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Selena Gomez is, as always, having a busy year. She was dating a Chainsmoker for a little bit, then said she was single. She was spotted with Zayn Malik at least once, then said she was single. There was some social media drama with Kyle Jenner and Hailey Bieber. She wrapped the third season of Only Murders in the Building, got two new cooking show gigs on the Food Network, and filmed a movie with Zoe Saldana in Paris. So I guess Selena was due for a little more drama? Fans noticed that over the weekend she unfollowed a few fellow celebs on IG, including Zayn Malik, the Hadid sisters, and Zendaya. But sources insist there’s nothing to see here.
There’s no feud in the building!
Over the weekend, eagle-eyed fans noticed Selena Gomez seemingly unfollowed a handful of celebrities on Instagram — including Bella and Gigi Hadid, Zayn Malik and Zendaya — but a source close to the Only Murders in the Building actress says rumors of any drama are unfounded.
“There are absolutely no hard feelings with anyone she unfollowed,” the source tells PEOPLE exclusively. (While fans claimed Gomez had unfollowed Dua Lipa, the “Levitating” singer still appears on the Rare Beauty founder’s follow list.)
Earlier this year, Gomez and Malik sparked romance rumors after they were spotted on a date in N.Y.C. However, the “Back to You” singer confirmed her relationship status in a hilarious June 8 TikTok that showed her hollering “I’m single!” at the athletes during a soccer game.
“I’m just a little high-maintenance,” she joked in the clip. “But I’ll love you soooo much.” In the comments section, Gomez wrote, “The struggle man lol.”
Over the years the star, 30, has been open about her complicated relationship with social media, saying it was healthier for her to limit her time online.
Gomez recently returned to the States after spending two months in Paris to film the upcoming movie Emilia Perez alongside Zoe Saldaña.
“Thank you Paris for being a home to me for two months!” Gomez — who’s been garnering Emmy buzz for her work on Only Murders’ second season — captioned the post. “I loved every moment. Working on this film has completely changed my life. I can’t wait to share more soon! Love you all.”
While she was in the City of Light for work, Gomez also fit in some exploring with family and friends, including sharing an oversized croissant with younger sister Gracie and a rooftop hang with her girlfriends with the Eiffel Tower as a backdrop.
I really like Selena, but I also can recognize that girl likes a little drama, and that’s okay! But she also likes to pretend she doesn’t because it doesn’t go with her whole be kind, Rare Beauty, mental health thing. And I don’t totally buy the source’s claims that “there are no hard feelings with anyone she unfollowed” because of precisely who Selena unfollowed — two women whose long term exes she dated and one of the exes in question. (The only one that truly seems random is Zendaya.) Like, maybe there’s no new/current beef, but she just got sick of seeing them in her feed. Sometimes you just get tired of people and need a break, but that’s what the mute button is for. Apparently, Zayn also unfollowed Selena. Anyway, it’s a little bit dramatic. Even if there was no special reason, at the very least she knew that people would notice and talk about it because fans notice stuff like this and it becomes a story. Like I said, she likes a little drama.
Selena is messy. I feel like she gets away with it because of her baby face.
I was thinking something along those lines.
I mean. IG has an option to mute someone, it’s really effective without unfollowing or blocking. She doesn’t need to unfollow if she doesn’t want their posts.
She wants drama. Her best friend is Taylor, after all.
She’s such a spoiled brat drama queen. Hey Selena how’s that kidney you finagled your friend to give you?
yikes.
I had totally forgotten that Selena and Zendaya would have been Disney girls together. And yes – Selena loves the drama, but I love her so I’m ok with it. LOL!
idk I feel like she’s allowed to follow/unfollow whomever and it doesn’t have to equal drama queen allegations.
I unfollow people I know all the time on instagram bc I dont owe them anything. would it be kinder to mute? yes but I’d rather it be clean energetically. maybe Selena has been going to al anon meetings and doesn’t want to be “nice” and codependent anymore.
definitely other ways to read this situation.
