Selena Gomez and Francia Raisa.Photo:Selena Gomez/ Instagram
Selena Gomez/ Instagram
Francia Raisasays there’s no real reason she andSelena Gomezfell out, but notes that the estrangement was good for their now-repaired relationship.
In aninterview withUSA Todaypublished Thursday, theHow I Met Your Fatheractor opened up about her reconciliation with the “Single Soon” singer, explaining that “we never really had beef with each other.”
“Nothing happened, and if you ask either of us, we don’t know what happened,” Raisa, 35, said. “But we needed that time apart.”
“Then when you come back together, you’re better people,” Raisa added. “She and I are still getting to know each other again.”
Raisa went on to note she finds it “crazy” that people are so invested in their friendship, which has gone through ups and downs since the pair met as teenagers in 2007. About a decade later,Raisa donated one of her kidneysto Gomez, 31.
Selena Gomez (L) and Francia Raisa attend Billboard Women In Music 2017.Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
In 2018, Raisa told former talk show hostHarry Connick Jr.that both she and Gomez went through a period of depression when the transplant surgery was complete.
Raisa appeared to take offense, commenting about it in a now-deleted social media remark. Gomez seemingly responded to backlash online in a commentunder a TikTok video that speculated about the alleged rift.“Sorry I didn’t mention every person I know,” Gomez wrote at the time.
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Gomez and Raisa reconnected because of a birthday tribute.Selena Gomez/Instagram
Selena Gomez/Instagram
In her interview withUSA Today, theGrown-ishstar confirmed that she didn’t talk to Gomez much in 2022, but they met up following Gomez’s public birthday message to her friend. “I don’t know why the universe decided this timing … then she reached out and said, ‘Let’s talk,’ " said Raisa, adding that the two decided during dinner that “it’s no beef, just salsa.”
Raisa also stressed that even amid their estrangement, she never regretted giving Gomez her kidney.
“And obviously, you know, I gave the girl a kidney so everyone felt a certain way and I was asked for years and years and years, ‘Do you regret it?’ and I was like, ‘No, the relationship has always been there,’ " said Raisa. “There was just a tiff.”
In October,Raisa opened up exclusively to PEOPLEabout her recent reconnection with Gomez.
“Even though we’ve had our zigzags in life, we could still come together and be friends and still have our old times,” Raisa explained. “We got spray tans together. We went to some of our old favorite restaurants together. It’s been nice.”
source: people.com
