{"id":111525,"date":"2025-10-09T16:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/111525\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T16:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:32:09","slug":"selena-gomezs-kidney-donor-responds-to-rumors-that-she-wasnt-invited-to-her-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/111525\/","title":{"rendered":"Selena Gomez\u2019s Kidney Donor Responds to Rumors That She Wasn\u2019t Invited to Her Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Francia Raisa is publicly shutting down rumors that she has fallen out with longtime friend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/selena-gomez-t-stop-kissing-090304015.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Selena Gomez;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Selena Gomez<\/a>. The \u201cBeyond Paradise\u201d star, who donated a kidney to Gomez in 2017 during the singer\u2019s lupus battle, spoke candidly about the swirling speculation regarding their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Selena Gomez\u2019s kidney donor, Francia Raisa, is shutting down rumors that they are feuding<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In an interview filmed just days before Gomez\u2019s wedding, Raisa addressed claims that she confronted the singer over smoking after her kidney transplant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Raisa told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPCBn8FDoCJ\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Univision\u2019s Primer Impacto;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Univision\u2019s Primer Impacto<\/a>, \u201cRight now what you\u2019re asking me is nonsense\u2026 There are too many rumors.\u201d She added, \u201cWhen that rumor came out that I had gotten angry or something because Selena was smoking, I wasn\u2019t aware of those rumors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She continued, \u201cWhat you\u2019re asking me are rumors. No one knows what\u2019s going on, and neither she nor I are talking about it. One day, maybe we will address it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Raisa donated one of her kidneys after Gomez suffered from lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease she was diagnosed with in 2013, which led to complications such as kidney damage and required a kidney transplant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Recently, fans speculated that Raisa was not invited to Gomez\u2019s private wedding to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/selena-gomez-money-risks-benny-194355211.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Benny;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benny<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/selena-gomez-money-risks-benny-194355211.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Blanco;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blanco<\/a>. While discussing the transplant, Raisa did mention the union, saying, \u201cI know she\u2019s getting married, and I\u2019m very happy for her. And look\u2026 she has a life, and she is already a billionaire, and I am grateful that I could do that for her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Raisa and Gomez seemed to reconnect in 2023, with Gomez posting a birthday tribute to Raisa on social media. That same year, she attended Gomez\u2019s inaugural Rare Impact Fund Benefit and told <a href=\"https:\/\/extratv.com\/2023\/10\/04\/francia-raisa-on-little-sister-selena-gomez-and-their-rocky-times-exclusive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Extra TV;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Extra TV<\/a>, \u201cWe trauma-bonded, which is beautiful, but also it can get rocky and tricky. People grow, relationships change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\/2025\/10\/09\/selena-gomez-kidney-donor-wedding-snup-not-invited\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Selena Gomez\u2019s Kidney Donor Responds to Rumors That She Wasn\u2019t Invited to Her Wedding;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Selena Gomez\u2019s Kidney Donor Responds to Rumors That She Wasn\u2019t Invited to Her Wedding<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Reality Tea;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Reality Tea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Francia Raisa is publicly shutting down rumors that she has fallen out with longtime friend Selena Gomez. 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