Selena Gomez and Francia Raísa Reunite After 6-Year Rift, Approve of Each Other's Lives

In October 2025, Selena Gomez, 33, and her close friend Francia Raísa, 37, have reconciled after a 6-year rift in their friendship. The two actresses were once extremely close after Raísa donated a kidney to Gomez in 2017 amid the latter's battle with lupus. However, by 2022, they had drifted apart, with Raísa telling USA Today that they "hadn't spoken much in six years" and "especially [in] the last year, we didn't speak at all."

Now, the two have reconnected, with Raísa telling USA Today that "when you come back together, you're better people. She and I are still getting to know each other again." Raísa has also expressed her approval of Gomez's new husband, music producer Benny Blanco, 37, whom Gomez confirmed her relationship with in December 2023 and married in a star-studded ceremony in California last month. Raísa told Us Weekly that Blanco is "the best" and that she "loves them together."

Despite the ups and downs, Raísa maintains that she and Gomez "never really had beef with each other." She says, "Nothing happened, and if you ask either of us, we don't know what happened but we needed that time apart."