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).
Selena Gomez fans SLAM Saved By the Bell reboot for kidney transplant joke; Francia Raisa on show's apology
pinkvilla.comSaved By the Bell reboot stepped on the wrong foot of Selena Gomez fans recently. The show, which recently began streaming on a streaming service in the US, left fans of the singer upset after they joked about her kidney transplant.
For the unversed, Selena underwent a transplant in 2017. Her friend Francia Raisa stepped up to donate one of her kidneys to Selena.
According to E! News, the writers included two instances about Selena's surgery in the sixth episode of the series. In the first, a supporting cast argues with her friend over Selena's transplant. "I know for a fact that Selena Gomez's kidney donor was Justin Bieber's mom," one character comments.
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