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Francia Raísa and Selena Gomez’s Friendship, From Their First Meeting to Their Rumored Feud
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The rumors of a feud between Francia Raísa and Selena Gomez continue. On April 30, TMZ asked the “How I Met Your Father” star about her current relationship status with Gomez, and instead of answering, Raísa dodged the questions entirely.
For those who aren’t aware, Raísa and Gomez have a long history. The pair became friends in 2007, and despite their careers taking them in different directions, their friendship only continued to grow over the years. In fact, they became so close that after Gomez’s lupus diagnosis caused her to need a kidney transplant, Raísa immediately stepped up and became her kidney donor.
So, what’s this about a rumored feud between the two stars? Well, it all started when Gomez spoke to Rolling Stone about her celebrity friendships in November 2022. “I never fit in with a cool group of girls that were celebrities. My only friend in the industry really is Taylor [Swift], so I remember feeling like I didn’t belong,” she recalled feeling early in her career.
After Raísa appeared to shade Gomez’s comment on Instagram, the singer seemingly threw shade in return. Now, as for whether the two have patched things up, that remains to be a mystery. To learn more about Raísa and Gomez’s rumored feud, scroll through the slideshow for all the details.
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2007: Francia Raísa and Selena Gomez Become Friends
In a March 2018 interview with W magazine, Raísa revealed she met Gomez in 2007 when she was starring in “The Secret Life of the American Teenager” and Gomez was doing “Wizards of Waverly Place.” They became friends after attending a charity event together, and Raísa said they instantly bonded over boys.
“At the time I had a boyfriend, and she did, too – I think she was dating Nick [Jonas] – and we were like, ‘Oh my God, we’re so cute.’ And then we broke up with them at the same time. But we just kept running into each other after that and talking about boys,” she said. “One day she called me and was like, ‘Hey, I don’t have any friends. Why don’t we ever hang out?’ Then we’ve just been inseparable.”
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2016: Francia Raísa and Selena Gomez Move in Together
Raísa told W magazine she lived with Gomez for a short time in 2016. “She said, ‘We can be homeless together,'” Raísa joked. Their living situation only brought them closer together, and it’s actually how Raísa first learned of Gomez’s need for a kidney donor due to her lupus diagnosis.
“She went to go get tests, and she came home one day and she was serious,” Raísa recalled. At first, Raísa said she gave Gomez some space, but after the Disney alum “fell to the floor and started crying,” Raísa knew something was terribly wrong. “She said, ‘I need a new kidney. I don’t know what I’m going to do, the waitlist is seven to 10 years.’ And it just came out of me, and I said, ‘I’ll get tested,'” Raísa said. “I called her assistant behind her back to get the information, and that’s how the process started.”
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November 2017: Selena Gomez Honors Francia Raísa in Her Woman of the Year Speech
In November 2017, Raísa accompanied Gomez to the Billboard Women in Music event, where the “Only Murders in the Building” star was given the Woman of the Year award. The two posed for photos on the red carpet together, and Raísa even presented Gomez with the award later that night. When Gomez took the stage, she honored her friend by starting her speech with, “I think Francia should be getting this award because she saved my life.”
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December 2019: Selena Gomez Reveals She and Francia Raísa Got Matching Tattoos
While talking about her ink collection in a December 2019 interview with Capital FM, Gomez revealed that she and Raísa had gotten matching tattoos to commemorate their life-long bond following their surgery. “I actually got the date of when I got my kidney transplant, and I did that with the girl that gave me her kidney,” she said.
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November 2022: Rumors Spread Francia Raísa and Selena Gomez Are Feuding
Things between Raísa and Gomez seemed to go downhill in November 2022. After the “De Una Vez” singer called Taylor Swift her “only friend” in the industry in an interview with Rolling Stone, Raísa seemingly reacted to the quote by calling Gomez’s quote “Interesting” on Instagram. According to Buzzfeed, the actor deleted her comment soon after but continued to fuel rumors of a rift by unfollowing Gomez on the platform.
Gomez then appeared to react to Raísa’s comment by writing, “Sorry I didn’t mention every person I know,” underneath a TikTok about her and Raísa’s rumored feud.
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April 2023: Francia Raísa Is Asked About Her Relationship With Selena Gomez
Five months after the social media drama with Gomez, TMZ asked Raísa whether the two were still friends. Instead of clearing the air, Raísa dodged questions about their relationship by telling the outlet, “Sunday is so fun . . . I’m Francia, I’m hanging out with my dog.”
She also refused to explain why she unfollowed Gomez on Instagram by responding with, “Did you know I’m from the Valley?” However, when asked about whether she would be open to organ donation again, Raísa said, “I would definitely speak to someone again about organ donation and the process.”