Francia Raisa and Selena Gomez Shutterstock (2)
Francia Raisa is revealing the place she actually stands with Selena Gomez after hypothesis that the buddies had a falling out.
Raisa, 35, laughed off feud rumors sooner or later after receiving a message from Gomez, 31, on her birthday. “There’s no beef, guys,” she informed TMZ on Thursday, July 27.
When requested how she felt about Gomez’s birthday tribute — which seemingly squashed any pressure between the 2 friends — Raisa mentioned she was prepared to maneuver ahead. “I bought so many nice birthday messages. I actually, actually recognize everybody. … You understand, it’s a brand new yr,” she mentioned.
Gomez shocked followers on Wednesday, July 26, when she shared a carousel of Instagram images devoted to Raisa. “Happiest of birthdays to this particular human beings [sic]. Regardless of the place life takes us, I really like you. ❤️ @franciaraisa,” she captioned the submit, which featured three pics of the pair smiling collectively.
Following the web olive department, Raisa subtly responded by re-following Gomez on the platform. She shared her personal Instagram celebration on Wednesday, posing in a vivid orange swimsuit in entrance of balloons spelling “Completely satisfied Birthday.”
“If I’m not in a bikini on my birthday then it’s not my birthday 👙 ,” she teased within the caption.
Raisa and Gomez’s friendship started in 2007. A decade later, Raisa donated her kidney to her BFF as she struggled with lupus. “There aren’t phrases to explain how I can probably thank my lovely good friend Francia Raisa. She gave me the last word present and sacrifice by donating her kidney to me,” Gomez wrote by way of Instagram in September 2017. “I’m extremely blessed. I really like you a lot sis.”
Two months later, Gomez gushed over her good friend whereas accepting the Billboard Music of the Yr Award, telling the gang that Raisa “saved my life.”
Selena Gomez and Francia Raisa Matt Baron/Shutterstock
Followers began to wonder if the twosome hit a snag of their friendship after Gomez claimed in a November 2022 interview with Rolling Stone that Taylor Swift is her “solely good friend within the trade” — failing to say Raisa by identify.
Raisa seemingly responded to the remark by way of her Instagram Story on the time, merely writing, “Fascinating.”
As theories swirled in regards to the pair’s rumored friendship breakup, Gomez chimed in by way of TikTok. “Sorry I didn’t point out each particular person I do know,” she wrote within the feedback part of a fan’s submit.
The twosome largely stored quiet about their supposed feud, however Gomez later gave Raisa a shout-out in her episode of the Apple TV+ docuseries Pricey… whereas opening up about her psychological well being.
Join Us Weekly’s free, every day e-newsletter and by no means miss breaking information or unique tales about your favourite celebrities, TV reveals and extra!
“I’ll by no means ever, ever, be extra in debt to an individual than Francia,” she mentioned within the episode, which aired in March. “The thought of somebody not even second guessing to be a donor was unbelievably overwhelming.”
