The writers of The Good Fight were hit with online criticism this week for including a reference to Selena Gomezs kidney transplant in a discussion about cancel culture.
The fourth episode of the Paramount+ legal drama features a scene in which Liz (played by Audra McDonald) and a television executive (Wayne Brady) talk about what topics can be used for comedy.
Their discussion prompts Jay (Nyambi Nyambi) to lament that comedians need a permission slip to tell a joke. After Jay wonders aloud which subjects would be considered off-limits, the character Jim (Ifdansi Rashad) responds, Selena Gomezs kidney transplant.
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After the episode aired, Gomez fans many of whom refer to themselves as Selenators expressed their distaste for the gibe against their idol on social media, prompting the phrase RESPECT SELENA GOMEZ to trend this week.
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the kidney transplant was a life threatening situation and i dont understand how it could ever cross someones mind to make fun of it
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the kidney transplant was a life threatening situation and i dont understand how it could ever cross someones mind to make fun of it
feli (@taylenarep) August 3, 2021
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Show some respect to her, she is such an unproblematic celebrity, she loves her Selenators so much, one person wrote on Twitter . She didnt get the credit she deserves, Dont make jokes on such an important issue.
How miserable do you have to be to take someones trauma/illness/struggles and use them for jokes, like just be a decent human being, another added .
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this woman deserves all the love and happiness, it's so sad how people use a hurtful moment for her just for nasty jokes, put some respect on her name
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this woman deserves all the love and happiness, it's so sad how people use a hurtful moment for her just for nasty jokes, put some respect on her name
. (@ZAYLENADOSE) August 3, 2021
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selena's transplant isn't something to joke about, she and francia deserve better
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selena's transplant isn't something to joke about, she and francia deserve better
(@taylenapicss) August 3, 2021
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Representatives for The Good Fight did not comment on the matter Tuesday.
In 2017, Gomez revealed that shed received a kidney transplant as a result of having lupus, an autoimmune disease that can cause damage to many organs. Her donor was actor and longtime friend Francia Raisa.
It was what I needed to do for my overall health, Gomez wrote on Instagram at the time alongside a photo of her and Raisa holding hands in adjacent hospital beds.
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