Script twist in one of the most mediatic narratives of current pop culture.
The alleged rivalry between the singer, actress and businesswoman in the cosmetics industry Selena Gomez (30 years old) and the model and businesswoman Hailey Bieber (25 years old) has been denied with a photo in which they pose smiling and embracing.
The confrontation between the two was a recurring theme in social networks and magazines for four years, when Hailey and singer Justin Bieber (28 years old) married in 2018 after a brief romance.
Months before, his breakup with Gomez had been made public, with whom he had had an intermittent relationship since 2011. These facts served as the basis for creating a stereotypical story about a woman who stole another's man.
Both have tried to deny it in recent months with words,
The photos were taken this Saturday at the 2022 Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles, and show the two women posing, accomplices, smiling and embracing.
The snapshots were taken by photographer Tyrell Hampton and shared on his Instagram account under a succinct and explicit “
plot twist
”.
The publication accumulates more than a million
likes
and has made the leap to other social networks.
On Twitter, both "Selena" and "Hailey" have been
trending topics
in the US and Spain.
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The photographs are a blow to the official narrative, which had insisted on seeing a confrontation between the two women.
In recent weeks, the two have spoken about it for the first time.
On September 28, in a
podcast
interview , Hailey, model, owner of a beauty line and daughter of actor Stephen Baldwin, denied having started her relationship with Bieber while the Canadian singer was still with Selena.
“When he and I started sleeping or something like that, he wasn't in a relationship.
Never, ever," Hailey said.
The model also clarified that she had talked to Selena since her wedding, adding, "There is no personal drama."
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Beyond clarifying the situation, the model spoke openly about the reaction of many fans of Selena and Justin and the obsession that continues to exist around
Jelena,
the nickname with which the media baptized the couple at the time.
“A lot of hate comes from the misperception, 'Oh, you stole it.'
It comes from the fact that they wished she was done with someone else and that's fine.
You can wish it all you want, but it's not the case."
Hailey has had to deal with hate and harassment on social media.
In 2019 Justin Bieber ended up exploding at a comment on Instagram that insulted his wife.
“This is a response to all those immature sick people who send Hailey hurtful messages like 'He's going back to Selena,' or 'Selena is better for him.'
You have no idea about my life or what is good for me.
Hailey is my wife.
Final point".
Bieber's message continued to assure that he had loved his ex-girlfriend very much, and that he will always have a place in his heart, but that he was in love with his wife.
The couple has experienced uncomfortable moments, not only in the networks but in public appearances,
The actress of the series
Only murders in the building
also recently referred to the alleged rivalry that she would maintain with her ex's wife.
In a message on the social network TikTok, Selena said in reference to Hailey's statements, that “some of the things [that have been said to her] are just vile and disgusting.
It's not fair, and no one should ever be talked about the way I've seen.”
Regarding the hatred that she has had to deal with her ex-boyfriend and his wife, she encouraged the public to be kind to them.
“Words matter.
They really matter."