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Selena Gomez confronted by kidney donor Francia Raisa

The father of Selena Gomez’s kidney donor has alleged she confronted the singer over her drinking after the donation took place.

Selena Gomez and her kidney donor.
Selena Gomez and her kidney donor.

Francia Raísa’s father says his daughter confronted Selena Gomez because she didn’t stop drinking after the donated a kidney to the singer.

When asked why Raísa didn’t appear in Gomez’s new documentary, My Mind & Me, Renán Almendárez Coello confirmed longstanding rumours that the girls got into a disagreement.

“Love, money and fame changes the whole world, including Selena,” he said in an interview on the Spanish-language TV program Primer Impacto.

The host then questioned if their fallout was “provoked” by Gomez’s drinking.

“There’s a difference when Selena is drinking,” Coello replied. “Francia told Selena that she didn’t give her the kidney so she could go out and drink.”

Coello, 69, then issued a warning to the Only Murders in the Building actress: “Be careful. Be really careful.”

Selena Gomez (right) and her kidney donor Francia Raisa.
Selena Gomez (right) and her kidney donor Francia Raisa.

Page Six has reached out to Gomez’s rep for comment.

In 2017, Raísa donated one of her kidneys to Gomez, who suffers from lupus.

Gomez, 30, documented the medical procedure, sharing images of her and How I Met Your Father actress Raisa, 34, holding hands from their respective hospital beds.

“There aren’t words to describe how I can possibly thank my beautiful friend Francia Raisa,” Gomez wrote at the time on Instagram. “She gave me the ultimate gift and sacrifice by donating her kidney to me.

“I am incredibly blessed. I love you so much sis.”

At the time, Gomez thanks Raisa for the “ultimate gift and sacrifice.”
At the time, Gomez thanks Raisa for the “ultimate gift and sacrifice.”

However, rumours that the women were feuding surfaced last year after Gomez called Taylor Swift her “only friend in the industry.”

“I never fit in with a cool group of girls that were celebrities. My only friend in the industry really is Taylor [Swift], so I remember feeling like I didn’t belong,” Gomez told Rolling Stone last November.

Raísa responded to the interview by writing and deleting the word, “Interesting” under an Instagram post.

In March 2023, Gomez called Raísa her “best friend,” suggesting the ladies might have made amends.

She also said during the interview for Apple TV+’s Dear … that she “will never, ever, ever be more in debt to a person than Francia” for being her kidney donor.

Gomez later called Taylor Swift her “only friend in the industry.”
Gomez later called Taylor Swift her “only friend in the industry.”
Raisa’s father says she confronted the star over her drinking.
Raisa’s father says she confronted the star over her drinking.

Meanwhile, Raísa is keeping mum about their friendship. On April 30, she dodged answering questions from a TMZ paparazzo, who asked her why she still doesn’t follow Gomez back on social media.

Gomez simply told him, “Sunday is so fun … I’m Francia, I’m hanging out with my dog.”

However, a week later, she did tell the pap that she was being bullied online by her former BFF’s fans.

“I think the [comment] that probably hurt the most was, ‘I hope someone goes up your p***y and rips out your other kidney, you f**king w**re,’” she shared, adding, “In no way shape or form does anyone condone bullying, especially Selena.”

This story originally appeared on Page Six and is republished here with permission.

Originally published as Selena Gomez confronted by kidney donor Francia Raisa

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