Selena Gomez tied the knot with her fiancé, Benny Blanco, but it looks like some people were left off the guest list, and her kidney donor has now spoken out
Selena Gomez’s kidney donor has broken her silence on her wedding snub. The singing sensation tied the knot with music star Benny Blanco alongside some of her closest friends and family as well as several celebrity faces.
However, Francia Raisa was not on the guest list which was a surprise to some. Actress Francia is known for donating her kidney to Selena after she was told by doctors she needed the operation due to her lupus.
The 37-year-old has now spoken in an interview where she dismissed fall out rumours despite not going to the celebrity wedding. Plenty of well-known names were at the special event including Taylor Swift, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Ed Sheeran and plenty more.
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In the interview, which was reportedly filmed at a bookstore, Francia wished Gomez the best ahead of her wedding while speaking in Spanish.
She said: “I know she’s getting married, and I’m very happy for her. And look… she has a life and she is already a billionaire and I am grateful that I could do that for her.”
She was then asked what she would say to anyone who is considering donating an organ, where she said that the process is about saving someone’s life and not creating a bond.
Francia explained: “Look, from the beginning, the doctors told me, it’s a donation. If you are going to donate a dollar to St. Jude or somewhere else, you’re not going to call to say, ‘Hey, what are you doing with my dollar?’
“It’s a donation and it’s something nice that I was able to do. I am grateful that I am alive and I can say that I have saved a life.”
The How I Met Your Father actress responded when she was asked about rumours that she was “angry” with Selena due to how she was treating her body after receiving her kidney.
Francia said: “Well, right now what you are asking me is nonsense that has been in the media, and there are too many rumors. I’ve never said anything. When that rumor came out that I had gotten angry or something like that because [Gomez] was smoking, I wasn’t aware of those rumors.”
Francia donated a kidney to Gomez in 2017 after the star had been diagnosed with lupus. Sufferers of the disease have hyperactive immune systems that can attack their healthy tissues and organs which can include the kidneys.
In 2024, she told E! News that she and Selena would go long periods of time without talking but were still friends with each other.
“One of the best, the best friendships that I know, you go a year without talking, and then when you see each other again, it’s like you never went a day without talking. So, that’s where it’s at,” she said.
