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Selena Gomez Shuts Down Critic Who Accused Of Her Drinking 'Excessively' After Her Kidney Transplant
Don't come for Selena Gomez on social media unless she sends for you.
The singer, actor and cosmetics mogul left her fans applauding after she shut down a TikTok troll who tried to criticize her for drinking too much following her kidney transplant.
Gomez wasn't having any of it. She clapped right back at the since-deleted comment, which really should have stayed in the user's drafts.
See a screenshot below.
Selena Gomez responded to the rumors in her latest TikTok. pic.twitter.com/DTnyGTwncL
— Selena Gomez Source (@GomezSource) November 30, 2021
The troll, who goes by gooodbase on the app, wrote:
"so one of your best friends give you her kidney and you continue to drink excessively. Damn Selena."
To which Gomez replied:
"It was a joke ass."
The dust-up began when Gomez, who had her kidney transplant in 2017, posted a video to her TikTok page reacting with joking alarm at a doctor's definition of "heavy drinking."
See the video below.
@selenagomez #duet with @drdawnbantel it’s a joke
The video featured Gomez duetting with Dr Dawn Bantel as she read the CDC's drinking guidelines, which according to Bantel defines excessive alcohol consumption as "15 or more drinks a week for men, and eight or more drinks per week for women." As Bantel gave the figures, Gomez bit her nails and winced as if to self-incriminate herself as a heavy drinker.
People who have had kidney transplants are recommended to avoid heavy drinking, as large amounts of alcohol raise blood pressure, which can be dangerous for transplant recipients. Thankfully, Gomez stipulated in her TikTok caption that "it's a joke." But of course trolls gonna troll, so it seems gooodbase couldn't help themself.
Gomez's transplanted kidney came from her best friend Francia Raisa shortly after her diagnosis with lupus, an autoimmune disease that turns a patient's immune system against their own body, attacking their organs instead of infections.
In Gomez's case, the condition had heavily damaged her kidneys, an outcome that affects 60% of all lupus patients and an even higher proportion of Hispanic patients like Gomez.
On Twitter, Gomez's legion of fans were loving her clapback.
loved it!! Selena you are an amazing warrior and a mighty child of the most high God...don't ever let anyone tell you different!!
— Angie Arizpe (@aarizpe2015) December 1, 2021
Damn our Queen slayed😭🔥 I love her.
— Zaid (@heyzaidhere) November 30, 2021
They deleted the comment lol
— Sarita (@Sarittagomez) November 30, 2021
thats my girl
— Aziz (@waverlyrumors) November 30, 2021
She ended that person as she should
— Mitchell (Taylor's Version) (@AhsokaisRare) December 1, 2021
imagine saying this to a human person 😭 the internet has severely altered everyone's brain chemistry https://t.co/4ZHEBHGtIp
— joan of arc/greta gerwig (@vmstagemom) November 30, 2021
Lmfaaooo put them in they places!!! https://t.co/FympiHwz9g
— 🥀 (@seIenaisraree) December 1, 2021
YESSSS DRAG THEM https://t.co/a300gkVQbe
— majo 🤶 (@whosays04) November 30, 2021
kinda the best woman ever idk https://t.co/xDhEL2sqB3
— ً (@jeonsmaries) November 30, 2021
It only makes sense Gomez has little time for online strangers' criticisms, given she deleted social media apps from her phone back in 2017 and has credited the change with helping her heal following her lupus diagnosis.
Trolls beware.