Francia Raisa says ‘timing’ played a role in her reconciliation with Selena Gomez
Francia Raisa And Selena GomezThe reunion of the two stars happened at the right time.
“I still think it’s crazy that people have invested in our friendship,” Raisa (35) said. USA today in an interview published on Thursday, December 28. “I don’t know why the timing happened like that, but I remember I was in St. Tropez in June and I kept talking about her. We hadn’t spoken much in six years. Special [in] last year we didn’t speak at all.”
She continued: “I don’t know why the universe set this timing… then she reached out and said, ‘Let’s talk.’”
In July, Gomez, 31, sent the How I met your father star a birthday message via Instagram before reaching out again privately. They planned a reunion dinner, where they met and agreed that they had “no beef, just salsa.”
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“We never really had an argument with each other. Nothing happened, and if you ask either of us, we don’t know what happened, but we needed that time,” Raisa said. USA today. “When you get back together, you’ll be better people. She and I are still getting to know each other again.
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Lester Cohen/Getty ImagesGomez and Raisa met when they were starring Wizards of Waverly Place And The secret life of the American teenagerrespectively. According to Raisa, they bonded over “teenage breakups,” their Mexican-American heritage and a mutual love of Mexican food. Raisa even gave her kidney to Gomez, who suffers from lupus, in 2017.
“I knew it was a competition, I knew it was going to happen. Nobody forced me to do anything,” Raisa recalled of undergoing the surgery during an August appearance on the “Good Guys” podcast. “It came from the genuine kindness of my heart. I have been super blessed ever since.”
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Nearly five years later, fans speculated that the couple was no longer close after Gomez broke up Rolling stone in November 2022 that Taylor Swift is her “only friend in the industry.” (Gomez ultimately apologized for not mentioning “every person” she knows in the article.)
Raisa said USA today that she and Gomez won’t continue to harp on the alleged feud.
“Obviously I gave the girl a kidney so everyone felt a certain way about it, and for years I was asked, ‘Do you regret it?’ and I thought, ‘No, the relationship has always been there.’ There was just an argument,” Raisa explained.