Selena Gomez is understood for having a couple of A-listers in her friendship circle. From Taylor Swift to Jennifer Aniston, the Uncommon Magnificence founder has loads of supportive ladies by her aspect. A kind of high-profile friendships contains Grown-ish alum Francia Raisa. The pair have been shut friends 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. Under 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 turned 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 exhibits go to the Youngsters’s Hospital,” Francia advised Latina journal (by way of PEOPLE). “Selena and I have 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 by way of 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 together 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 advised her thousands and thousands of Instagram followers that Francia had donated her kidney in an effort to assist Selena’s well being. “There aren’t phrases to explain how I can presumably thank my stunning buddy Francia Raisa. She gave me the final word reward 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 have been residing collectively and he or she knew one thing was off after Selena broke down in tears someday. “And he or she goes, ‘I don’t know what to do. The [transplant] listing is seven-to-10-years lengthy,’” Francia mentioned. “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 buddies have been, many highlighted that she didn’t point out Francia. “I by no means slot in with a cool group of women that have been celebrities,” Selena advised the outlet on the time. “My solely buddy 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 by way of Instagram, Francia shared a since-deleted touch upon the matter. “Fascinating,” she wrote, per InStyle. Later, Selena seemingly responded to her buddy’s remark by way of 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 put up on the time.
Are Selena & Francia Nonetheless Buddies?
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…” development and drove followers wild over their jokes. It wouldn’t be till practically a 12 months later that Selena would share a put up with Francia concerning 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 pictures for Francia’s big day. The birthday gal later ‘favored’ the put up 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 mentioned that what occurred between her and Selena was “very non-public,” and he or she needed to maintain it that manner. “I needed to develop, and he or she needed to develop, and among the greatest relationships I do know took a while aside after which got here again collectively, and so they have 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. “While 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 mentioned.
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.
