What’s the deal with Selena Gomez right now?
Here’s a roundup of 10 Selena updates for the week, including her breakdown about deportation of Mexican immigrants, the rumor about Lana Del Rey slamming Selena with MAGA energy, Selena‘s Grammy award snub for Emilia Perez, and an estimation of who will make it down the wedding aisle first between Selena and Zendaya now that they’re both engaged.
Stick around for all these updates, plus more!
Selena posted a crying video amid mass deportations and started feuding with Republican politician Sam Parker.
Just because Selena is a famous celebrity with tons of money, it doesn’t mean she doesn’t experience real human emotion.
She posted an emotional video on her Instagram Story, sobbing with sadness over the mass deportation happening to Mexican immigrants across America.
Sam decided to slam Selena by suggesting she get deported as a threat on Twitter.
Mind you, Selena was born in America.
Selena responded in an Instagram story writing, “Oh, Mr. Parker, Mr. Parker. Thanks for the laugh and the threat.”
As a reminder, Selena is the most followed person on Instagram and she has a lot of influence.
Sam had no business trying to bully or threaten her, especially after she expressed herself with such vulnerability over a truly heartbreaking topic.
Selena was snubbed by the Grammys for Emilia Perez.
While some fans might argue that Selena didn’t deserve a Grammy nomination for her work in Emilia Perez, others feel like she definitely deserved some recognition.
Many have complained that Selena‘s Spanish accent wasn’t on point enough for her to handle a Spanish-speaking role, but others appreciate the effort Selena made to be part of the attention-grabbing movie.
When actor producer, Eugenio Derbez slammed Selena for her performance, she defended herself in a TikTok video saying, “I did the best I could with the time I was given.”
Selena, who has more than a decade in the game as an actress, understands that criticism comes with the territory.
But does that mean she should’ve been completely snubbed from the Grammy Awards in 2025?
Fans are involving Selena in Justin Bieber’s divorce rumor drama with Hailey Bieber.
Justin and Hailey Bieber are continuing to deny the divorce narrative by presenting a united front and shutting down divorce rumors as they pop up.
However, plenty of people still assume there’s trouble in paradise for the young couple who tied the knot in 2018.
Unfortunately for Selena, because she had a long-term off-and-on relationship with Justin from 2010 until 2018, fans continually bring her name up whenever discussing the possible failure of Justin and Hailey‘s marriage.
According to a recent Reddit thread, some diehard fans are hopeful that Selena and Justin will find their way back to each other if his marriage to Hailey crumbles.
But these fans have to remember that Selena has already moved on herself and is engaged to marry Benny Blanco!
Benny Blanco got slammed by fans for rumors of his involvement in the Tangled live-action movie.
Benny is dealing with a lot of drama of his own, despite the fact that he should be living in a blissful state of mind now that he’s newly engaged to Selena.
Instead, rumors about Benny possibly being cast as Flynn Rider in the live-action version of Tangled have been causing him some major problems.
Disney never confirmed that they’re hiring Benny to play Flynn Rider, but fans are still totally pissed off by the idea of it.
Some actors fans are thinking about for the role of Flynn include Jacob Elordi and Jonathon Bailey.
Who would you like to see cast as Flynn Rider if not someone like Benny?
Selena shelled out a $5 million donation to Los Angeles fire relief.
Generosity comes naturally for someone like Selena, who does a lot of good things with her billionaire status.
She’s not the type of celeb who hoards her wealth and sits on it without being helpful to those who are in need around her.
The Los Angeles fires were absolutely devastating, burning down tons of homes and businesses.
Selena’s donation of $5 million was incredible, to say the least.
On top of that, she also served food alongside Benny to folks who’ve been displaced by the fires.
Several Californians have lost everything, so Selena’s generosity is a beautiful thing to see in the middle of all the chaos.
Flavor Flav backed up Selena on social media for her political stance.
Flavor Flav has a reputation for being an outspoken rapper in the game, and his history as a reality TV star turned him into a more well-known figure beyond his music.
His choice to come to Selena‘s defense in the wake of backlash she received after posting the crying video about mass deportations was incredibly thoughtful.
Flav tweeted, “Team Selena Gomez. Again. That woman is always so brave to share her truth… And so many are quick to bully her.”
Just like Flavor Flav, the rest of us are absolutely sick of seeing Selena get bullied for one reason or the next.
She most certainly shouldn’t have gotten bullied for showcasing emotion regarding these mass deportations.
There are fake rumors about Lana Del Rey attacking Selena over her crying video.
Before you jump to any conclusions and hop on the Lana Del Rey hate train, the rumors about her trolling Selena are completely false.
A viral post went up claiming Lana said, “You should pack your bags and go back to Mexico. Take your Abuela with you” as a dig against Selena.
In reality, the post was from a parody account that constantly makes jokes out of things happening in pop culture.
Lana has consistently been at the center of some of these nasty parody posts with tons of fans believing she’s actually said things she’s never said.
Since it’s widely believed Lana’s new husband has views that align with MAGA, this particular parody post captured a lot of attention.
Is there a race to get married between Selena and Zendaya?
Now that Selena is engaged to marry Benny and Zendaya is engaged to marry Tom Holland, which of these celebs is actually going to make it down the aisle first?
They both announced their engagements around the same time, which is extremely exciting!
It seems clear to us from an outsider’s perspective that Selena and Zendaya are both super in love with their partners.
As of now, there are no clues or hints, indicating which of them has started the wedding planning process, but we’re keeping an eye out to see who will actually end up getting married first.
Selena admitted she doesn’t want to collaborate with Ariana Grande.
When Selena was questioned on a red carpet about inviting Ariana to star in an episode of Only Murders in the Building, she quickly shut it down.
The followup question was whether or not she’d ever collaborate with Ariana in the music studio on a new song.
Selena shut that down too. Her reasoning? She said, “Here’s the thing. I like just keeping friends, friends.”
In other words, Selena doesn’t sound interested in mixing business with pleasure.
Because of the way she said it, some fans are wondering if there’s actually a secret beef going on between Selena and Ariana.
Others believe Selena was simply trying to keep things professional by answering the interview questions the way she did.
New episodes of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place hit Disney+ on February 28.
Last, but at least, one of the biggest shows Selena ever starred in was Wizards of Waverly Place, and its spinoff has been a dream come true for millennials.
If you’re curious to know when new episodes of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place will land on Disney+, you can start streaming them at the very end of February!
The original show is a huge reason why Selena is as successful as she is today, which is why tons of Selena fans also have endless respect for this spinoff.
What do you think of all these Selena updates for the week? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below.
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