Concur. The idea that unfollowing someone on social media is “drama” says way more about our society and its hysterical voyeuristics than a single user or person. Do we think unfollowing a person is newsworthy? Really? Are we really going to call someone dramatic because they (she) did that?
The people who watch who follows and unfollows who, are the real drama queens.
Agreed. Unfollowing someone does not equal drama. It’s usually just decent self-care.
Yeah, I think all us normies probable follow and unfollow people pretty frequently. Nobody pays attention to what we do though. I can’t imagine monitoring a celebrity’s follows in this way. But at the same time, I’m sure she knows that people do and that someone would pick up on this. Regardless, I don’t see that as her courting drama, though I agree with the point that she does stir things up sometime but somehow gets away with it!
Exactly all of this. I will unfollow people all the time because the content is not relevant to me anymore. I didn’t even know IG had a mute button, lol.
Every year I do a cleanup of my social media. I got messages from friends why did I stop following this person. Should they stop following that person. I am just shocked because these women are in their forties on up. I even got a message from a You Tuber who asked me to follow her again because I hurt her subscriber numbers. I lost it with her. So rude.
Social media makes people weird.
I agree Selena is a drama queen. I have a soft spot for her. Girl, can clean up her social media without the Internet detectives making it into a thing.
She’s so annoying.
I know this is a celebrity gossip blog, but IG unfollows? That’s too much, imo. People curate their follow lists every day, for their own personal reasons. We don’t know what’s in their heads so why are we speculating on Selena? It nitpicky, and searching.
Thank you. I think the IG masses are eager to invent scandal for entertainment.
What is the problem with unfollowing people? I pick up and drop people all the time. With my IG, I have a different vibe than on FB. I go for the unusual, zany and uplifiting.
Can’t everyone do that without criticism?
Oh gosh. We can stop pretend that she is not a complete Drama queen
Whyyyy are people studying the insta follows of celebs? Like do people run the list daily to see changes? Who does this? Every day? Why? The logistics are baffling
Totally agree with this post.
She seems like work, if it isnt hailey,drama then it instagram feud for someone who says she is hardly on social media. Well what can i say she is part of the snake fam #dramaqueentaylor
Much ado about nothing. Selena is talented and works on great projects. I’ll celebrate that all day.
This makes me feel old. Like, who cares who’s following who?! SM is curated, and part of curation is choosing what you get to see. If seeing Zendaya’s posts from fashion shows or whatever doesn’t work for you, then you shouldn’t feel obligated to follow her. I have real-life friends I don’t follow on SM because their feeds aren’t for me for whatever reason. It’s not personal.
I feel like SM really lets you see just how emotionally immature people are. In real life, I can go along happily not noticing, and then somebody starts whining on IG and I’m confronted with the truth. But yeah, I’m probably too old for this stuff and Selena’s unfollowing is coded to send a message to her “enemies” or fans or something. People are weird!
Unless she made a big deal about unfollowing these people (like an announcement) I don’t see what the big deal is or find it drama.
I’ve cut way back on my social media due to caustic comments like the ones I’ve just read here. People can do what they like on SM without anyone/everyone having an opinion that actually matter.
Because I’m older and not a huge SM user whenever I do comment I’m always attacked for how many followers I have (not many). How sad is that?! Is that your life’s measure?
People now seem to feel it’s ok to post whatever vile hateful thought pops into their head. Would you do the same if you were using your real name on SM?
Maybe it’s because Cancer season just started and she’s in her feelings (as a fellow, at times melodramatic Cancer, I don’t judge and can totally relate!)
Recently I’ve been thinking Selena is a low key mean girl. I looked up her birth sign just now to see if she was a certain sign I think can be problematic. Anyways I saw that her birthdate is July 22. Maybe she had a falling out with friends on her bday?
Love her and can’t wait for Only Murders in the Building Season 3 to drop August 8th. She started her career at 8 and is still going.
I never really thought too much of it when there were reports she and Zayn were dating. Idk, for some reason , I don’t see him get over Gigi just yet.
Agree with Kaiser, unfollowing Zendaya seems so random. Selena Gomez is the most followed woman in the world in IG . I guess some of her fans has a lot of free time to see who she unfollows 😊.