Fans noticed Selena Gomez’s long-time friend and donor absent at wedding

Selena Gomez recently had her star-studded wedding to fellow musician Benny Blanco. People were eagerly awaiting to see snippets of the big day, and a lot of fans noticed a very important person missing.

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Selena Gomez had her wedding to Benny Blanco recently and the event of course included a star-studded guest list. However, fans were quick to notice that one person was glaringly missing from the nuptials: a special long-time friend.

Invited to the big event were celebrities such as singer Taylor Swift, her co-stars from Only Murders co-stars Martin Short and Steve Martin. Along with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Paris Hilton, Paul Rudd, Cara Delevingne, and Zoe Saldaña. All in all, about 170 of their family and friends celebrated the big day.

However, eagle-eyed fans noticed one person was missing: an old and close friend of Selena Gomez’s, Francia Raísa. Gomez, who has lupus and in 2017 suffered from complications related to the chronic illness, needed a kidney, and Raísa was the friend who stepped up to be a donor.

Francia and Gomez met over a decade ago, and the former apparently had a lot of mental and physical implications as a result of the operation and donation.

While she and Gomez had clearly shared a valuable friendship one point in time, it seems Francia was not invited the wedding as she was posting stories from another location when the nuptials were taking place.

She was posting videos of herself on Instagram as she danced with choreographer Sasha Farber. In the video, she wore a sports bra and leggings as she danced on the streets of Los Angeles along with the former Dancing With the Stars pro.

People were instantly curious about whether Francia was invited to Gomez’s big day. One person questioned, “So you were not invited to the wedding?”

Another fan commented, “You should be the guest of honor at least in that wedding, you are her hero.” While another said, “Yup, had to make a post today so people will know that you were not there.”

The confirmed guest lists, which some publications published, did not have Francia’s name in them as well. Neither Raísa Francia nor Selena Gomez has made any comments about the situation. However, no one but the two women can confirm whether Francia was invited. And all of this is speculation by fans unless it is confirmed later by either.

The stars who first became friends in 2007 and were once so close that they referred to each other as ‘sisters’ have seemingly grown apart ever since.

When a decade later, Gomez was intensely ill, Francia stepped up and donated her kidney. In 2018 she talked publicly about her gesture and how her friend needed a kidney, and she had herself tested and when it turned out she was a match, she stepped up.

She recalled how scary it was when Gomez fell to the floor once and began crying before she shared how serious her prognosis was. “I was like, ‘What is wrong with you?’ She said, ‘I need a new kidney. I don’t know what I’m going to do, the waitlist is seven to 10 years.’ And it just came out of me, and I said, ‘I’ll get tested.’”

After the surgery was carried out successfully, Gomez shared a now-famous photo of the two women holding hands and lying in adjacent hospital beds.

“There aren’t words to describe how I can possibly thank my beautiful friend Francia Raisa. She gave me the ultimate gift and sacrifice by donating her kidney to me. I am incredibly blessed. I love you so much, sis,” Gomez wrote in the caption.

Francia shared the picture too, writing how she was not just grateful to have helped Gomez but that she had also changed her life. Since then, there have been repeated speculations that the women are no long friends. In 2023, Francia cleared the air, citing there was ‘no beef’ between her and Selena Gomez.

But it was reported that Francia was furious with Selena Gomez after the latter was seen drinking during a night out in New York City only a year after the transplant.

The two women apparently got into a big fight over Selena’s “unhealthy choices,” however reportedly reconnected in 2018 when Selena checked herself into a treatment center.

The two of them even reportedly got matching tattoos. However, in 2022, it was reported that their friendship was over for good. Fans noticed how in Apple TV+ documentary, Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me which chronicled Gomez’s health journey and rise to fame, she does not mention Francia even once.

“We didn’t talk for a year after that whole situation with her documentary happened,” Francia said in an interview in October 2023.

Around the time of her documentary’s release, Gomez gave an interview in which she said her “only friend in the industry” was Taylor Swift, which was something Francia did not like. She went as far as to comment ‘interesting’ on a social media post about the interview.

Selena commented on a TikTok post about the issue saying, “Sorry I didn’t mention every person I know.”

Francia referred to the entire thing and shared in an interview that the duo did not talk to one another because she needed “space.”

In the summer of 2023, however, it seemed that the actresses had reconciled as Gomez posted a heartfelt birthday wish for Francia, while months later, Francia was seen attending a benefit event for the Rare Impact Fund.

In the same year, Francia shared on the Good Guys podcast that she had zero regrets about donating her kidney.

“No one forced me to do anything, she said of the donation, adding it “came out of the genuine kindness of my heart.”

Later she told the media how nice it was to be friends with Gomez again. She said, “We got spray tans together. We went to some of our old favorite restaurants together. It’s been nice.” Adding, “I’m just so glad that we’re back together.”

What do you think of Selena Gomez potentially not inviting Francia Raísa to her wedding after the latter donated her with a kidney. Let us know in the comments section on Facebook.