Francia Raisa says there’s no real reason for her and Selena Gomez to be fighting, but notes that the estrangement has been good for their now-repaired relationship.
In an interview with USA Today published on Thursday, How I met your father the actress opened up about her reconciliation with the “Single Soon” singer, explaining that “we never had any fights with each other.”
“Nothing happened, and if you ask any of us, we don’t know what happened,” said Raisa, 35. “But we needed that time apart.”
“Then when you get back together, you’re better people,” added Raisa. “She and I are still getting reacquainted.”
Raisa went on to note that she finds it “crazy” that people are so invested in their friendship, which has gone through ups and downs since they met as teenagers in 2007. About a decade later, Raisa donated one of her kidneys to Gomez, 31.
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In 2018, Raisa told former talk show host Harry Connick Jr. that both she and Gomez went through a period of depression when the transplant surgery ended.
Fans started questioning if there were issues between the two when 2022 Rolling stone interview, Gomez called Taylor Swift her “only friend” in the industry. Gomez also didn’t mention Raisa in her Apple TV+ documentary, which featured some of her friends.
Raisa appeared to take offense, commenting on this in a now-deleted remark on social media. Gomez appeared to respond to the online backlash in a comment below a TikTok video that speculated about the alleged rift. “I’m sorry I didn’t mention all the people I know,” Gomez wrote at the time.
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Despite the back and forth, all seemed well until July 2023, when Gomez celebrated Raisa’s birthday in an Instagram post.
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Gomez and Raisa reconnected for a birthday tribute.
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In his interview with USA Todaythe Grown star confirmed that she hasn’t spoken to Gomez much in 2022, but they met up after Gomez’s public birthday message to her friend. “I don’t know why the universe decided this moment … and then she reached out and said, ‘Let’s talk,'” Raisa said, adding that the two decided during dinner that “it’s not beef, it’s salsa.”
Raisa also emphasized that even in the midst of their estrangement, she never regretted giving Gomez her kidney.
“And obviously, you know, I gave a girl a kidney so everybody felt a certain way and I was asked for years and years and years, ‘Do you regret it?’ and I said, ‘No, the relationship has always been there,'” Raisa said. “There was just an argument.”
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In October, Raisa revealed to PEOPLE exclusively about her recent on-again relationship with Gomez.
“Even though we’ve had our ups and downs in life, we could get together and be friends and still have our old times,” Raisa explained. “We sunbathed together. We went to some of our old favorite restaurants together. It was nice.”
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