Selena Gomez is understood for having just a few A-listers in her friendship circle. From Taylor Swift to Jennifer Aniston, the Uncommon Magnificence founder has loads of supportive girls by her aspect. A kind of high-profile friendships contains Grown-ish alum Francia Raisa. The pair had been shut friends for a few years and made headlines when Francia donated her kidney to Selena in 2017. Nevertheless, Francia didn’t attend Selena’s wedding ceremony in 2025. Beneath is a whole timeline of their bond from the begin to now.
When Did Selena Gomez & Francia Raisa Meet?
Though the 2 magnificence’s friendship grew to become a web-based obsession for followers amid the age of social media, Selena and Francia met practically 20 years in the past! As many know, Francia was a star within the hit ABC sequence The Secret Lifetime of the American Teenager, which premiered in 2008. On the identical time, Selena starred on Disney’s Wizards of Waverly Place, and each ABC and Disney had a few of their actors attend a charity occasion in 2007. “Disney and ABC Household had the celebs of their reveals go to the Youngsters’s Hospital,” Francia informed Latina journal (through PEOPLE). “Selena and I had been in the identical group and we simply clicked.”
Selena & Francia’s Kidney Donation Story
Years later, in 2015, Selena revealed that she was identified with lupus through an interview with Billboard. “I used to be identified with [autoimmune disease] lupus, and I’ve been by means of chemotherapy,” she defined on the time. The starlet went on so as to add that her break from her work needed to do along with her well being. “That’s what my break was actually about. I may’ve had a stroke,” Selena added.
Two years after she revealed her lupus analysis, Selena informed her tens of millions of Instagram followers that Francia had donated her kidney with a purpose to assist Selena’s well being. “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,” Selena captioned a photograph of them within the hospital collectively on September 14, 2017. “I’m extremely blessed. I like you a lot sis.”
In October 2017, the 2 besties sat down for an emotional interview on the TODAY present to debate the donation course of. On the time, Francia and her pal had been residing collectively and he or she knew one thing was off after Selena broke down in tears sooner or later. “And he or she goes, ‘I don’t know what to do. The [transplant] listing is seven-to-10-years lengthy,’” Francia stated. “And it simply vomited out of me. I used to be like, ‘After all I’ll get examined.’” Selena famous that her “life” was “higher” following the surgical procedure.
Their Rumored Feud
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5 years later, in November 2022, on-line rumors started to flow into that there was a feud between the 2 besties. After Selena spoke to Rolling Stone journal on the time about who her pals had been, many highlighted that she didn’t point out Francia. “I by no means slot in with a cool group of women that had been celebrities,” Selena informed the outlet on the time. “My solely good friend within the business actually is Taylor [Swift], so I bear in mind feeling like I didn’t belong.”
Quickly after the magazine shared the interview through Instagram, Francia shared a since-deleted touch upon the matter. “Attention-grabbing,” she wrote, per InStyle. Later, Selena seemingly responded to her good friend’s remark through a TikTok in regards to the state of affairs. “Sorry I didn’t point out each particular person I do know,” she commented on the publish on the time.
Are Selena & Francia Nonetheless Pals?
Francia and Selena’s bond appeared as tight as ever in July 2022 after they took to TikTok to share a hilarious video collectively. Within the clip, the 2 joined in on the “He’s a ten however…” development and drove followers wild over their jokes. It wouldn’t be till practically a 12 months later that Selena would share a publish with Francia relating to her thirty fifth birthday. “Happiest of birthdays to this particular human beings [sic]. Regardless of the place life takes us, I like you. @franciaraisa,” Selena captioned the carousel of images for Francia’s big day. The birthday gal later ‘appreciated’ the publish and appeared to have adopted Selena again on social media. Regardless of this, the 2 haven’t revealed the standing of their friendship at the moment.
Francia Raisa says Selena Gomez rift had nothing to do with kidney transplant.
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Francia opened up about their relationship and her kidney donation in an October 2023 interview with The Related Press. She stated that what occurred between her and Selena was “very personal,” and he or she wished to maintain it that manner. “I needed to develop, and he or she needed to develop, and a few of the finest relationships I do know took a while aside after which got here again collectively, and so they had been higher than ever.
When it got here to the kidney donation, Francia additionally defined that the donation had “nothing to do” with their brief falling out. Within the AP interview, she in contrast it to different donations. “If you’re giving a donation, let’s say to St. Jude, you’re not going to name St. Jude [and] be like, ‘What did you do with my $1?’” she stated.
Two years later, in October 2025, Francia seemingly confirmed that she hadn’t been invited to Selena’s wedding ceremony, hinting that the pair weren’t speaking anymore.
