The Good Fight bringing up her procedure during a scene in one of their episodes last month. I am not sure how writing jokes about organ transplants for television shows has become a thing but sadly it has apparently, Gomez wrote on social media on Tuesday. I hope in the next writer’s room when one of these tasteless jokes are presented it’s called out immediately and doesn’t make it on air. My fans always have my back. LOVE YOU, she continued, adding a link to an organ donor page and asking, If you are able to please sign up to be an organ donor.
Selena Gomez Blasts ‘Tasteless’ Joke About Her Organ Transplant on ‘The Good Fight’
Gomez was diagnosed with Lupus around 2015 and underwent a life-saving kidney transplant operation three years later
Samson Amore | August 3, 2021 @ 8:56 PM
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Pop singer and actress Selena Gomez fired back at Paramout+ show “The Good Fight” Tuesday after the legal drama made a joke about a kidney transplant operation she underwent back in 2017.
Some context: “The Good Fight,” a spin-off of the hit CBS show “The Good Wife,” showed several characters brainstorming joke ideas for a comedy television executive played by Wayne Brady. Brady asks Liz (Audra McDonald) to put together something for one of his characters and the scene then unfolds with Marissa (Sarah Steele), Jim (Ifadansi Rashad) and Jay (Nyambi Nyambi) tossing out ideas.
Selena Gomez calls out The Good Fight for reference to her kidney transplant
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Selena Gomez. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Global Citizen VAX LIVE)
The Good Fight for a reference to the kidney transplant that she received in 2017.
A scene that aired on the law drama last month featured some of the characters debating about what they could and could not joke about: Gomez s transplant was put in the latter category. Gomez s fans then sent RESPECT SELENA GOMEZ trending.
The actress and singer responded Tuesday. I am not sure how writing jokes about organ transplants for television shows has become a thing but sadly it has apparently, she wrote. I hope in the next writer s room when one of these tasteless jokes are presented it s called out immediately and doesn t make it on air.
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Selena Gomez has responded angrily to a joke made about her kidney transplant on the drama series The Good Fight. Fans brought a scene in the fourth episode of the most recent season of the legal drama to her attention via social media. In it, characters discuss cancel culture and joke permits, with one noting that they wrote a joke about the star s 2017 kidney transplant. I am not sure how writing jokes about organ transplants for television shows has become a thing but sadly it has apparently, the Lose You to Love Me hitmaker tweeted furiously in response. I hope in the next writer s room when one of these tasteless jokes are presented it s called out immediately and doesn t make it on air.
Updated: August 4, 2021, 1:41 pm
Selena Gomez has spoken out after a recent episode of the legal drama The Good Fight made a “tasteless” reference about her kidney transplant. (Matt Crossick/PA)
Selena Gomez has spoken out after a recent episode of legal drama The Good Fight made a “tasteless” reference to her kidney transplant.
The American singer and actress, 29, underwent an operation in 2017 after suffering complications from the autoimmune disease lupus.
During the fourth episode of the fifth season of The Good Fight, which aired on July 15, a reference to Gomez was made in a scene where characters debated the effects of cancel culture on comedy and which topics can and cannot be discussed.