Selena Gomez Fans Slam TV Show For Joking About Her Kidney Transplant

Peacock’s Saved by the Bell reboot is below fireplace for mocking Selena Gomez’s kidney transplant.

On Saturday (November 28), hundreds of Gomez’s followers voiced their help for the “Uncommon” singer after a scene from the revival offensively referred to her operation.

“I do know for a proven fact that Selena Gomez’s kidney donor was Justin Bieber’s mother. God, I want that I had my cellphone in order that I might show it,” one highschool scholar says within the clip, to which the opposite replies, “Show what? That you just’re an fool? It was Demi Lovato‘s kidney. They’re greatest buddies such as you and I had been.”

Equally as tasteless was one other scene that appeared to point out graffiti on a wall that learn, “Does Selena Gomez actually have a kidney?”

“Respect Selena Gomez” began trending shortly after as hundreds of Selenators slammed the present for making mild of Gomez’s operation.

“Saved by the Bell, that is disgusting. Selena nearly misplaced her life, jokes about her kidney transplant is NOT FUNNY. Respect Selena Gomez,” one person tweeted.

For individuals who don’t know, the second references the 2017 life-saving kidney transplant she underwent attributable to her lupus. On the time, it was revealed that Gomez’s organ donor was her pal, Grown-ish actress Francia Raisa, who has since reacted to the clip as effectively.

“As a kidney donor I wish to present love and let different donors know that you’re not alone,” Raisa tweeted. “You’re seen. You’re appreciated. You’re so courageous and your selfless act may be very a lot appreciated and valued! Folded arms.”

Amid the continued backlash, Peacock has since issued the next apology: “We apologize. It was by no means our intention to make mild of Selena’s well being. Now we have been in contact along with her group and will probably be making a donation to her charity, The Selena Gomez Fund for Lupus Analysis at USC.”

Gomez has not responded to the controversy as of but.

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