Actress Francia Raisa, who gave Selena Gomez a new lease of life by donating a kidney to her, has spoken out about rumors of a feud between the two
The 37-year-old was featured in a new interview in which she claimed that reports of her falling out with Gomez were just ‘rumors’.
Raisa also referenced Gomez’s then-upcoming wedding to Benny Blanco, which she reportedly did not attend.
In her place were numerous A-listers, including Taylor Swift, Gomez’s Only Murders In The Building co-stars Steve Martin and Martin Short, Zoe Saldaña, Paris and Nicky Hilton and Ed Sheeran, among others.
In the interview, which was apparently filmed at an event in a bookstore, Raisa wished Gomez the best ahead of her wedding while speaking in Spanish.
‘I know she’s getting married, and I’m very happy for her. And look… she has a life and she is already a billionaire and I am grateful that I could do that for her,’ she said, according to translated subtitles.
After she was asked what she would say to anyone considering organ donation, Raisa emphasized that the process is about saving someone’s life, rather than creating a special bond with them.
‘Look, from the beginning the doctors told me, it’s a donation,’ she explained.
‘If you are going to donate a dollar to St. Jude or somewhere else, you’re not going to call to say, “Hey, what are you doing with my dollar?”
‘It’s a donation and it’s something nice that I was able to do,’ she said of the kidney she gave to Gomez. ‘I am grateful that I am alive and I can say that I have saved a life.’
Raisa also suggested that organ donation could be ‘more difficult’ for women compared to men, though she didn’t expand on what might cause that gender divide.
The How I Met Your Father actress had a forceful response when she was asked about reports that she had gotten ‘angry’ with Gomez over how she was treating her body after receiving her kidney.
‘Well, right now what you are asking me is nonsense that has been in the media, and there are too many rumors,’ she responded. ‘I’ve never said anything.’
‘When that rumor came out that I had gotten angry or something like that because [Gomez] was smoking, I wasn’t aware of those rumors,’ Raisa added.
‘No one knows what’s going on, and neither she nor I are talking about it,’ she continued, adding, ‘One day, maybe we will address it.’
Raisa donated a kidney to Gomez in 2017 after the Spring Breakers star was diagnosed with lupus.
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