Selena Gomez has broken her silence on the viral photos of her reunion with Hailey Bieber.
The model and the former Disney Channel star posed for their first photo together at the Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles last month.
The photos broke the internet as the stars quashed rumours they were feuding over Selena’s ex and Hailey’s husband Justin Bieber.
Speaking to Vulture about her photos with Hailey, Selena said: “Yeah, it’s not a big deal,” adding that their drama is “not even a thing”.
According to Entertainment Tonight, a source explained that the viral photo was supposed to “show the world that there’s no beef or bad feelings” between the pair.
Selena dated Justin on-and-off for eight years, before they officially called it quits in 2018.
Shortly after his split from Selena, the Peaches singer rekindled his romance with Hailey in 2018.
That July, the Canadian singer proposed to the model during a trip to the Bahamas, and they secretly tied-the-knot in September 2018.
One year later, the couple exchanged vows for the second time at a star-studded ceremony in South Carolina.
During her appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast in September, Hailey revealed she got a lot of hate from Selena’s fans for “stealing” Justin from her.
Setting the record straight on the claims, the model told host Alex Cooper: “When him and I started hooking up, or anything of that sort, he was not in any relationship, It’s not my character to mess with someone’s relationship, I would just never do that. I was raised better than that…”
“I think there are situations where you can still have back and forth with someone, but even that was not the situation,” Hailey continued. “I can say period, point blank, that I was never with him when he was in a relationship with anybody. That’s the end of it.”
“A lot of the hate comes from like ‘oh you stole him’, and I guess that comes from the fact that they wished he ended up with someone else. And that’s fine, you can wish that all you want, but that’s just not the case.”
“There’s a certain numbness that you get [from the hate]. It still happens to this day. If I was to go live right now, it would still be happening. You reach a point where you have to ignore it.”
“If we have moved on, why can’t you?” she added. “It’s hurtful and it’s bullying.”
