Francia Raisa is clearing the air.
For years, there has been a rumor making the rounds about how Francia Raisa was pressured in some way to donate her kidney to Selena Gomez.
If you can recall, back in 2017 Francia donated her kidney to Selena when Selena was in dire need of a transplant due to lupus. The two had been close friends for years prior to the donation.
In 2022, Selena gave an interview wherein she called Taylor Swift her only friend in the industry. Rumors and speculations swiftly followed about Selena and Francia having a falling out — and at the time, Francia seemingly was dodging questions about their current relationship.
Now, Francia is setting the record straight.
In a new appearance on her How I Met Your Father co-star Josh Peck’s Good Guys podcast, she spoke about the sudden attention that she is once again receiving because of all the rumors:
“Whenever I thought about my name being in the press, I never thought about it like this. I always thought about it from an actor’s perspective.”
She also touched on their decision to go public with the kidney donation back then:
“She and I went public with our situation years ago and honestly we had to. The press got a hold of the story and we wanted to tell it.
As for what’s going on lately, does anyone prep you for this kind of stuff? Never. We never get prepped for this kind of stuff. It always catches me by surprise. I don’t know if it’s good or not.”
She commented on all the negative comments going around:
“I can’t read the comments because I don’t do well with it. I really don’t. Sometimes I disappear because people are mean. People are so mean. They get you right there. Someone said, ‘Oh, you’re just looking for attention because your career’s a flop.’ I’m like, ‘Is it a flop?’”
And Francia addressed the rumor that she was coerced into doing what she did for Selena, declaring:
“No one forced me to do anything. It came out of the genuine kindness of my heart.”
