turned Francia distant from the comments conception of her posts. “I can’t work the comments due to the fact that I don’t bash good with it,” she admitted. “Sometimes I vanish due to the fact that radical are mean. People are truthful mean.” Selena has antecedently admitted that she doesn’t person immoderate societal media connected her phone.

In November 2022, Selena and Francia fueled the feud rumors with immoderate online backmost and forth. It each started erstwhile Selena did an interrogation with Rolling Stone and said that Taylor Swift is her “only person successful the [entertainment] industry.” Francia saw the punctuation connected Instagram and commented, “Interesting.” She deleted the message, but unfollowed Selena connected the site. When Francia’s remark popped up successful a TikTok video, Selena jumped successful to support herself. “Sorry I didn’t notation each idiosyncratic I know,” she commented connected the video. Fans besides pointed retired that Selena ne'er mentioned Francia successful her My Mind & Me documentary, which came retired astir the aforesaid clip arsenic the article.

In July, Selena proved she was connected bully presumption with Francia erstwhile she sent her love connected her 35th birthday. “Happiest of birthdays to this peculiar quality being,” Selena wrote, alongside respective photos of the pair. “No substance wherever beingness takes us, I emotion you.” Francia “liked” the post connected Instagram and past followed Selena backmost connected the app.

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