Selena Gomez & Francia Raisa: A History Of Their Friendship & Kidney Donation

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Image Credit: Shutterstock Selena Gomez is simply a vocalist and histrion known for her songs “Calm Down,” “Wolves,” and more. Francia Raisa is an histrion known for her roles connected TV and for being 1 of Selena’s closest friends implicit the years. Selena precocious wished her pal a blessed day via Instagram connected Jul. 27, 2023.

Selena Gomez, 31, is known for having a fewer A-listers successful her friendship circle. From Taylor Swift to Jennifer Aniston, the Rare Beauty laminitis has plentifulness of supportive women by her side. One of those high-profile friendships includes Grown-ish alum Francia Raisa, 35. The brace person been adjacent pals for galore years and made headlines erstwhile Francia donated her kidney to Selena successful 2017. Amid Selena’s latest day tribute to the 35-year-old, beneath is simply a implicit timeline of their bond!

Francia Raisa & Selena Gomez astatine an lawsuit successful 2017. (Shutterstock)

When Did Selena Gomez & Francia Raisa Meet?

Although the 2 beauty’s relationship became an online obsession for fans amid the property of societal media, Selena and Francia met astir 20 years ago! As galore know, Francia was a prima successful the deed ABC bid The Secret Life of the American Teenager, which premiered successful 2008. At the aforesaid time, Selena starred connected Disney’s Wizards of Waverly Place, and some ABC and Disney had immoderate of their actors be a foundation lawsuit successful 2007. “Disney and ABC Family had the stars of their shows spell to the Children’s Hospital,” Francia told Latina magazine (via PEOPLE). “Selena and I were successful the aforesaid radical and we conscionable clicked.”

Selena & Francia’s Kidney Donation Story

Years later, successful 2015, Selena revealed that she was diagnosed with lupus via an interrogation with Billboard. “I was diagnosed with [autoimmune disease] lupus, and I’ve been done chemotherapy,” she explained astatine the time. The starlet went connected to adhd that her interruption from her enactment had to bash with her health. “That’s what my interruption was truly about. I could’ve had a stroke,” Selena added.

Two years aft she revealed her lupus diagnosis, Selena told her millions of Instagram followers that Francia had donated her kidney successful bid to assistance Selena’s health. “There aren’t words to picture however I tin perchance convey my beauteous person Francia Raisa. She gave maine the eventual acquisition and sacrifice by donating her kidney to me,” Selena captioned a photo of them successful the infirmary unneurotic connected Sept. 14, 2017. “I americium incredibly blessed. I emotion you truthful overmuch sis.”

In Oct. 2017, the 2 besties sat down for an affectional interrogation connected the TODAY show to sermon the donation process. At the time, Francia and her pal were surviving unneurotic and she knew thing was disconnected aft Selena broke down successful tears 1 day. “And she goes, ‘I don’t cognize what to do. The [transplant] database is seven-to-10-years long,’” Francia said. “And it conscionable vomited retired of me. I was like, ‘Of people I’ll get tested.'” Selena noted that her “life” was “better” pursuing the surgery.

Their Rumored Feud

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Five years later, successful Nov. 2022, online rumors began to circulate that determination was a feud betwixt the 2 besties. After Selena spoke to Rolling Stone magazine astatine the clip astir who her friends were, galore highlighted that she didn’t mention Francia. “I ne'er acceptable successful with a chill radical of girls that were celebrities,” Selena told the outlet astatine the time. “My lone person successful the manufacture truly is Taylor [Swift], truthful I retrieve feeling similar I didn’t belong.”

Soon aft the mag shared the interrogation via Instagram, Francia shared a since-deleted remark connected the matter. “Interesting,” she wrote, per InStyle. Later, Selena seemingly responded to her friend’s remark via a TikTok astir the situation. “Sorry I didn’t notation each idiosyncratic I know,” she commented connected the station astatine the time.

Are Selena & Francia Still Friends?

Francia and Selena’s enslaved seemed arsenic choky arsenic ever successful Jul. 2022 erstwhile they took to TikTok to stock a hilarious video together. In the clip, the 2 joined successful connected the “He’s a 10 but…” inclination and drove fans chaotic implicit their jokes. It wouldn’t beryllium until astir a twelvemonth aboriginal that Selena would stock a station with Francia regarding her 35th birthday. “Happiest of birthdays to this peculiar quality beings [sic]. No substance wherever beingness takes us, I emotion you. @franciaraisa,” Selena captioned the carousel of photos for Francia’s peculiar day. The day gal aboriginal ‘liked’ the post and appeared to person followed Selena backmost connected societal media. Despite this, the 2 person not revealed the presumption of their relationship astatine this time.

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