Belinda Stands Up For Selena Gomez After Eugenio Derbez’s ‘Emilia Pérez’ Criticism: “We Are Billions Of People Who Love Everything You Do. You Are A Queen”

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Belinda, a Mexican and Spanish popstar who appeared on Disney Channel’s The Cheetah Girls 2, stands up for Selena Gomez after Eugenio Derbez criticized her work on Emilia Pérez.

In a social media post, Belinda noted that she usually refrains from commenting on other people’s lives, but after watching Derbez’s criticism, she felt compelled to defend Gomez. “I think it’s unfortunate that people express themselves with such coldness of the work and effort of a talented and admirable woman like Selena Gomez,” Belinda wrote on her Instagram Stories.

She continued, “We need to be more empathetic with the comments we make, which can hurt people’s feelings. I wish social media was used for constructive criticism instead of destructive criticism.” Belinda said that Gomez might not read her message but congratulated her for “everything you have achieved in your career,” adding, “We are billions of people who love everything you do.

You are a queen.” Derbez appeared on the Hablando de Cine podcast and criticized Gomez’s acting, calling it “indefensible.” “Selena is indefensible,” Derbez said. “I [watched the film] with people, and every time she had a scene, we looked at each other to say to each other, ‘Wow, what is this?’” After someone clipped that part of the interview and shared it on TikTok, it got to Gomez’s eyes, who replied to the post saying, “I understand where you are coming from.