{"id":533106,"date":"2026-06-13T09:10:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T09:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/533106\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T09:10:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T09:10:22","slug":"selena-gomez-clarifies-shed-never-insult-taylor-swift-after-knicks-game-comment-sparks-speculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/533106\/","title":{"rendered":"Selena Gomez Clarifies She\u2019d \u2018Never Insult\u2019 Taylor Swift After Knicks Game Comment Sparks Speculation"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, Selena Gomez<\/a> wasn\u2019t being shady when she dropped an \u201clol\u201d in the comments of a post with photos of Taylor Swift<\/a> at the NBA finals.<\/p>\n

The singer-actress cleared the air in a message posted to Instagram Stories<\/a> on Friday (June 12) after she apparently \u201cwoke up and was sent so many txts\u201d about people misinterpreting the situation. \u201ci would never insult my friends nor was it an insult,\u201d Gomez wrote over a quick snap of her view from her bed. \u201cThe comment was a reaction to the first slide on the page.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cSecond I bet my friends on the game,\u201d she continued, referring to a screenshot of text messages with other pals she\u2019d posted earlier that some people seemingly conflated with her comment on a post about Swift. \u201cI lost but was poking fun at my opponents, my friends. Believe it or not I do have other friends in my life. But quickly forget that most assume otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a reminder to followers, the Rare Beauty founder added, \u201calso .. It\u2019s a basketball game.\u201d<\/p>\n

It all started with MTV sharing two Instagram snaps<\/a> of Swift at the New York Knicks vs. San Antonio Spurs game at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday (June 10). The first shows the 14-time Grammy winner hugging Mariska Hargitay \u2014 who looks exhausted after a long, nail-biting few hours of cheering on the NYC team \u2014 while the second features Swift jumping excitedly alongside Este Haim.<\/p>\n

In the comments, Gomez had simply written \u201clol,\u201d which some people online had interpreted as sarcasm. But if anyone knows that the Only Murders in the Building star meant it in a good-humored way, it\u2019s Swift \u2014 not just because the two women have been best friends for roughly two decades, but also because the Eras headliner was loud and proud about going all out to cheer on the Knicks at game four. Showing up in a punny \u201cStevie Knicks\u201d shirt, Swift confidently joined in on the raucous post-win celebrations at MSG on Wednesday to the point where she was hoarse the next day at the 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe quality of my speaking voice is \u2014 it\u2019s the product of two things that I\u2019m not sorry for,\u201d Swift said from the podium while accepting her historic induction into the organization. \u201cI was lucky enough to go to a Knicks game last night, screamed for 100% of it, and then I got home, and I was like, \u2018Gotta stop screaming, you\u2019re screaming too much, you\u2019re screaming instead of talking, you\u2019re too excited,\u2019 and I was like, \u2018OK, I\u2019m not gonna scream tonight.\u2019 And then I got to witness the amazing performances that I saw tonight, and then I just kept screaming. I just never stopped screaming, and so this is what you get. And again, I make no apologies for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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