If you’ve noticed they’re all talking about Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber, but you don’t understand what happened, here’s a summary
At the end of 2022 Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber they posed for a photo together at the Academy Museum Gala, announcing (publicly) between the lines that they have put all animosity behind them.
But now, just five months later, there appears to be one new crisis between the two women.
Though speculation about Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber’s bad relationship has reached a fever pitch in recent weeks, their drama has been going on for years. More precisely since Hailey married Selena’s longtime ex-boyfriend, Justin Bieber, immediately after their last separation.
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The current rumors started when a TikTok user speculated about a new, potential spat between the singer and the model. Things then fell apart, and Kylie Jenner and Taylor Swift also ended up in the middle, dividing the world of social media into two teams: pro Selena (almost all in fact) and pro Hailey.
But let’s put things in order and see, step by step, what happened between Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber in these weeks.
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It all started with Selena Gomez’s eyebrows
On February 22, Gomez posted a video to her Instagram Stories, telling her followers how she accidentally excessively laminated eyebrows. Jokingly, the singer said that the beauty treatment had not gone according to plan.
A few hours later, Bieber’s wife Hailey posted a screenshot on Instagram of herself taking a FaceTime call with her friend Kylie Jenner. The same thing Jenner did
In the screenshot the two influencers showed the close-ups of their eyebrowswhich fans perceived as a dig at Selena Gomez.
Bieber’s involvement in Kylie Jenner’s stories has indeed led fans to believe that there was a feud between Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber again.
Comments from Jenner and Gomez
A few days later, as fan speculation mounted, Jenner and Gomez have both
In a comment on TikTok, Kylie Jenner called out the allegations that she and Hailey Bieber attacked Selena Gomez’s eyebrows «a lie”.
Gomez herself replied that such speculations were “unnecessary” and that indeed, she is a fan of Kilye’s beauty brand.
However, Hailey Bieber has not publicly commented on the rumors.
Instagram sides with Selena
And even if Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber may have gotten over their drama, fans aren’t going to ignore it.
Indeed, in the last week the world of the web has mobilized to support the singerearning Gomez around 10.5 million Instagram followers.
Selena Gomez thus dethroned Kylie Jenner as Instagram’s most followed woman, with over 380 million followers.
This is the strength of TikTok #teamselenaa hashtag with over 269.6 million views.
Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber move on
After all the speculation, Selena Gomez announced she was temporarily stepping down from social media.
“I’m very happy. I have the best friends and the best fans from all over the world and I couldn’t be more grateful,” Gomez said in a live TikTok posted just days after the brow drama, adding, “I’ll take a second from social media though because I’m a bit tired. I’m 30, I’m too old for all of this”.
According to fans, in his words Selena Gomez was referring to yet another speculation about her umpteenth alleged spat with Hailey.
The singer deleted her TikTok account and said she would also be taking a break from Instagram, although her profile remained active.
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In the meantime, Hailey Bieber goes on vacation to Cabo and post some tribute photos for Justin’s birthday while maintaining his social media presence.
Fans insult Hailey at Justin Bieber concert
However, the impact of the alleged spat on social media made its way into real life.
During a surprise performance by Justin Bieber at the Rolling Loud festival over the weekend, the audience present began to sing “f**k Hailey!”. In the videos shared on social media, multiple viewers could be heard yelling the slur.
However, it did cause a wave of support for Hailey, with fans of both the model and Selena Gomez taking to social media to condemn the behavior.