Selena Gomez brushes off online frenzy over THOSE snaps of her cuddling up to ex Justin Bieber’s wife Hailey at gala: ‘It’s not a big deal’
Selena Gomez has responded to the online frenzy over last month’s pictures of her cuddling up to Hailey Bieber at the Academy Museum gala.
Hailey is married to Selena’s ex Justin Bieber, which has led some Selena fans to relentlessly troll Hailey over the past few years.
However the two women demonstrated with their photos last month that they themselves are on friendly terms, whatever their respective admirers might think.
Now in a new interview with Vulture, Selena said the snaps were ‘not a big deal’ and added: ‘It’s not even a thing.’
‘Not a big deal’: Selena Gomez has responded to the online frenzy over last month’s pictures of her cuddling up to Hailey Bieber at the Academy Museum gala
Photographer Tyrell Hampton, who captured one of the images of Hailey and Selena at the gala, posted it to Instagram at the time and wrote: ‘plot twist.’
Hailey had already previously indicated on the Call Her Daddy podcast that her equation with Selena was ‘all respect’ – and during the same interview she staunchly denied that Justin had cheated on Selena with her.
Selena and Justin were teenage sweethearts but had their last breakup in 2018, months before he had a courthouse marriage to Hailey.
The month after Justin married Hailey, Selena reportedly suffered a breakdown connected to her lupus and entered treatment for her mental health.
Dynamic duo: the two women demonstrated with their photos last month that they themselves are on friendly terms, whatever their respective admirers might think
A day after news broke of Selena’s alleged breakdown, Justin was spotted looking anguished as he sat in his car beside Hailey.
Hailey has received blowback from diehard Selena fans throughout her relationship with Justin, whom she has now been married to for over four years.
When Justin and Hailey attended the Americana-themed Met Gala together in September 2021, onlookers chanted ‘Selena!’ at them.
Hailey’s cousin Ireland claimed that the couple were unfazed by the jeering Selena fans, writing on social media: ‘They’re one of the happiest and most in love couples I’ve ever gotten the chance to be around. They don’t care about them.’
Duo: Hailey is married to Selena’s ex Justin Bieber, which has led some Selena fans to relentlessly troll Hailey over the past few years; ‘Jailey’ are pictured in September
Remember when: When Justin and Hailey attended the Americana-themed Met Gala together in September 2021, onlookers chanted ‘Selena!’ at them
Back in 2020 Justin shared a social media post by a Selena fan who encouraged others to flood Hailey’s livestream with remarks that ‘Jelena was better.’
‘It is extremely hard to choose the high road when I see people like this try and rally to gather people to bully the person I love the most in this world,’ Justin wrote.
Hailey became so exasperated that this April she posted a TikTok begging the trolls who are ‘in my comments every single time I post’ to ‘leave me alone, please.’
Possibly referring to how long ago Justin and Selena broke up, she added: ‘Enough time has gone by where it’s valid to leave me alone. I beg of you, truly.’
Throwback: Selena and Justin were teenage sweethearts but had their last breakup in 2018, months before he had a courthouse marriage to Hailey; ‘Jelena’ are pictured in 2011
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