Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television producer. After appearing on the children's series Barney & Friends (2002–2004), she received wider recognition for her portrayal of Alex Russo on the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place, which aired from 2007 until 2012.
Gomez also starred in the films Another Cinderella Story (2008), Princess Protection Program (2009), Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009), Ramona and Beezus (2010), and Monte Carlo (2011). Thereafter, she focused on more mature roles in Spring Breakers (2012), Getaway (2013), The Fundamentals of Caring (2016), and The Dead Don't Die (2019). She voices the character of Mavis in the Hotel Transylvania film franchise, and serves as an executive producer of the Netflix television drama series 13 Reasons Why (2017–present) and the Netflix documentary series Living Undocumented (2019).
Peacock Apologizes to Selena Gomez for Offensive Kidney Donor Joke in 'Saved by the Bell'
marieclaire.comSaved by the Bell reboot, made a joke surrounding Selena Gomez's 2017 kidney transplant. "We apologize. It was never our intention to make light of Selena's health.
We have been in touch with her team and will be making a donation to her charity, The Selena Gomez Fund for Lupus Research at USC," the statement from Peackock reads, via Variety.
The scene in question features students at Bayside High speculating about who was Gomez's donor. "I know for a fact that Selena Gomez's kidney donor was Justin Bieber's mom," one character said.
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