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 ladies by her facet. A type of high-profile friendships contains Grown-ish alum Francia Raisa. The pair had been shut buddies for a few years and made headlines when Francia donated her kidney to Selena in 2017. Nonetheless, 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 almost 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 Kids’s Hospital,” Francia informed Latina journal (by way of 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 recognized with lupus by way of an interview with Billboard. “I used to be recognized with [autoimmune disease] lupus, and I’ve been via chemotherapy,” she defined on the time. The starlet went on so as to add that her break from her work needed to do together with her well being. “That’s what my break was actually about. I might’ve had a stroke,” Selena added.
Two years after she revealed her lupus analysis, Selena informed her thousands and thousands of Instagram followers that Francia had donated her kidney so as to assist Selena’s well being. “There aren’t phrases to explain how I can presumably thank my lovely pal 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 really 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 dwelling collectively and he or she knew one thing was off after Selena broke down in tears someday. “And she or he goes, ‘I don’t know what to do. The [transplant] checklist is seven-to-10-years lengthy,’” Francia stated. “And it simply vomited out of me. I used to be like, ‘In fact 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 mates 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 pal within the trade actually is Taylor [Swift], so I keep in mind feeling like I didn’t belong.”
Quickly after the magazine shared the interview by way of Instagram, Francia shared a since-deleted touch upon the matter. “Attention-grabbing,” she wrote, per InStyle. Later, Selena seemingly responded to her pal’s remark by way of a TikTok concerning 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 once they took to TikTok to share a hilarious video collectively. Within the clip, the 2 joined in on the “He’s a ten however…” pattern and drove followers wild over their jokes. It wouldn’t be till almost a yr later that Selena would share a publish with Francia concerning her thirty fifth birthday. “Happiest of birthdays to this particular human beings [sic]. Irrespective of the place life takes us, I really like you. @franciaraisa,” Selena captioned the carousel of images for Francia’s big day. The birthday gal later ‘favored’ 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 right now.
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 needed to maintain it that manner. “I needed to develop, and he or she needed to develop, and a number of the greatest relationships I do know took a while aside after which got here again collectively, they usually 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 quick falling out. Within the AP interview, she in contrast it to different donations. “Whenever 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.
