Selena Gomez has been fairly open about her struggles with physique picture and psychological well being, making an attempt to steer by instance on social media with wholesome conversations about gaining and reducing weight. However in early January, pictures of the pop star climbing out of the water into a ship whereas vacationing in Cabo went viral. Partly as a result of she posed for the paparazzi, and partly as a result of individuals body-shamed Gomez for showing to have gained weight.
There have been comparatively few critiques in comparison with the quantity of people that celebrated having time in a tropical environment. Nevertheless, across the identical time, Hailey Bieber posted a TikTok she rapidly deleted, through which she lip-synched to a well-liked sound on the platform, uttering the phrases, “And I am not saying she deserved it, however God’s timing is all the time proper.”
Earlier than it was deleted, one other TikToker named @ellenacuario captured it claiming that Hailey was shady to Gomez concerning the bikini pictures. They then famous that Bieber has been bullied previously by Gomez followers, who do not like the truth that she married Gomez’s ex, Justin Bieber. Gomez has spoken out concerning the bullying previously, asking her followers to watch out what they are saying and select kindness. She has additionally tried her greatest to indicate that there is no such thing as a grudge between them, even posing for footage collectively on the Academy Gala final 12 months.
After all, there is no such thing as a solution to know if the TikTok posted by Hailey was about Gomez or one other particular person or nothing in any respect, only a trending sound. However Gomez responded to @ellenacuario’s TikTok and stated she was making an attempt to remain constructive about the entire thing.
“It is OK!” Gomez wrote from her verified TikTok account. “I can’t let this stuff carry me down! Be good to everybody! X.”
After all, if the unique TikTok wasn’t about Gomez, there’s nothing to place her down to start with.
Hailey, for her half, has denied that her deleted TikTok had something to do with Gomez, writing in her personal TikTok remark: “I by no means touch upon issues like this however we had been simply having a ladies night time and doing a random tik tok sound for pleasure It isn’t directed towards anybody [sparkles and white heart emojis].”
Aimée Lutkin is the weekend editor at ELLE.com. Her writing has appeared in Jezebel, Glamour, Marie Claire and extra. Her first ebook, The lonely hunter, shall be launched in February 2022 by Dial Press.
